Multiculturalism in Post WWII Australia Quiz

Who was Arthur Caldwell in 1945?

• Prime Minister

• Minister of Immigration

• Minister of Finance

• Minister of Education

What was the main rationale behind Caldwell's 'Populate or Perish' strategy?

• To protect Australia in case of war

• To ensure the country is multicultural

• To drive economic growth

• To drive out 'undesirable' nationalities

The 'Beautiful Balts' were made up of mainly Lithuanians, Latvians and what other nationality?

• Russians

• Estonians

• Italians

• Greeks

From 1947 to 1971, the Bonegilla Migrant Centre was home to how many migrants?

• 50,000 migrants

• 100,000 migrants

• 200,000 migrants

• 300,000 migrants

List two reasons why migrants had hated their experience living in Bonegilla?

The 1952 riots that took place in the Bonegilla Migrant Centre were known as what?

• The Spaghetti Riot

• The Lasagna Riot

• The Ravioli Riot

• The Souvlaki Riot

The Snowy Mountain Hydro-Electric Scheme was introduced in what year?

• 1945

• 1949

• 1950

• 1952

Which Labour Prime Minister introduced the Snowy Mountain Hydro Scheme?

• Robert Menzies

• Malcolm Fraser

• Harold Holt

• Ben Chifley

With majority of the workforce of the Snowy Hydro coming from European nations, Australians made up what percentage of this workforce?

• 20%

• 30%

• 35%

• 40%

What is the name of the engineer who settled the conflict between the Germans and Poles and stated "The nonsense of Europe has no place here'?

• Walter Hartwig

• Hein Bergerhausen

• Tom Little

• Sybille Bergerhausen