Animals
Inaccurately, this cute marsupial sometimes has 'bear' attached to its name.
What is a koala?
The number of Australian states.
What is six?
She made history as Australia's first female Prime Minister, cementing her legacy with the 'Misogyny Speech' in 2012.
Who is Julia Gillard?
25 April 1809: The first of these opened in the colony of New South Wales, helping arrivals to communicate with Britain.
What is a post office?
Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman in an epic tale about life Down Under.
What is Australia (2008)?
One bite from the inland taipan can kill up to 100 people due to this toxin.
What is venom?
Given the name Van Diemen's Land by British explorers in the 19th century.
What is Tasmania?
The first-ever Aboriginal Commonwealth Games gold medallist, she countinued to sprint into the history books until her retirement from athletics in 2003.
Who is Cathy Freeman?
1854: Peter Lalor lost an arm and gained a political career fighting for workers' rights in this Gold Rush rebellion.
What is the Eureka Stockade / Eureka Rebellion?
The third highest-grossing Australian movie of all time is about a pig who acts like a sheepdog.
What is Babe (1995)?
Nicknamed 'salties' after their habitat, which is best to avoid since you might get chomped!
What is a crocodile / saltwater crocodile?
The second government in the world to allow women to vote, and the first in the world to allow women to stand for election.
What is South Australia?
Author of iconic poems 'Waltzing Matilda' and 'The Man From Ironbark'.
Who is Banjo Paterson?
The Australian Frontier Wars began in 1788, only months after the arrival of this.
What is the First Fleet?
In 1906, Melbourne delivered the first feature film in the world. It was about this outlaw.
Who is Ned Kelly?
(Film: The Story of the Kelly Gang.)
When not delivering their trademark laugh, these birds enjoy snakes and mice for a meal.
What is a kookaburra?
The territories of North Australia and Central Australia existed between 1926 and 1931; their combined land is called this today.
What is the Northern Territory?
All Victorian trains head to the station on the street that bares his name; he circumnavigated and named Australia.
Who is Matthew Flinders?
This global sporting event was hosted in Australia twice: 1956 and 2000.
What are the Olympic Games?
Australia gets invaded in this adapatation of John Marsden's 1993 novel.
What is Tomorrow When the War Began (2010)?
Mob, court, and troupe are all collective nouns for these marsupials.
What is a kangaroo?
What is Antarctica?
First Prime Minister of Australia.
Who is Sir Edmund Barton?
The date of Australian Federation. (Day, month, year.)
What is 1 January 1901?
Australia (2008), Elvis (2022), Moulin Rouge! (2001), and The Great Gatsby (2013) are in the Top Ten highest-grossing Australian films of all time; directed by this man.
Who is Baz Luhrmann?