Round 7: Tossup 16

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 In 1973, explicit racial (10[1])barriers to this action were repealed (10[1])by Labor Prime Minister Gough (“goff”) Whitlam.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

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