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Australia - Multiple Choice #3

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1. Which state capital was the only one established without convicts making the place look untidy?
Hobart
Perth
Adelaide
Melbourne
A point of pride with Crow Eaters for many years. Now they have blotted their copybook like every other state capital.
2. Which state/territory capital was the last to be established?
Hobart
Melbourne
Darwin
Perth
3. Which state is the most wanting in literacy, numeracy and employment opportunities?
Victoria
South Australia
Tasmania
New South Wales
4. Which city is dubbed "The City of Churches"?
Melbourne
Adelaide
Hobart
Perth
5. What stretches for 5,614 km (3,488 miles) from Jimbour, Queensland to Nundroo, South Australia?
The Great Australian Bight
The Rabbit Proof Fence (Bunny Fence)
The Dingo Fence (Dog Fence)
The Great Dividing Range
6. Which is the poorest town in Australia?
Mount Druitt, New South Wales
Mungallala, Queensland
Eucla, Western Australia
Mary Kathleen, Queensland
Mount Druitt, a suburb of Sydney, has a reputation for its inhabitants being of very low intelligence. Mary Kathleen had a short life as a uranium mine from the mid-1950s until 1982. The town was packed up and carted away to elsewhere... lock, stock and barrel.
7. How many air raids by the Japanese did Darwin, Northern Territory endure in 1942?
89
64
28
56
8. What do fossickers hope to find in Emerald, Queensland?
Diamonds
Sapphires
Opals
Emeralds
9. What is a 'jillaroo'?
An albino, marsupial mouse found near Denmark, Western Australia
A female labourer on a sheep or cattle station. Equivalent of a male 'jackaroo'
A backup singer for a country pub band
A mythical creature violated by a drop bear and given protection and shelter by a kadaitcha man
10. What is Hay Street, Kalgoorlie Western Australia famous (infamous) for?
Location where corrupt NSW police detective Roger Rogerson murdered Doctor Victor Chang and planted a heart on him
Brothels
Cockfighting
Drop bear baiting
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