NAIDOC Trivia - Round 1

What does the yellow circle in the Aboriginal flag represent?

• An Emu egg

• The sun

• A flower

• A bush lemon

Which of the following is the traditional Boon Wurrung name for Port Phillip Bay, and has become a popular alternative or dual name for Melbourne?

• Nipaluna

• Meanjin

• Boorloo

• Naarm

The Australian word ‘yakka’ is derived from the Jagera word ‘yaga’. What is its meaning?

• Work

• Hunt

• Play

• Sleep

Which of the following is Australia’s largest national park?

• Booderee National Park

• Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

• Kakadu National Park

• Australian National Botanic Gardens

In 2020, Rio Tinto apologised for the destruction of 46,000-year-old shelters at which Australian site?

• Juukan Gorge

• Uluru

• Kata Tjuta

• Wilpena Pound

In 1966, 200 Gurindji stockmen at Wave Hill Station went on strike, demanding the return of traditional lands. The strike was led by which Gurindji man?

• Eddie Mabo

• Vincent Lingiari

• David Unaipon

• Neville Bonner

Which of the following traditional medicines can be crushed into a paste and placed onto burns to seal and soothe the skin?

• Witchetty grub

• Kangaroo apple

• Eucalyptus leaves

• Tea tree leaves

Which of the following Aboriginal sports people is the only person in the history of the Australia Day awards to have won both Australian of the Year and Young Australian of the Year?

• Cathy Freeman

• Yvonne Cawley (nee Goolagong)

• Lionel Rose

• Adam Goodes

Who was the first Indigenous woman to be elected to Australia’s Federal Parliament?

• Leanne Enoch

• Malarndirri McCarthy

• Linda Burney

• Nova Peris

Which First Nations artist has reached Number 3 on the U.S. Billboard charts and recently broke the Australian record for longest number of consecutive weeks (14) at #1 on Australian radio?

• Briggs

• The Kid Laroi

• Baker Boy

• Jessica Mauboy