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These Australian history trivia questions and answers keep to history, one era to a round. The map, the animals, the emblems and the cities are asked in the Australia trivia pack.
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From a pewter plate to the Eureka Stockade
First peoples and first sightings asks about the oldest remains found on the continent and the pewter plate a Dutch skipper fixed to a post in 1616. The First Fleet and the convict colonies counts the ships of 1788 and asks what a ticket of leave was. Gold, explorers and bushrangers has Ophir, the Eureka Stockade and the word carved on a tree at Cooper Creek.
For a quiz night on January 26 or a history class
Federation and the new nation runs from the Tenterfield Oration to the army's campaign against emus. War years to the Mabo decision keeps to dated facts: February 19, 1942, the referendum of 1967 and Christmas 1974.
Questions and answers
What are some easy Australian history trivia questions?
How many ships sailed in the First Fleet? Which animals did the handlers known as Afghans drive across the outback? Which cyclone struck Darwin at Christmas in 1974? The answers are eleven, camels and Cyclone Tracy.
Who were the first Europeans to land in Australia?
Willem Janszoon and the crew of the Dutch ship Duyfken. They landed on the western shore of Cape York on February 26, 1606, the first recorded European landfall on the continent, 164 years before James Cook reached Botany Bay.
When did Australia become a federation?
On January 1, 1901. Six colonies united as the Commonwealth of Australia, which was proclaimed in Centennial Park, Sydney.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 15, 2026 in the Wikipedia article linked under its question: First Fleet, Convicts in Australia, Eureka Rebellion, Federation of Australia and 46 more. Left out: population figures, the tolls of wars and of frontier conflict, living people and present-day politics.