How well do you know Australia? | Quiz
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Questions
- Where would you find the ‘Big Banana’?
- In which year did Burke and Wills set out from Melbourne to cross the continent from south to north?
- Who started the Royal Flying Doctor Service?
- In 1809, who became the first Postmaster of New South Wales?
- Claimed to be buried near Warrnambool is which 400 plus year old ship?
- Which dancer gained notoriety for using a horse whip on the editor of The Ballarat Times after they printed an unflattering review of her act?
- In which town would you find the oldest continuously used bridge in Australia?
- What was the full name of Prime Minister Ben Chifley?
- Which Australian city is nicknamed ‘The Silver City’?
- Name Australia’s first Labor Prime Minister.
- On which Australian decimal banknote did a portrait of Henry Lawson appear?
- In which Queensland town was Waltzing Matilda first performed?
- Within the borders of which state is the Principality of Hutt River Provence located?
- In which year was the Batavia wrecked off the coast of Western Australia?
- Name the most easterly point of mainland Australia.
- What song finished second to ‘Advance Australia Fair’ in a 1977 referendum to choose a national song?
- Awarded in 1960, who was the first Australian of the Year?
- What was the first album to sell more than one million copies in Australia?
- What is the common name of Ornithorhynchus anatinus?
- How many people died in the Newcastle earthquake of December 1989?
Kerry Geale, pictured with mayor Rod Kendall and Australia Day ambassador Damian Candusso, was named Wagga's citizen of the year at the 2015 Australia Day awards ceremony. Picture: Les Smith
Centennial Tuvao performs a rap routine with the Mount Austin High School indigenous dancers at the 2015 Australia Day awards ceremony. Picture: Les Smith
Former Matilda Sally Shipard was inducted into the Wagga Sporting Hall of Fame at the 2015 Australia Day awards ceremony. Picture: Les Smith
Solutions
- Coffs Harbour, New South Wales.
- 1860.
- The Reverend John Flynn.
- Isaac Nichols.
- The Mahogany Ship.
- Lola Montez.
- Richmond, Tasmania.
- Joseph Benedict Chifley.
- Broken Hill.
- John Christian Watson.
- $10.
- Winton.
- Western Australia.
- 1629.
- Cape Byron.
- Waltzing Matilda.
- Sir Macfarlane Burnet.
- ‘Whispering Jack’ by John Farnham.
- Platypus.
- 13.