Year 6 - The Big Book of Australian History

In world war 2 April 1945 , an Australian poet Leon Gellert used a word short for Refugee in a newspaper article . What word was it? - Evangeline & Ignatia

• Reffo

• Remmo

• Renno

• gees

Displaced Russians who were forced to leave Germany after it collapsed in WW2 did not want to return to Stalin Russia. Where did they go? - Evangeline

• South Russia

• Australia

• America

• West Africa

What ABC radio program gave lessons to the migrants after they left the hostels? - Ignatia

• Learning a new language

• Speaking Spanish

• How to speak a new language

• English for new Australians

At the end of the Vietnam war the communists won in Vietnam. Almost 3,000 Australian troops were wounded. How many men died? - Ignatia

• 500

• 10

• 50

• none

After the Second World War, how much did Migrants from Britain pay to come to Australia? - Benjamin

• £100

• £10

• £5

• £20

Five weeks before the war ended the Adelaide Advertiser reported Europe had 8 million problems, when was this reported? - Elena H

• 8 May 1944

• Early March 1945

• Late March 1943

• Late March 1945

In September 1945, French and British troops invaded Vietnam, this was the beginning of what war? - Elena H

•  First Indochina War

• The  Indochino War

• Third Indochina War

• Second Indochina War

The Snowy Mountains, fed into Murray river, then finally flowed 'unused' into the _______ Ocean? - Leo

• Western

• Southern

• Northern

• Eastern

In 1945, as Japan was easily winning WW2, Asian nations were sending more troops to Japan. - Leo

• True

• False

 In the late 1940s, migrants came to Australia by boat. The boats were _______? - Elena.F & Claudia

• Noisy, had little food and very little amount of people

• Noisy, had little food and lots of people 

• Quiet, had too much food and lots of people

•  Quiet, had little food and lots of people