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.

Answer 1

C. Three (3)

Reason: Chronologically Australia was first a British prison colony (from 1788), the gold rushes began in the 1850s (bringing many settlers), a prolonged economic boom followed in the late 19th century, and the Commonwealth of Australia was established in 1901. Timeline 3 matches that sequence.