Rights and Freedoms
What was the outcome of the 1967 Referendum?
91% voted yes to count Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as part of the population and acknowledge them as equal citizens
Which Australian Prime Minister officially ended the White Australia Policy?
Gough Whitlam
What is the legal concept that the Mabo case challenged?
Terra Nullius
This Australian city was the location of the first arrival of Vietnamese refugees by boat in 1976.
Darwin
What is the national dish of England?
Chicken Tikka Masala
In 1938, Indigenous Australians marked 150 years since colonisation with which protest?
Day of Mourning
Who started the civil rights movement in Australia, and is known for leading the 1965 Freedom Rides.
Charles Perkins
What was the name of the policy that restricted/shamed non-European immigration to Australia until the 1970s?
What was the name of the policy that restricted/shamed non-European immigration to Australia until the 1970s?
When did the Vietnam war begin and end?
1959 - 1975
Which shoe did Cinderella leave behind at the ball?
What was the significance of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?
Supreme Court rules that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.
Paved way for large-scale desegregation, overturned Plessy v. Ferguson ‘separate but equal’
Which female gave a speech that helped to endorse the first draft of the universal declaration of human rights?
Eleanor Roosevelt
What is the name of the government report that provided testimony from members of the Stolen Generations?
Bringing Them Home Report
What were two major dangers Vietnamese "boat people" faced during their journeys to Australia?
Unseaworthy boats, severe weather conditions, frequent targets of pirates
Other than Poison, what is the other weakness of Fairy-type Pokémon?
Steel
List THREE methods of nonviolent protest to achieve the aims of the civil rights movement.
Sit-ins, bus boycotts, pamphlets, freedom rides, tent embassy, TV/film, activism, letter writing
What is the difference between missions and reserves?
Missions – church run
Reserves – government run
What did the Native Title Act (1993) state?
Recognised and protects native title rights in Australia and also allowed for compensation to be paid for certain past and future actions affecting native title
Who did the Vietnamese communists fight with during WWII and what happened when Vietnam wanted to declare their independence at the war's end?
Fought USA, so expected American support for the declaration of independence, however, the US instead supported the return of France as the colonial power
In 2025, Sabrina Dausman, a 27 year old enthusiast from Illinois, USA, broke the world record for her outstanding Squishmallows collection. She began collecting in 2018. How many did she have?
1,523 !!! (Only a few more than Ms Cheng)
List THREE similarities and/or differences between the civil rights movement in Australia and the US.
Similarities – methods e.g. freedom rides, student activist groups, aims e.g. ending segregation;
Differences – outcomes/effectiveness
Who was the Australian who played a role in the creation of the UN what were his roles?
Dr Herbert Evatt - President of UN General Assembly and drafted the UDHR
Describe what occurred under the Assimilation policy in Australia.
Proposed that "full blood" Indigenous peoples should be allowed to “die out” through a process of natural elimination, while "half-castes" were encouraged to assimilate into the white community; a minority group is made to adopt the majority group’s values, behaviors, and beliefs and forget those of their own culture.
The Australian Government sought to assimilate Aboriginal peoples into ‘white Australia’ by trying to make them ‘look’ and act ‘white.’
After the Vietnam War, many Vietnamese people fled to Australia as refugees. What was the name of the policy that allowed them to resettle in Australia in large numbers during the late 1970s and early 1980s?
The Fraser Government’s refugee resettlement policy under the 1976 Indochinese Refugee Agreement
What was the name of the first villain Spider-Man fought after his brief origin story in Amazing Fantasy #15, debuting in The Amazing Spider-Man #1?
The Chameleon (Dmitri Smerdyakov).
I'll also pay the Vulture, as he appeared in that issue, although Chameleon was the primary villain.