Australian History Quiz
10 Questions
| Attempts: 793
The first one - create more to add to the class' knowledge and understanding of Australian History.
Questions and Answers
- 1.
Captain Cook sailed on the first fleet.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 2.
Aboriginal Australians also use the term "indigenous".
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 3.
At some point in their ancestry, everyone who calls themself an Australian, was an immigrant.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 4.
Australia became a federation in 1901.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 5.
Australia has hosted the Olympic Games twice.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 6.
The cities of Bendigo and Ballarat came into existence due largely to the success of the goldfields in the 1800s.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 7.
Australian women were granted suffrage (the right to vote) in 1902.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 8.
Pemulwuy was a famous convict.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 9.
Mt Kosciusko is Australia's highest mountain and was named after a famous Pole.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 10.
Governor Bligh (who famously was thrown off his own ship by a mutinous crew) was found hiding under a bed during the Rum Rebellion in Sydney.
- A.
True (well we think it was true because of a piece of artwork)
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True (well we think it was true because of a piece of artwork) -
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