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use issues. Meanwhile, many changes were made to the new colony. The Hawkesbury River was named by
Governor Philip in June 1789. Many native bird species to the river were hunted by travelling colonists. The
colonists were having a great impact on the land and natural resources. Though the colonists had made a lot
of progress in the untamed lands of Australia, there were still limits. The convicts were notoriously ill-
informed about Australian geography, as was evident in the attempt by twenty absconders to walk from
Sydney to China in 1791, believing: “China might be easily reached, being not more than a hundred miles
distant, and separated only by a river.” In reality, miles of ocean separated the two.
Much of Australia was unexplored by the convicts. Even Tench had little understanding of what
existed beyond the established lines of their colony. Slowly, but surely, the colonists expanded into the
surrounding area. A few days after arrival at Botany Bay, their original location, the fleet moved to the
more suitable Port Jackson where a settlement was established at Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788. This
second location was strange and unfamiliar, and the fleet was on alert for any kind of suspicious behaviors.
Though Tench had made friends in Botany Bay with Aboriginal peoples, he could not be sure this new land
would be uninhabited. He recalled the first time he stepped into this unfamiliar ground with a boy who
helped Tench navigate. In these new lands, he met an old Aboriginal.
Answer the questions below using
NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND / OR NUMBERS from the
passage for each answer.
Questions 1-7 Q1. What could be a concrete proof of Tench’s good education?
