Year 6 End of Term Test

Our Constitution

Who were the two men who wrote up the draft Australian constitution?

• Henry Parkes

• Samuel Griffith.

• Andrew Inglis Clark

• Lachlan Macquarie

Which three countries had an influenced on the Australia Constitution?

• Britain

• Canada

• United States of America

• Australia

• New Zealand

Which of these is not a Commonwealth responsibility?

• immigration

• health

• defence

• interstate trade

What would happen if a state law conflicted with a Commonwealth law?

• The state law would not stand, as it conflicts with the commonwealth law.

• The state law would overrule the Commonwealth law.

• A referendum would be held to see which law the people wanted to keep.

• An election would be called.

Referendums.

What is NOT a correct statement.

• A majority of the States must agree.

• A majority of the people must agree.

• 0nly one state must agree.

• The proposal must be passed by parliament.

Which referendum proposed that elections be held once every 4 years?

• Fair elections

• Rights and Freedoms

• Preamble

• Parliamentary Terms

Is voting in referendums compulsory in Australia?

• True

• False

In 1967 what did over 90% of voters support at a referendum?

• The right for people to have their say to change the constitution

• Giving Aboriginal people the right to have full citizen rights

• That all states had to agree for any changes to happen to the Constitution

• That once you came to Australia you were an Australian citizen with all the rights and responsibilities that came with that.

Six Colonies to One Nation.

When was the Australian nation formed?

• 1 January 1901

• 26 January 1788

• 200 years ago

• 1854

A person born In Victoria in 1873 would be?

• An Australian citizen

• A Victorian citizen

• A British citizen

• A convict baby