Australian cities multiple choice: Gladstone

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1. Gladstone is in which state?
Tasmania
Queensland
South Australia
New South Wales
2. Gladstone's most famous son is probably Fred Paterson, who was the Member for Bowen. What made him unique among Australian Federal politicians?
He was an officer in the Salvation Army
He was a conscientious objector in WWI
He was a member of the Communist Party
He was later elected to the Government of Canada
3. Who or what are catered for at the Rehabilitation Centre on Quoin island?
Turtles
Fruit bats
Cancer patients
Recovering alocholics
4. What is the main industry on Boyne Island?
Tourism
Fishing
Petroleum refining
Aluminium smelting
5. What was the orignial function of Kullaroo House?
Bank
Girls school
Port Authority Office
Governor's regional residence
6. The myth of a dome over Gladstone caused by industrial pollution seeks to explain what?
Smog
The high rate of dementia
The low rate of skin cancer
Storms and rain tend to avoid the city
7. What feature, in Roseberry street, between Auckland street and Oaka lane, has been classified by the National Trust?
A fig tree
A stone bridge
A giant fibreglass emu
A statue of James Cook
8. What is the next railway station north of Gladstone station?
Sarina
Camilla
Mt Larcom
Miriam Vale
9. As the crow flies, which of these is closest to Gladstone?
Canberra
Alice Springs
Norfolk Island
Nouméa, New Caledonia
10. Which of these roads does not lead from Gladstone to the Bruce Hughway?
Dawson Highway
Gladstone Monto Road
Gladstone Benaraby Road
Hanson Road / Gladstone Mount Larcom Road
11. Where was Yaralla Hostel, barracks that housed thousands of workers while they built the industrial facilities on Boyne Island?
South Trees
Barney Point
Auckland Inlet
Spinnaker Park
12. What is the major export from the Port of Gladstone?
Iron
Coal
Fish
Wood
13. Before the name was changed to Gladstone, what did Matthew Flinders call the region?
Nanbaree
The Cays
Port Curtis
Trim Waters
14. How did Mount Biondello get its name?
After the first ship to land in the region
After Lucentio's servant in 'The Taming of the Shrew'
After Giovanni Biondello, the first white explorer to climb the peak
After Thomas Biondello Jeffreys, brother of surveyor Lieutenant Charles Jeffreys
15. William Golding Memorial Lookout is named after...
A local civic leader
A child who drowned in the harbour
The author of a classic book that was set on Facing Island
A businessman who founded the city's first library and first theatre
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