Australian History Quiz

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Question One

What event led to an increase in global inflation in 1973?

A) The Paris Peace AccordsB) The 1973 Arab-Israeli WarC) The OPEC Cartel doubled

the price of crude oilD) The growth in spending

by the Australian Government

Question TwoUnjumble the highlighted word

“Following mounting dissatisfaction with the existing voluntary health insurance scheme, major changes to Australia's health care system were introduced by the newly elected Whitlam Labor Government. Ikmaenbd commenced on 1 July 1975 after the passing of the Ikmaenbd legislation by a joint sitting of Parliament on 7 August 1974.”

http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/Publications_Archive/archive/medicare

Question ThreeWhat event is this

picture showing?

A) Political Rally for Referendum to ban Communist Party, 1951

B) Moratorium Rally, 1970

C) The Dismissal Protest, 1975

D) Victory in the Pacific Celebration, 1945

Question FourRe-arrange the letters to find out what

regional agreement Australia entered into in order to support the less economically developed countries of Asia and the Pacific:

HTE BOOLMCO ALPN

Question FiveWhich Two items on the list below would not have

been a specific feature of the Australian Government’s Policy of Protectionism?

Control of Aboriginal dietsControl of Aboriginal earningsControl of Aboriginals’ right to move from place to placeControl of Aboriginals’ right to enter into marriageForbidding traditional customs and celebrationsForbidding Aboriginals from serving in the armed forcesForcing Aboriginals to adopt Christian worship.

Question SixWho is this?

Question SevenThe People of Australia

voted yes to the 1967 Referendum. What % of the voters voted ‘yes’ (rounded)?

A) 60 %B) 70 %C) 80 %D) 90 %

Question EightUnscramble the

name of the exact location of this event:

OLOP EERMO MIGMNWIS

Question NineWhich Two countries on the list below were

not a part of the SEATO Alliance? Pakistan Thailand New Zealand Canada United States of America Britain France Germany Australia The Philippines

Question TenWhat is the

missing line from this famous speech?

`Well may we say "God Save the Queen" because …………………………………….'

Bonus Round AWhat Am I? I debate any dispute that

threatens world peace I decide whether or not to

dispatch peacekeeping forces to world trouble spots

I have fifteen members five permanent members ten non-permanent members The non-permanent

members are elected every two years

Australia is the current chair

Question Eleven Match these  migrant hostel  Arthur Calwell  immigration  census  One Nation

Party

With thesea. Australia's first Immigration

Minister who introduced mass immigration under the call to "populate or perish!"

b. Movement of individuals into an area occupied by an existing population

c. Anti-Immigration party led by Pauline Hanson in the late 1990s

d. A government camp for the housing of new immigrants before their assimilation into civil society

e. A periodic and official count of a country's population

Question TwelveGough Whitlam’s Government

legislated for the no-fault divorce principle, a measure that was a big step forward in the Women’s Liberation Movement. What Act did this?

a) Citizenship Act, 1972b) Family Law Act, 1975c) Sex Discrimination Act, 1984d) Affirmative Action (Equal

Opportunity for Women) Act, 1986

Question Thirteen

Which Two States did this Bus ‘Ride’ in?

Question FourteenAustralian forces played a significant role in

INTERFET during 1999. Their task was to tackle the humanitarian and security crisis in a small and poor country. What country were Australian Soldiers helping to protect?

a) Papua New Guineab) Fijic) East Timord) Borneo

Question FifteenThe Australian High Court

Case, Mabo and Others v. The State of Queensland (1992), effectively ended a legal fiction that had previously denied Aboriginal people successful land right claims.

Unscramble these letters to find which legal fiction was overturned.

Question Fifteen

sinuull trear

Question SixteenPrime Minister Gough Whitlam took the

initiative in establishing diplomatic relations with a number of Communist countries.

Name Three of these countries.

Question Seventeen

What do we call a proposed law to authorize the spending of money by government?

Question Eighteen“It is too early to tell whether the official policy of multiculturalism is a success, an extravagant delusion or a failure. Even in 40 years’ time, its success will not necessarily be known. The policy might well work well in 39 years out of 40, but one month of extreme tension may erase all the gains”. Who wrote this?a) H. V. Evattb) Professor Geoffrey Blaineyc) Sir Robert Menziesd) Sir John Kerr

Question NineteenTo whom is Whitlam

handing over the land?

A) Charlie PerkinsB) Doc EvattC) Gurramul YunupinguD) Vincent Lingiari

Question Twenty

Work out the next number in the sequence below to find the year that the Historic ‘Wik Decision’ was decided by the Australian High Court.

1912, 1924, 1948, …….

Bonus Round BWho Am I? (First and

Second name needed).

I was a Senator and Attorney General in the Whitlam Government

I raided the offices of ASIO in March, 1973

I introduced laws to end capital punishment, establish the Law Reform Commission and create free Legal Aid

I introduced the Family Law Act in 1975 which created no-fault divorce

I was appointed to the bench of the High Court in February 1975

This created a Senate vacancy which was filled by a non-labor Senator

Question Twenty One Match this With this1. __ skilled migration

policy2. __ migrant3. __ Arthur Calwell4. __ Snowy Mountains

Scheme5. __ internment

a. A programme designed to target migrants who have abilities that will contribute to the Australian economy

b. the imprisonment of 'enemy aliens' during wartime

c. Australia's first Immigration Minister in the Chifley Government of the 1940s

d. A person that moves from one region, place, or country to another

e. Project to control and divert the river and lake systems of NSW into hydroelectric and irrigation systems

Question Twenty TwoWhich Prime Minister

first introduced the Policy of Self-Determination in regards to Australia’s Indigenous peoples?

A) Robert MenziesB) Gough WhitlamC) Malcolm FraserD) Bob Hawke

Question Twenty ThreeCharles Perkins was inspired

by Martin Luther King and his civil rights protest strategies in the USA? Perkins adopted them for his freedom rides. What were these protest strategies?

A) Militant and Aggressive Action

B) Silent ProtestC) Direct Government ProtestD) Non-Violent Protest

Question Twenty FourWho was the First

Australian (pictured right) to make a significant contribution to the newly formed United Nations?

A) Doc EvattB) John CurtinC) Robert MenziesD) Gough Whitlam

Question Twenty FiveA perspective and

policy that recognizes the cultural diversity of a nation and promotes equality for all cultural traditionsa)  immigrationb)  multiculturalismc)  assimilationd)  New Australians

Question Twenty Six

In 1995, HREOC began a national enquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families.

What does HREOC stand for exactly?

Question Twenty Seven Solve the Maths problem (in your

head only!) There were 127 House of

Representatives seats in 1974 and 1975

The Liberal National coalition held 61 seats after the 1974 election

Labor had 5 more seats then the Liberal National coalition after the 1974 election

After the 1975 election they lost 30 seats

How many seats did Labor hold after the 1975 election?

Question Twenty EightCharles Perkins and the students who

travelled with him on the Freedom Rides, gave themselves an official name. Unscramble the Acronym and provide the FULL name of the organisation.

FAAS

Question Twenty NineWhich organization is responsible for the following

international initiatives?an International Convention against Doping in Sporta conference on education for intercultural and

interfaith understandingsupport for international efforts for the conservation

of World Heritage sites in the Asia–Pacific regionthe setting up of an early warning tsunami centre

for the Indian Ocean

Question ThirtyWhat was the name AND the year of

the Land Rights case where the High Court decided that native title rights could exist concurrently with the rights of a leaseholder (pastoralist)?

Bonus Round CWho Are We? (Group name

needed).

I was a multi-national force under UN authority

The aim of the force was to restore peace and order in East Timor and assist with humanitarian aid.

Twenty nations contributed forces Australia accepted leadership of this force. We were under the command of General

Peter Cosgrove We arrived in East Timor in September

1999 and were very successful in dealing with the militia violence against the East Timorese people.

In August 2001 sufficient order had been re-established to allow the people of East Timor to elect their own government

Question Thirty OneIn the 1990’s, Gough Whitlam had

an important role to play in Australia’s role as a ‘global citizen’. What was this role?

A) President of the United Nation’s General Assembly

B) Overall Commander of Australian security forces stationed in SE Asia

C) Chairmen Of The First Gulf War Treaty Talks

D) Australian Ambassador to UNESCO

Question Thirty TwoWhere and in which year did Prime

Minister Paul Keating make a famous speech in recognition and support of Aboriginal rights and freedoms?

Question Thirty ThreeIn 1973, the Whitlam

Government set up the ____________________ to investigate policy alternatives for extending Aboriginal land rights. What should be in the blank space?

A) Australian Schools CommissionB) Industries Assistance

Commission

C) The Woodward Royal CommissionD) Law Reform Commission

Question Thirty FourHow many different

questions were decided upon in the 1967 Referendum?

A) 0B) 1C) 2D) 3

Question Thirty FiveA type of government tax

on imports that were reduced by 30% during the Whitlam Governmenta)  Incomeb)  Payrollc)  Impexd)  Tariff

Bonus Round DWhat Am I?

I am a thing, a symbol I was created to protest an issue I am only found in one placeThere are always people around

me I was made in 1972 I support Indigenous Australians I exist outdoors I am found in Canberra I am made up of tents

Question Thirty SixWho is this?

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