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🇦🇺 Australia, Primary and Secondary

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10 questions. Get 8 right to earn 10 minutes. All 10 right = +5 bonus. They start easy and get harder as you go, so treat the first few as a warm-up. Every one you miss comes back with the answer and why.

1. In 1788, a fleet of British ships arrived at what is now Sydney to set up a colony. What was this fleet called?

The Sydney FleetThe First FleetThe Second FleetThe Royal Fleet

2. Which slow moving Australian animal spends much of its day sleeping in eucalyptus trees and eating their leaves?

EmuKangarooKoalaDingo

3. What is the capital city of Australia?

MelbourneBrisbaneSydneyCanberra

4. In which city does Australia's federal Parliament meet?

CanberraSydneyPerthMelbourne

5. Which Australian city is famous for its Opera House and Harbour Bridge?

AdelaidePerthMelbourneSydney

6. What is the capital city of Western Australia?

AlbanyBroomeFremantlePerth

7. The First Fleet in 1788 carried many people to Australia who had been sentenced to what?

Gold miningTransportation as convictsMissionary workMilitary service

8. Besides the federal government, Australia is divided into states and territories, each with their own what?

State or territory parliamentSeparate currencySeparate armySeparate king

9. Before Federation in 1901, Australia was made up of how many separate British colonies?

SixTwoThreeTen

10. How many states make up Australia?

EightSixFourTen

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