True Facts
The Wombat is the only animal that its poo is?
Square/Cube
Irene O'Shea
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders make up roughly ___ of the Australian population.
3.3%
The humble ________ is beloved by Australians. Hardtack biscuits were made of oats, flour and syrup.
Australia invented the world's first waterproof polymer bank notes in ___ year. They are both long-lasting and hygenic as they are resistant to dirt and moisture.
1988
What Golf Course holds the distinction of being the world's largest golf course in the world?
The Nullarbor Links Golf Course is 850 miles, 18 holes are spread amongst the towns and roadhouses that are strung out across the Nullarbor Plain.
Neville Sharp
Languages.
Oldest Australian chocolate bar is _________ which was first created in 1924 by the Australian confectioner MacRobertson's and later sold to Cadburys.
________ invented notepads, dual-flushing toilets, the pacemaker, the cochlear implant, spray-on skin for burn patients, black box flight recorders, baby safety car capsules and the Hills hoist rotary clothes hoist.
Australians
The name Australia simply means?
southern
World's largest dessert Pizza, is held by _______ created on 25 September 2016 at the Gold Coast Convention Centre at Broadbeach. Total surface area was 215.6 square feet.
Annual festival held in Melbourne is _____________. it means "up your bum."
Moomba
When _____ _______ were invented, at the MacRobertson's chocolate factory in Fitzroy, Melbourne, in 1930, Australians went so crazy over them that people were jailed for stealing them.
Freddo Frogs
what is the best known nickname for Australia
"The Lucky Country"
The first European explorer to reach the southern continent was _______________, on a voyage from Java in 1606
Dutch Explorer Willem Janszoon.
Longest Plank in the World. August 6, 2021, beat the previous record for the longest amazing plank record at 9 hours 30 minutes an 1 second.
Daniel Scali
Many Australian words are derived from ____languages such as kangaroo, boomerang, yabber, wallaby, kookaburra, and wonga.
Aboriginal
Australia sells ______ million individual Tim Tams per year
670 million
Originally named Batmania for John Batman, the founder of the settlement on the Yarra River. Officially renamed ________ on 10 April 1837 by Governor Richard Bourke.
Melbourne
Australia, safety is a priority and in 1967 the state of South Australia was the first to mandate __________
seatbelts in the front seat of cars.
_______ were not invented by Indigenous Australians and have been found in several other areas around the world throughout history.
Boomerangs
One of Australia's favourite sweet treat _______, a square sponge cake rolled in chocolate and then in coconut.
Lamington