Yr 8 Tutor Group Common Knowledge about Australia

What is this instrument called?

• didgeridoo

• digitaldo

• Australia clarinet

• Australia flute

What is the population of Australia?

• 26 million

• 2.6 Billion

• 260 million

• 2.6 million

Which city is not a capital city of a state / territory?

• Cairns

• Perth

• Adelaide

• Hobart

Around how long ago the first nation people arrived in Australia?

• 50,000 years

• unknown

• 5000 years

• 500,000 years

What is Captain Cook's first name?

• James

• Edward

• Phillip

• George

In which year, Australia gained independence from Great Britain?

• 1901

• 1867

• 1932

• 1895

This is the satellite image of

• Great Barrier Reef

• the Outback

• the Blue Mountain

• Uluru

This native animal is

• Quokka

• Goanna

• Koala

• Tasmania Devil

What was the primary reason that Britain colonised Australia?

• overcrowded gaols

• gold rush

• authority enforcement

• its floral and fauna

Which hunting tool was invented by Australia's first nation people?

• boomerang

• axe

• arrow and bow

• stony knife