Packet 7: Tossup 16

Description acceptable. Youth seeking to do this action were aided by the Big Brother Movement starting in 1924. An initiative for this action targeted “Beautiful Balts” (-5[1])who could attend camps at Benalla or Bonegilla. (15[1])After failing (15[1])Italian and Scottish Gaelic dictation tests, Mabel Freer and a Jewish member of the Communist Party of Germany were prevented from this action. (15[2])Opposition leaders Chris Watson and George Reid supported the Protectionist Party’s (15[1])“Restriction Act” regulating this action in (*) 1901. (-5[1])Arthur Phillip (10[1])led the first Europeans to do this (10[1])action in 1788, (10[2])inspiring (10[1])a January 26 holiday sometimes called “Invasion Day.” (10[1])In 1973, explicit racial barriers to this action were repealed by Labor Prime Minister Gough (“goff”) Whitlam. (10[2])For 10 (10[1])points, what action was first done by Europeans when the First Fleet took convicts to Botany Bay? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: immigration to Australia [accept synonyms like moving to Australia; accept transportation to Australia; accept colonizing Australia; accept answers involving the Australian colonies like New South Wales or Queensland; accept answers specifying any particular group immigrating to Australia prompt on immigration or synonyms that don’t indicate Australia]
<EC, Other History> | NAFTA-Packet-7
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TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2026 NAFTA at Stanford01/17/20264100%50%0%64.25
2026 NAFTA at UBC01/17/20262100%0%0%101.00
2025 NAFTA Online02/14/20264100%25%50%97.75
2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt02/14/20263100%0%0%99.33
2025 NAFTA at Toronto09/13/20255100%20%40%108.20
2025 NAFTA at Maryland09/27/20255100%40%0%81.60
2025 NAFTA at Harvard10/04/20253100%0%0%43.33
2025 NAFTA at Oxford10/11/20254100%0%0%72.50
2025 NAFTA at Chicago11/08/20256100%0%17%64.00
2025 NAFTA at Columbia11/08/20255100%0%20%86.60
2025 NAFTA at Richmond12/20/20252100%100%0%52.00