Question

Analyze the timelines below and answer the question that follows.
4 undated timelines. Events listed in order. Timeline 1: British establish a prison colony: 160,000 people arrive. The long boom: period of growth. Commonwealth of Australia established. Gold is discovered more settlers arrive. Timeline 2: The long boom: period of growth. British establish a prison colony: 160,000 people arrive. Gold is discovered more settlers arrive. Commonwealth of Australia established. Timeline 3: British establish a prison colony: 160,000 people arrive. Gold is discovered more settlers arrive. The long boom: period of growth. Commonwealth of Australia established. Timeline 4: Commonwealth of Australia established. British establish a prison colony: 160,000 people arrive. Gold is discovered more settlers arrive. The long boom: period of growth.

Which of the timelines above correctly plots events in Australia’s history?
A.
One (1)
B.
Two (2)
C.
Three (3)
D.
Four (4)

Please select the best answer from the choices provided.

A
B
C
D

Answer 1

C

Timeline 3 is correct: British establish the prison colony (late 1700s), gold is discovered (mid-1800s → big influx), then a long period of economic growth, and finally the Commonwealth of Australia is established (1901).