Places in Australia
Australia -facts and figures
Native Australians
Australian wild life
Life in Australia
100
What is the biggest city of Australia?
Sydney
100
What is Australia often called because it is south of the equator?
Down Under
100
What are the Native Australians called?
Aborigines
100
Which famous Australian animal carries its young in a pouch and can stand on two feet?
kangaroo
100
In which season do the Australians celebrate Christmas?
in summer
200
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
200
What is the name of Australias most famous building in the capital of the country?
Sydney Opera House
200
What famous instrument do the Native Australians play?
didgeridoo
200
Which Australian animal is a wild dog?
dingo
200
What is the type of school called which children in the outback "go" to?
SOA - School of the Air
300
What is the centre of Australia called where it is hot and dry and only few people live?
the outback
300
Which famous mountain in the outback is a holy place for the Native Australians?
Ayers Rock/Uluru
300
The Native Australians believe that the world and everything on it was made by "ancestor spirits".
What are the stories called which tell about this period of time?
Dreamtime stories
300
Which Australian animal lives in trees and eats the leaves of eucalyptus trees?
koala
300
Some school children from the outback go to schools which are far away from their homes. There they are taught and also live in during the school week.
What are these schools called?
boarding schools
400
What is the name of the famous coral reef in the northeast of Australia?
Great Barrier Reef
400
Name at least two popular sports in Australia.
hockey, football, cricket, rugby, water sports
400
In the 19th century and especially in the first half of the 20th century a lot of Aboriginal children were taken away from their families and sent to children's homes?
What are all these children called?
Stolen Generations
400
Steve Irwin was a famous Australian who made films about animals.
What is the name of the animal that gave a series its name? (... Hunter)
crocodile
400
Who comes and helps ill people who live in the outback?
the Flying Doctor
500
What is the name of the big island in the south of Australia which is also one of the federal states?
Tasmania
500
Which flag is part of the Australian flag because of its history?
British flag / flag of the UK/ Union Jack
(not: English flag)
500
What are the colours of the Aboriginal flag?
black, red and yellow 
500
Which Australian animal only lives on an island in the south of Australia?
It's black and its screams are extremely loud.
Tasmanian devil
500
Which European explorer discovered Australia in 1770 and claimed the east coast for Great Britain?
Captain James Cook