HISTORY QUIZ NO. 23 AUSTRALIA
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:01 am1. Who was the second Prime Minister of Australia?
ALFRED DEAKIN
2. Who is credited with discovering gold in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia?
PADDY HANNAN
3. Caroline Chisolm is famous for her work with whom?
IMMIGRANTS
4. What was the name of the man who purchased land from the local Aborigines, upon which Melbourne is situated today?
JOHN BATMAN
5. What team won the first Sydney Rugby League premiership in 1908?
SOUTH SYDNEY
6. The goldmining area known as Lambing Flat was near what current day southern NSW town?
YOUNG
7. The first Australian cricket team to tour England was made up of Aboriginal players. Besides being given Anglicised names for the tour, how else were they identified on the field?
COLOURED SASHES
8. One Australian Prime Minister served a term lasting only 8 days - who was it?
FRANCIS FORDE
9. What explorer went missing in the mid 1800's, whilst attempting to cross Australia from East to West?
LUDWIG LEICHHARDT
10. Who was the second Governor of the colony of New South Wales?
JOHN HUNTER
11. Who was the first European to sight the Australian coast ?
WILLIAM JANSZ
12. Who was the first to circumnavigate Tasmania?
A Bass and Flinders B La Perouse C Tasman and Eydecke D Cook
A) BASS AND FLINDERS
13. Which trio was the first to cross the Blue Mountains (west of Sydney)?
A Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth B Brahe, Wentworth and Blaxland C Cooper, Evans and Wordsworth D Caley, Lawson and Cooper
A) BLAXLAND - LAWSON - WENTWORTH
14. What was the most expensive expedition ever undertaken on Australian soil?
A Stuart, 1861 B Burke and Wills, 1860-61 C Warburton, 1874 D Giles, 1872
B) BURKE AND WILLS 1860 -61
15. Which German botanist disappeared with his entire crew and twenty horses and drays without trace in 1847?
LUDWIG LEICHHARDT
16. Who was the first explorer to name and climb Ayers Rock (Uluru)?
WILLIAM GOSSE
17. Why were so many expeditions sent into the Australian interior in the early 1860's?
A A stock route was sought to the north coast B More pastoral lands were required C The colonies were competing to find a route for a telegraph line D Curiosity
C) The colonies were competing to find a route for a telegraph line
18. What does the 'riddle of the rivers' refer to?
A Nobody knew where the source of the Murray-Darling River was B Rivers would seasonally dry up and then flow again
C Aborigines only lived next to rivers D There was a strong belief in an Inland Sea but no one could prove it
D) There was a strong belief in an Inland Sea but no one could prove it
19. The last of the great explorers surveyed and built 5000 miles of road in the interior between 1950 and 1970. Who was this?
A Leif Garret B Jeremy Beadle C Len Beadell D Bert Newton
C) LEN BEADELL
20. Who was the only leader of a colonial expedition never to have lost a man from disease, thirst or attack from the Aborigines?
A Charles Sturt B Ernest Giles C John McDouall Stuart D Peter Warburton
C) JOHN MCDOUALL STUART
ALFRED DEAKIN
2. Who is credited with discovering gold in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia?
PADDY HANNAN
3. Caroline Chisolm is famous for her work with whom?
IMMIGRANTS
4. What was the name of the man who purchased land from the local Aborigines, upon which Melbourne is situated today?
JOHN BATMAN
5. What team won the first Sydney Rugby League premiership in 1908?
SOUTH SYDNEY
6. The goldmining area known as Lambing Flat was near what current day southern NSW town?
YOUNG
7. The first Australian cricket team to tour England was made up of Aboriginal players. Besides being given Anglicised names for the tour, how else were they identified on the field?
COLOURED SASHES
8. One Australian Prime Minister served a term lasting only 8 days - who was it?
FRANCIS FORDE
9. What explorer went missing in the mid 1800's, whilst attempting to cross Australia from East to West?
LUDWIG LEICHHARDT
10. Who was the second Governor of the colony of New South Wales?
JOHN HUNTER
11. Who was the first European to sight the Australian coast ?
WILLIAM JANSZ
12. Who was the first to circumnavigate Tasmania?
A Bass and Flinders B La Perouse C Tasman and Eydecke D Cook
A) BASS AND FLINDERS
13. Which trio was the first to cross the Blue Mountains (west of Sydney)?
A Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth B Brahe, Wentworth and Blaxland C Cooper, Evans and Wordsworth D Caley, Lawson and Cooper
A) BLAXLAND - LAWSON - WENTWORTH
14. What was the most expensive expedition ever undertaken on Australian soil?
A Stuart, 1861 B Burke and Wills, 1860-61 C Warburton, 1874 D Giles, 1872
B) BURKE AND WILLS 1860 -61
15. Which German botanist disappeared with his entire crew and twenty horses and drays without trace in 1847?
LUDWIG LEICHHARDT
16. Who was the first explorer to name and climb Ayers Rock (Uluru)?
WILLIAM GOSSE
17. Why were so many expeditions sent into the Australian interior in the early 1860's?
A A stock route was sought to the north coast B More pastoral lands were required C The colonies were competing to find a route for a telegraph line D Curiosity
C) The colonies were competing to find a route for a telegraph line
18. What does the 'riddle of the rivers' refer to?
A Nobody knew where the source of the Murray-Darling River was B Rivers would seasonally dry up and then flow again
C Aborigines only lived next to rivers D There was a strong belief in an Inland Sea but no one could prove it
D) There was a strong belief in an Inland Sea but no one could prove it
19. The last of the great explorers surveyed and built 5000 miles of road in the interior between 1950 and 1970. Who was this?
A Leif Garret B Jeremy Beadle C Len Beadell D Bert Newton
C) LEN BEADELL
20. Who was the only leader of a colonial expedition never to have lost a man from disease, thirst or attack from the Aborigines?
A Charles Sturt B Ernest Giles C John McDouall Stuart D Peter Warburton
C) JOHN MCDOUALL STUART
