The Ultimate Quiz on Australian History!

Question 1

What/Who Killed Heath Ledger in 2008?

Accepted Answer

Overdose

Question 2

What was the name of the island between Australia and New Zealand founded as a penal colony in 1788?

Accepted Answer

Norfolk Island

Question 3

Hieu Van Le, a former refugee from which country became governor of which state in 2014?

Accepted Answer

South Australia

Question 4

In which year did the Australian flag officially become the national flag of Australia?

Accepted Answer

1954

Question 5

Which Aboriginal Nation Declared Independence in 2013, and now is a Micronation?

Accepted Answer

Murrawarri

Question 6

What was the name of the other more known proposed National Anthem?

Accepted Answer

Waltsing Matilda

Question 7

When was the INTERFET Operation?

Accepted Answer

1999

Question 8

In which year was the Australian national anthem "Advance Australia Fair" officially adopted?

Accepted Answer

1984

Question 9

What was the first inland European Settlement in Australia?

Accepted Answer

Bathurst

Question 10

How many Convicts in total were sent to Australia in the 19th Century?

Accepted Answer

160,000

Question 11

What was the name of the first Australian saint?

Accepted Answer

Mary

Question 12

What was the name of the Former British Colony that encompassed The Northern Territory and South Australia?

Accepted Answer

Central Australia

Question 13

What was the Original Name of Melbourne?

Accepted Answer

Batmania

Question 14

In which year did Australia become an Independent Nation?

Accepted Answer

1901

Question 15

What was the Original Name of Australia?

Accepted Answer

Terra Australis

Question 16

When was the first Australian-Led Peacekeeping Operation in the Solomon Islands?

Accepted Answer

2000

Question 17

In which year did the first free immigrants arrive in Australia from the UK?

Accepted Answer

1793

Question 18

Bombings in which area killed 88 Australians in 2002?

Accepted Answer

Bali

Question 19

What was the name of the most famous Australian Bushranger and Gang Leader??

Accepted Answer

Ned Kelly

Question 20

Dirk Hartog explored Western Australia in which century?

Accepted Answer

17th Century

Question 21

Which city became the capital of Australia in 1911?

Accepted Answer

Canberra

Question 22

Which Year did the Biggest Known Bushfires In Australia Start?

Accepted Answer

2020

Question 23

What was the name of the Conflict between British Forces and Aboriginal Tribesman?

Accepted Answer

Frontier Wars

Question 24

When did the Gold Rush start?

Accepted Answer

1851

Question 25

What was the name of policy that aimed to assimilate Indigenous Australians into society?

Accepted Answer

The Stolen Generation

Question 26

When was the Eureka Stockade?

Accepted Answer

1854

Question 27

Who was the first Aboriginal Australian to be elected to the Australian Parliament?

Accepted Answer

Neville Bonner

Question 28

Which Australian City Experienced a Minor Earthquake in 2023?

Accepted Answer

Melbourne

Question 29

When was the Australian Peacekeeping Operation in Bougainville?

Accepted Answer

1994

Question 30

When did the First Fleet land on Australia?

Accepted Answer

1788

Question 31

Herbert Vere Evatt helped write the Constitution of which POLITICAL body?

Accepted Answer

United Nations

Question 32

What was the name of the Army Corps formed by Australia and New Zealand?

Accepted Answer

ANZAC

Question 33

When was the First Flag Change Referendum?

Accepted Answer

1956

Question 34

Prior to gaining independence, what was the legal status of Australia within the British Empire?

Accepted Answer

A Collection of Colonies

Question 35

What was the name of the Australian-Led United Nations Operation in Timor?

Accepted Answer

INTERFET

Question 36

In Which Year was Australia Discovered?

Accepted Answer

1606

Question 37

What was the main purpose of the New South Wales Penal Colony?

Accepted Answer

Convicts

Question 38

John Curtin was PM during which Conflict/War?

Accepted Answer

World War II

Question 39

Who became the First PM of Australia?

Accepted Answer

Edmund Barton

Question 40

Where did the ANZAC Landings specificly commence in Turkey?

Accepted Answer

Gallipoli

Question 41

In which year did Australia gain complete legislative independence from the British Parliament?

Accepted Answer

1986

Question 42

When is Australia/Invasion Day?

Accepted Answer

26th of January

Question 43

When did "Aussie Rules Football" Start?

Accepted Answer

1896

Question 44

What was the rifle developed by Australian Forces in Gallipoli?

Accepted Answer

Drip Rifle

Question 45

Lawrence Hargrave was a pioneer in which field?

Accepted Answer

Aviation

Question 46

Which Australian city experienced a major earthquake in 1989?

Accepted Answer

Newcastle

Question 47

Who was the first European to explore and map the coastline of Australia?

Accepted Answer

Willem Janszoon

Question 48

In Which year did New Zealand become a separate colony from New South Wales?

Accepted Answer

1841

Question 49

What is the name of the Australian-Made Military Vehicle Currently in-use at Ukraine?

Accepted Answer

Bushmaster

Question 50

In which year was the colony of Western Australia founded at Perth?

Accepted Answer

1829

The Ultimate Quiz on Australian History!

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The Ultimate Quiz on Australian History!

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