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Australian History: General History Quiz


1. How many ships were on the first fleet?
 

  10
  11
  12
  13


2. Where was Ned Kelly’s last stand?
 

  Glenelg
  Glenordan
  Glenorchy
  Glenrowan


3. What year was the landmark ‘Mabo’ decision handed down by the High Court?
 

  1992
  1993
  1994
  1995


4. Who was the leader of the revolt at the Eureka Stockade?
 

  Baron Dennyson
  John Trimble
  Robert Duff
  Peter Lalor


5. Who was the first Australian-born Governor-General?
 

  Sir Alfred Stephen
  Sir Frederick Darley
  Sir Isaacs Isaacs
  Sir Richard Bourke


6. Who was the only survivor from the Burke and Wills expedition?
 

  Charles Gray
  John King
  Robert Burke
  Charles Darling


7. James Cook was a British explorer and an
 

  architect
  engineer
  astronomer
  economist


8. Arthur Phillip commanded which ship in the first fleet?
 

  HMS Sirius
  The Prince of Wales
  The Scarborough
  The Lady Penrhyn


9. Hamilton Hume, at the age of 20 discovered what?
 

  Mount Hopeless
  Lake Bathurst
  Darling River
  Murrumbidgee River


10. Paul Edmund de Strzelecki climbed and named which mountain?
 

  Mount Bogong
  Mount Hotham
  Mount Stirling
  Mount Kosciusko


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