Statistics
What is the name of the survey of Australian households that is completed every 5 years?
Census
What is Australia's capital city?
Canberra
How long have Indigenous Peoples lived on Australia?
60,000 years +
What are the colours of the Aboriginal flag?
Red, Black, Yellow
What is a baby kangaroo called?
Joey
What country is the most common ancestral homeland of people living in Australia?
England
Australia has the longest fence in the world. What animal is the fence supposed to keep out of the southern states of Australia?
Dingoes
What is the name of the Indigenous creation stories?
The Dreaming
How many stars are on the Australian flag?
6
What is the Victorian name for what NSW folks call a 'potato scallop'?
Potato cake
In Australia, what is the most common household structure: Family, Single, or Group?
Family (70.5%)
How many states does Australia have?
6. ACT and NT are not states.
What popular Australian sport is believed to be based on a game played by Indigenous Australians?
AFL - based on Marngrook, which was played with a possum skin ball.
What are the four colours of the Torres Strait Islander flags?
Green, Blue, White, and Black
What is the slang term for a piece of crumbed and fried chicken, topped with sauce and cheese?
Parma or Parmi
In the 2021 Census, what was the median age of people living in Yea?
53
What is the name of the sacred monolith in Central Australia?
Uluru
What two states of Australia are home to two-thirds of the country's Indigenous population?
Queensland and NSW
What are Australia's national flora and fauna?
Golden wattle and kangaroo
What does the slang phrase "she'll be apples" mean?
Everything will be okay.
In the 2021 Census, what percentage of Australians identified as Indigenous Australians.
3.2%
Almost 80% of Australians live in which three states?
Queensland, NSW, Victoria
What is the name of the traditional custodians of the Yea area?
Taungurung people
What flower is commonly worn on Rememberence Day as the Emblem of Rememberance?
The Red Poppy
Two Australian mammals lay eggs. What are they?
Platypus and echidna