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Who was the Prime Minister before Julia Gillard?
Kevin Rudd
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Who chartered the east coast of Australia in 1770 and recommended it as a colony for Britain?
Captain James Cook
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Famous 200m runner who won gold at the 2000 Olympic Games.
Cathy Freeman
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The Australian War Memorial is in which city?
Canberra
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What historical event in our history does Australia Day celebrate?
The landing of the First Fleet, January 26 1788.
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The first prime minister of Australia.
Edmund Barton
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In the 1860s, these two men led an inland expedition from Melbourne to north Queensland but failed to return.
Burke and Wills
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How many different aboriginal nations existed in Australia before European arrival? a) 50 b) 100 c) 500 d) 1000
c)500
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During what war did the Japanese bomb Darwin and launch mini-submarines in Sydney Harbour?
World War II (1942)
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When did the various colonies unite to form one Australian nation?
1901
300
Name three former Australian prime ministers
http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/
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The first European to set foot on Australian soil came from which country?
Holland
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The 1965 protest tour led by Charlie Perkins through regional NSW is known as the _______________ Rides
Freedom
300
Anzac Day commemorates what event in World War I?
The landing at Gallipoli in 1915
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A famous battle between gold miners and the police in Ballarat in 1854
Eureka Stockade
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Which prime minister went for a swim and never returned in 1967?
Harold Holt
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German explorer who explored central and northern Australia in the early 1800s. He disapperaed in 1848. A national highway and a suburb in Sydney is named after him.
Ludwig Leichardt
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This man lent his name to the High Court case that ended in the termination of the legal doctrine of terra nullius.
Eddie Mabo
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The name of the track in Papua New Guinea that was succesfully defended in World War II from Japanese invasion.
Kokoda
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In what decade was the Great Depression?
1930s
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Which Prime Minister was sacked by the Governor General in 1975?
Gough Whitlam
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Name the first European to cross from East to West. Hint: a great inland lake is named him.
John Eyre
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The name of the aborginal man who became a famous go-between for the Governor Phillip in 1788. The federal seat that John Howard once held is named after him.
Bennelong
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Australia was involved in the Vietnam War between what years? a) 1918-1924 b) 1933-1955 c) 1958-1965 d) 1962-1975
d) 1962-1975
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What was the idea behind the Immigration Restriction Act of 1901?
To keep immigration limited to Europeans. It was otherwise known as the White Australia Policy.