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100

True or False: Sydney is the capital of Australia. 

False

100

What is the name of the native people of Australia (the first to live here)?

The Aboriginal people

100

How many legs does a kangaroo have?

5

100

What is the biggest city in Australia?

Melbourne

200

The nickname for Australia is 'The Land _____ Under'. What is the missing word?

Down

200

What was the first European nation to discover Australia in the 1600s?

The Dutch

200

What kind of leaves to koalas eat?

Eucalyptus leaves

200

What is the name of the huge, famous rock in the middle of the Australian desert?

Uluru

300

Which Australian state is an island?

Tasmania

300

When did the Aboriginal people arrive to Australia, 45,000 years ago, 55,000 years ago, 65,000 years ago?

65,000 years ago

300

Which Australian animals cannot walk backwards?

Kangaroo 

300

What does 'the outback' mean?

The desert

400

How much of Australia is desert, 56%, 66% or 76%? 

66%

400
Who was the first British captain to discover Australia?

James Cook

400

What is the name of this animal?

Quokka

400

What traditional Aboriginal instrument is made from a hollow tree branch.

The Didgeridoo

500

What is the name of the worlds largest reef located in Australia?

The Great Barrier Reef

500

What kind of people were originally send to Australia from Britain in the 1770s?

criminals 

500

Which two Australian animals are monotremes (mammals that lay eggs)?

The platypus and the echidna

500
What Australian film series has featured Mel Gibson and recently Chris Hemsworth?

Mad Max

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