Australia Geography
What is the 6th largest continent?
A. Australia
B. Japan
A. Australia
What are the 2 most famous animals found in Australia?
A. Wombats & Platypus
B. Kangaroos and Koalas
B. Kangaroos and Koalas
What is the famous weapon of Australia?
A. Shotgun
B. Boomerang
C. Hellfire Missile
B. Bommerang
What is the name of the traditional custodians of the land that St Agnes resides on?
Dharug People
Which famous Australian actor plays Thor?
Chris Hemsworth
What hemisphere is Australia Located?
A. Northern
B. Southern
B. Southern
Are Kangaroos and Koalas Marsupials or Canines?
Marsupials
Who 1st discovered Australia?
A. British
B. Dutch
B. Dutch
Approximately how many Aboriginal people live in Australia?
A. 10,000
B. 760,000
C. 300,000
B. 760,000
What % of people live in Australian Cities?
A. 85%
B. 15%
A. 85%
What is a coral reef formed of?
A. Skeletons of small sea animals
B. Volcanic Rock
C. Seaweed
A. Skeletons of small sea animals
What is a baby Kangaroo called?
A. A Kit
B. A Jack
C. A Joey
C. A Joey
What British captain claimed Australia for Britain?
A. James Cook
B. Captain Kidd
C. Captain Kangaroo
D. Captain Spaulding
A. James Cook
What do the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people call their creation stories?
A. Long Ago
B. The magic times
C. The Dreamtime
C. The Dreamtime
What are the 2 largest cities in Australia?
A. Brisbane & Sydney
B. Sydney and Melbourne
C. Adelaide & Melbourne
D. Hobart & Perth
C. Sydney and Melbourne
What does outback mean?
A. Desert Regions
B. Rainforests Regions
C. Inland Regions
D. Mountain Regions
Inland Regions
The largest species of Crocodile in the world inhabits Australia, what is it?
A. The Nile Crocodile
B. The Australian Crocodile
C. The Saltwater Crocodile
C. The Saltwater Crocodile
What did Britain use Australia for?
A. Mining
B. Cattle & Sheep
C. Prisoners
D. Farming
C. Prisoners
How long do scientist believe the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people inhabited Australia.
A. 300 Years
B. 60,000 Years
C. 40, 000 Years
B. 60, 000
Which state/territory is Uluru located?
How many square kms is Australia?
A. 18.4
B. 15.239
C. 7.688
C. 7.688
This animal is very similar to a Kangaroo, what is it?
A. A Wombat
B. An Echidna
C. A Wallaby
D. A Goanna
C. A Wallaby
Which Australian Prime Minster went swimming and never returned?
A. Harold Holt
B. Gough Whitlam
C. Bob Hawke
D. Kevin Rudd
A. Harold Holt
How many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages and dialects exist?
A. Nearly fifty
B. Nearly one hundred
C. Several hundred
D. Less than twenty
C. Several hundred
In what was the name given to Tasmania when the British first arrived?
A. Tasmane
B. Southern York
C. Van Diemen's Land
D. New Ireland
C. Van Diemen's Land