Oceania Flashcards
1
Q
In 1995, Australian police raided an isolated sheep ranch, finding compounds used for manufacture of sarin, and an underground facility full of sheep corpses with sarin exposure. They concluded the site was used to rehearse what incident?
A
Tokyo Subway Attack
2
Q
An 1808 revolt in Australia involved the overthrow of Governor William Bligh by colonists and officers of the New South Wales Corps. This “Rebellion” is known by what alliterative name, which it was given years later by English writer, Bligh sympathizer, and teetotaler William Howitt?
A
Rum Rebellion
3
Q
Bush balladeer Andrew Barton Paterson, Australia’s most popular poet at the turn of the 20th century and author of “Waltzing Matilda”, is best-known by what instrumental nickname?
A
Banjo
