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Main Idea & Details: New Colony

Read the passage about the new colony in Australia and work out the main idea and supporting details.

Fact & Opinion Sort: First Fleet

Is it a fact or is it an opinion? Cut and paste to sort the fact from the opinion in this First Fleet themed worksheet.

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