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Australian cities multiple choice: Albury

Do you know the city of Albury?
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Last updated: June 14, 2023
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1. What is Albury's twin city (across the river)?
Dubbo
Echuca
Wodonga
Gold Coast
2. Which river?
Swan
Murray
Darling
South Esk
3. What was founded in Albury in 1944?
Ansett Airways
St George Bank
Rural Fire Service
Liberal Party of Australia
4. Albury is in which state?
Victoria
Tasmania
New South Wales
Western Australia
5. Why did Albury Railway Station have two clocks before 1895?
It was on the border of two colonies that were in different time zones
So that the original buildings on either side of the tracks were symmetrical
One to show current time, and one fixed on the arrival time of the next train
One on the track side for passengers and staff, one on the outside for the town
6. What is the Wagirra Trail?
A linear sculpture park
An outdoor museum of Aboriginal heritage
A circuit of wineries on the outskirts of Albury
The route by which the first European explorers came to Albury
7. Which annual event held from 1951 to 1972 involved a queen, a parade and fund-raising?
Tulip Time
Hay Harvest Fest
Riverina Field Day
Albury Floral Festival
8. There's a very tall monument on Monument Hill. What does it commemorate?
The first Europeans to settle in the area
The introduction of irrigation to the region
Local people who served in the First World War
The federation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901
9. Albury is in the traditional land of which Indigenous people?
Wiradjuri
Whadjuk
Kombumerri
Wulgurukaba
10. The major public art gallery in Albury is known by what acronym?
AGA
FASA
AMAH
MAMA
Murray Art Museum Albury
11. Which university is in the suburb of Thurgoona?
Murdoch
Federation
Charles Sturt
Australian Catholic University
12. What are Glemorus Memorial Gardens?
A cemetery
A war memorial
A park in the old Glemorus homestead
Botanic Gardens specialising in exotic species cultivated by early settlers
13. Which highway runs roughly east-west, passing through the town at Hume and Young streets?
Hume Highway
Olympic Highway
Riverina Highway
Hamilton Valley Highway
14. What is the oldest school in Albury?
Kandeer School
The Scots School
Xavier High School
St Patrick's Primary School
15. Where is Digby the dinosaur?
Oddies Creek Park
Melrose Football Club
Finns Beach, Bandiana
Albury Children's Garden
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