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Australian cities multiple choice: Geraldton
How well do you know sunny Geraldton?
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Last updated: September 4, 2023
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| First submitted | September 25, 2022 |
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1. Who was Gerald?
St Gerald of Mayo
Overland explorer Thomas Robertson Gerald
Charles Fitzgerald, 4th Governor of Western Australia
Gerald Mahoney, who owned the first hotel in the district
2. The distance between Perth and Geraldton via the Brand Highway is:
172 km (106.9 miles)
418.6 km (260.1 miles)
983.6 km (611.2 miles)
1,047.2 km (650.7 miles)
3. Geraldton is in what region of Western Australia
Pilbara
Mid West
Gascoyne
Kimberley
4. The Dome of Souls (pictured) is made of 645 stainless steel seagulls, representing what?
The crew of HMAS Sydney who died in a naval battle during WWII
The Geraldton residents who died while on active service during WWI
Irish migrants, mainly children, who were resettled in Geraldton during the Great Famine
The birds who make an annual migration from the south coast of Western Australia to the Houtman Abrolhos
5. What is the Houtman Abrolhos?
A bay
An estuary
A coral reef
Botanic gardens
6. What is the main export that departs from the Port of Geraldton?
Zinc
Grain
Iron ore
Livestock
7. Which is not a suburb of Geraldton?
Woorree
Beachlands
Coconut Grove
Mahomets Flats
8. What was discovered in the Murchison River in 1848?
Gold
Lead
Sleepy cod
A chest of Dutch silver ducats
9. What is at the local CSIRO facility?
A geothermal research centre
A radio-astronomy observatory
A marine science research station
The Research Institute for Precious Metals and Metal Chemistry
10. Who built the Old Gaol?
Convicts
British soldiers
Dutch seafarers
Aboriginal labourers
11. The first steel tower constructed in mainland Australia, the Point Moore Lighthouse, was prefabricated where?
Calcutta, India
Birmingham, UK
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
12. What colour is Hutt Lagoon?
Pink
Blue
White
Green
13. The Museum of Geraldton has a particular strength in...
Insects
Millinery
Shipwrecks
Desert ecosystems
14. What is the peculiar natural feature that can be seen from the Brand Highway near Greenough?
A petrified forest
The Greenough Meteor Crater
The leaning trees of Greenough
A waterfall flowing into the ocean
15. What are Midalias, Backers and Glennies?
Beaches
Wildflowers
Cricket clubs
Racecourses
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