How many years did Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War go for? From when to when?
9 years. 1966 - 1975
100
QANTAS stands for ...
Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services
200
Which Prime Minister is known as the "Clever Larrikin?"
Bob Hawke (1983 - 1993)
200
True or False. There were 7 separate colonies in Australia before Federation.
FALSE
200
Aboriginal Australians were first allowed to vote in which year?
1967
200
How many Australians and New Zealanders (ANZACS) lost their life in WW1
8700
200
Feminism brought many changes to Australian society in the 1970's, including increased wages, better access to University and the job market rose for the first time. Define feminism.
The advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of equality of the sexes
300
Which Prime Minister drowned at sea in 1966?
Harold Holt
300
What is the supreme law under which the government of the Commonwealth of Australia operates?
Constitution
300
TRUE or FALSE. The British Nuclear testing on Pitjanjatjara land 800km NW of Adelaide is free of nuclear waste contamination after several clean ups.
FALSE
300
Immigration means ....
The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
300
What is a Primary Source of information? Give two examples.
Original, first-hand accounts analysed by historians to answer questions about the past. Examples include: official documents; laws and treaties; personal documents - diaries, journals; artefacts; and oral histories.
400
Gough Whitlam was sacked by who, in 1975?
The Governor General
400
Define Terra Nulius.
A concept in international law meaning 'a territory belonging to no one' or 'over which no one claims ownership'
400
Evonne Goolagong Cawley played which sport for Australia?
Tennis
400
TRUE or FALSE. Most of the 90,000 Indo-Chinese/Vietnamese refugees - the first large-scale immigration of the 20th Century came by boat.
FALSE. Most arrived in aeroplanes.
400
What is propaganda and how has it been used in Australia's past?
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
Examples: Asian invasion - yellow peril - Japanese; War is great and everyone should participate - you should do your bit; War is healthy for you - fresh air and adventure.
500
True or False? Julia Gillard's infamous speech in Parliament was aimed at Tony Abbott and his misogynist views?
TRUE
500
What was the White Australia Policy?
The previous approach to immigration which favoured applicants from certain countries.
500
The Mabo Judgement in 1992 handed down by the High Court honoured Aboriginals to what?
Have legal rights to their land.
500
In 1959, 170,000 people arrived in Australia from which main continent? Name at least three countries.
Europe. Britain, Italy, Greece, Holland, Germany, Yugoslavia.
500
What is economic rationalism?
A mostly Liberal/National government policy that advocates cutting spending on public spending, high interest rates, usually high levels of unemployment; less money for The Arts, Education and Health