S3 - Australia as a nation - Groups and individuals

Question 1

In Australia we believe people should all have equal rights

Accepted Answer

true

Question 2

The ‘Forgotten Australians’ are those who do not have any official records of their birth

Accepted Answer

false

Question 3

Many Stolen generation children still suffer as adults today

Accepted Answer

true

Question 4

When the nation of Australia was created in 1901 all citizens were equal

Accepted Answer

false

Question 5

The ‘Aboriginal Tent Embassy’ is set up in countries outside Australia

Accepted Answer

false

Question 6

Australia takes in many refugees every year

Accepted Answer

true

Question 7

No women have ever been elected to the Australian Parliament

Accepted Answer

false

Question 8

No women has ever been Prime Minister of Australia

Accepted Answer

false

Question 9

The Australian Parliament has never apologised to the Stolen generations

Accepted Answer

false

Question 10

In 1967, the Referendum made Indigenous people citizens of Australia

Accepted Answer

false

Question 11

Many Italian migrants were put into special camps during WWII, even though they did nothing wrong

Accepted Answer

true

Question 12

It is OK to discriminate against some people because of their race or gender

Accepted Answer

false

Question 13

The ‘Former child migrants’ are children who were sent to Australia without permission from their parents

Accepted Answer

true

Question 14

The Freedom Ride was to make sure Indigenous people could travel on buses

Accepted Answer

false

Question 15

There were about 10 000 child migrants sent to Australia in the 1900s

Accepted Answer

false

Question 16

No Indigenous woman has ever been elected to the Australian Parliament

Accepted Answer

false

Question 17

Women in Australia received the vote in 1902

Accepted Answer

false

Question 18

Women do not have the right to equal pay

Accepted Answer

true

Question 19

The Forgotten Australians and Former child migrants were always well treated

Accepted Answer

false

Question 20

The Racial Discrimination Act makes it illegal to discriminate against people because of their race

Accepted Answer

true

Question 21

Indigenous Australians were given the right to vote in 1901

Accepted Answer

false

Question 22

All Australians have always had equal rights

Accepted Answer

false

Question 23

The Stolen generations were given no education

Accepted Answer

false

Question 24

Australia keeps migrants out

Accepted Answer

false

Question 25

The Gurundji people went on strike in 1966 to get land rights

Accepted Answer

true

Question 26

The Mabo case gave land rights to Indigenous Australians

Accepted Answer

true

Question 27

The Aboriginal boxer Lionel Rose was the first Indigenous person to be made Australian of the Year

Accepted Answer

true

Question 28

Refugees who are accepted by Australia are treated as equal citizens

Accepted Answer

true

Question 29

Some Indigenous children are part of the ‘Stolen Generations’, where about 6 in 10 were taken from their families

Accepted Answer

false

Question 30

The Stolen Generations were children who were kidnapped and sent overseas

Accepted Answer

false

Question 31

All Stolen Generation children were badly treated

Accepted Answer

false

Question 32

The Australian Parliament apologised to the Forgotten Australians and Former child migrants in 2009

Accepted Answer

true

Question 33

Australian children who were in orphanages are called the Forgotten Australians, and all were badly treated.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 34

Children who were sent to Australia from Britain are ‘Former child migrants’, and all were badly treated.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 35

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island flags are not official Australian flags

Accepted Answer

false

Question 36

Women teachers used to have to resign their jobs when they got married

Accepted Answer

true

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