Reconciliation Week Quiz

When is Reconciliation Week held?

• Some time in May

• 27 May - 3 June

• 27 May - 1 June

• 28 May - 2 June

What State and Territories hold a Public Holiday to celebrate Reconciliation Day/Week?

• ACT, NSW, QLD

• ACT, NT

• ACT only

• All of them

What year was the first Reconciliation Week launched?

• 1962

• 1992

• 1986

• 1996

What milestones are commemorated in Reconciliation Week?

• 1967 Referendum and Mabo Day

• Reconciliation Day and Mabo Day

• 1967 Referendum, Reconciliation Day and Mabo Day

• Sorry Day and Mabo Day

What year was Reconciliation Australia established?

• 2001

• 1993

• 1975

• 2000

What event occurred to show that people were in support of Reconciliation in the year Reconciliation Week launched?

• Walk across bridges in all States and Territories

• Walk across Sydney Harbour Bridge

• Walk across Commonwealth Avenue Bridge

• March through Sydney

Approximately how many people participated in the walk across Sydney Harbour Bridge to show their support for Reconciliation?

• 3,000

• 50,000

• 500,000

• 300,000

What is the theme of this years National Reconciliation Week?

• Now More Than Ever

• Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud

• Be a Voice for Generations

• Blak, Loud and Proud

What was the outcome of the 1967 Referendum?

• Two amendments to the constitution relating to Indigenous Australians were made. Section 51 (xxvi) was altered and section 127 was deleted.

• Gave Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people the right to vote.

• Aboriginal people were included in the census.

• Two amendments to the constitution relating to Indigenous Australians were made. Aboriginal people were removed from the Flora and Fauna Act and were made eligible to vote

What date was the 1967 Referendum handed down?

• 26 May

• 27 May

• 28 May

• 29 May