Round 6: 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. After failing Italian and Scottish Gaelic dictation tests, Mabel Freer and a Jewish member of the Communist Party of Germany were prevented from this action. (15[1])Opposition leaders Chris Watson and George Reid supported the Protectionist Party’s “Restriction Act” regulating this action in (*) 1901. (-5[1])Arthur Phillip led the first Europeans to do this (10[1])action in 1788, inspiring a January 26 holiday sometimes called “Invasion Day.” In 1973, explicit racial barriers to this action were repealed by Labor Prime Minister Gough (“goff”) Whitlam. For 10 (10[1])points, what action was first done by Europeans when the First Fleet took convicts to Botany Bay? ■END■ (10[1])

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