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)

Answer 1

C. Three (3)

Explanation: Historically Australia’s sequence is: British establish the penal colony (1788) → gold discovered (1850s) → the subsequent long boom of growth in the late 19th century → Commonwealth of Australia established (federation in 1901). Timeline 3 matches this order.