Apology to Aborigines
"Going Home"
Strine (Aboriginal words)
General Knowledge (pools coupons)
Ayers Rock
100
the indigenous people of Australia
Which population group is the receiver of the apology?
100
He is going home t his Aboriginal family
What is Billy Woodward doing on his 21st birthday?
100
billabong
What is the Aboriginal word for 'waterhole'?
100
Canberra
What is the capital city of Australia?
100
the biggest rock in the world
What is Ayers Rock?
200
the stolen generation
What do we call the generation of Aboriginals that was stolen and mistreated by the Australian government?
200
play football and work as an artist
What does Billy Woodward do for a living?
200
to waltz Matilda
How do you say in Strine 'to walk about from place to place with a roll of blankets on your back'?
200
Steve Erwin
Who is the crocodile hunter?
200
Uluru
What do the Aboriginals call Ayers Rock?
300
It was passed unanimously by the Australian MPs (members of Parliament)
How many Australian MPs (members of Parliament) voted for the passing of the apology to Aborigines?
300
He was run over by a truck as he crossed the road, drunk
How did Billy's father die?
300
jumbuck
How do you say lamb in Strine?
300
White, red and blue
What are the colours of the Australian flag?
300
it had become a tourist trap
How did the author Robyn Davidson feel upon her return to Ayers Rock?
400
"Blackfellas will get the words, the whitefellas keep the money"
What did an Aboriginal leader (Noel Pearson) say about the apology?
400
he was embarrased, felt revulsion and referred to her as a 'thing'
What did Billy feel like when his aunt approached him one evening in the city?
400
squatter
How do you say 'a farmer that looks after sheep' in Strine?
400
Emu and kangaroo.
Which 2 animals are often regarded as Australia's national animal?
400
Dreamtime
What do the Aboriginals call their creation period?
500
They have no members in Parliament
How many Aboriginal members of Parliament is there in Australia?
500
They symbolize ancestors crying for remembrance
What is the symbolic meaning of the grotesque trees that Billy passes on his way home to his mother's place?
500
swagman
How do you say 'a farmworker' in Strine?
500
Flyswarned
What is the correct word for flies attacking the behind of a sheep?
500
The Aboriginals
Who has official ownership of Ayers Rock?
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