States and Territories
Animals
Tourist Attractions
Slang
History
200
What is the Northern Territory?
200
On the fifty-cent coin.
What is a kangaroo and an emu?
200
The largest reef in the world.
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
200
Mozzie.
What is a mosquito?
200
22 August 1770: This explorer and captain of the Endeavour claimed the eastern part of Australia for Britain, calling it New South Wales.
Who is Captain James Cook?
400
The most southern state in Australia.
What is Tasmania?
400
The inland taipan produces enough of this in one bite to kill up to one hundred adults.
What is venom?
400
One of the most important indigenous sites in Australia, upon which 37 recreational climbers have died, public access to it was banned on 26 October 2019.
What is Uluru?
400
Sunnies.
What are sunglasses?
400
26 January 1788: Captain Arthur Phillip begins to establish a convict settlement in Port Jackson, having led eleven ships from Britain, known collectively as this.
What is the First Fleet?
600
The territory in which the Australian Parliament House is located.
What is the Australian Capital Territory?
600
Native to the Australian east coast, where it sleeps for twenty hours a day, their closest living relative is the wombat.
What is the koala?
600
Nicknamed "The Coathanger", tourists can hike to the top and view its harbour.
What is the Sydney Harbour Bridge?
600
Barbie.
What is a barbeque?
600
3 December 1854: Government troops attack protesting miners in Ballarat, sparking a deadly conflict.
What is the Eureka Stockade? / What is the Eureka Rebellion?
800
The 1967 book and 1975 film adaptation of Picnic at Hanging Rock brings tourists to the title reserve in this state.
What is Victoria?
800
One of the oldest creatures to walk the planet, they first appeared over 240 million years ago and remain the larget reptile in the world.
What is a saltwater crocodile?
800
The Sydney Swans guernsey features this iconic tourist attaction, opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October 1973.
What is the Sydney Opera House?
800
Flat out.
What is a being really busy?
800
17 December 1872: Victoria becomes the first Australian colony, and one of the first juristicions in the world, to offer free, compulsory, and secular this to children.
What is education?
1000
Fancy a flight from Madagascar to this Australian state? The journey will take up to twenty-five hours.
What is Western Australia?
1000
One of the deadliest snakes in Australia, it is named for the colour of its body.
What is a brown snake?
1000
Loved and loathed by Melbournians, this arts and cultural public space opened on 26 October 2002.
What is Federation Square?
1000
Choc-a-bloc.
What is full?
1000
27 April 1904: Prime Minister Chris Watson leads the first national government of this political party in the world.
What is the Labour Party?