Australia

Question 1

Name the 8 regions in Australia

Answer 1

Western Australia
Northern Australia 
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Victoria
Canberra
Tasmania

Question 2

What lies North of Australia?

Answer 2

China & islands

Question 3

What lies North East of Australia?

Answer 3

USA

Question 4

What lies South East of Australia?

Answer 4

New Zealand

Question 5

What lies South of Australia?

Answer 5

Arctics

Question 6

What lies West of Australia?

Answer 6

Africa

Question 7

Oceans around Australia:
North East
South
West

Answer 7

North East: Pacific Ocean
South: Southern Ocean
West: Indian Ocean

Question 8

How did Australia come to exist?

Answer 8

Australia became an island when it broke off from Antarctica and formed an island that drifted north.
It’s on a collision course with Indonesia, but moving slowly at 7cm a year.

Question 9

Ranked … largest country in the world.

Answer 9

6th

Question 10

Percentage of uninhabitable land?

Answer 10

Outback: 70%

Question 11

Largest rivers

Answer 11

Murray-Darling River Basin

Question 12

What does Australia mean?

Answer 12

Terra australis incognita: unknown southern land

Question 13

When was the first ship with prisoners sent to Australia?

Answer 13

It went to Botany Bay in 1787 and got there in 1788 - there were 11 boats in total with about 1,500 souls onboard, about half prisoners.

Question 14

Name the original aboriginal tribes.

Answer 14

Queensland: Murri
South Australia: Nunga
Palawa: Tasmania

Question 15

The British took the Aboriginal’s land and frontier wars started - what effect did this have on the Aboriginals?

Answer 15

In 1910- 1970, kids of the surviving nations were given to white families to raise in an effort to assimilate.
Aboriginals could only vote in 1962 and were officially recognized as part of the population in 1967.

Question 16

Tell me about Ayers Rock.

Answer 16

In 1990, the rust-coloured rock was named Ayers Rock / Uluru to acknowledge its name as known by the Anangu people to whom this is a sacred site.
This was switched to Uluru/Ayers Rock in 2002.

Question 17

What started brining people from other countries to Australia?

Answer 17

The first gold rush between 1850 - 1870: this was just outside of Melbourne. People came from China, Britain, North America, Italy, Germany, Poland, and others.
Diversity and culture increased and population grew.

Question 18

What are Aussies known for?

Answer 18

The gold rush diggers forged the resourcefulness, can-do attitude, and friendliness they are known for.

Question 19

When was the first railway system established?

Answer 19

1850-1900

Question 20

When and which British colonies formed the Commonwealth of Australia?

Answer 20

1901
South Australia
Western Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
Tasmania

Question 21

What was one of the first laws the Commonwealth of Australia passed?

Answer 21

White Australia Policy

Question 22

Tell me about Japan’s attack on Australia.

Answer 22

In 1942 Japan attacked Australia - 10 weeks after attacking Pearl Harbor - they lost.

Question 23

How did the US become a strategic partner for Australia?

Answer 23

The defence of the country could not fall on the UK, so the US and Australia had an agreement and ships arrived.
Shortly after, “Made in America” put down roots.
American products replaced many of the British-based imports.

Question 24

Why was 1986 an important year for Australia?

Answer 24

The Australian Act declared full independence.

Question 25

How did Aussies come up with the slang - Poms?

Answer 25

Pomegranate, sometimes spelt pomegrant, which was close enough to immigrant.

Question 26

Name 13 of Australia’s resources that makes it one of the world’s richest countries.

Answer 26

Wool
Lamb
Beef
Wheat
Wine
Quarter of world's uranium reserves
Largest zinc & lead deposits
Major producer of tungsten & gold
Healthy deposit of silver
Key supplier of liquified natural gas 
Production of coal