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The Federation Game

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the Father of Federation

a)

Malcolm Fraser

b)

Tom Cruise

c)

Edmund Barton

d)

Henry Parkes

2.

What date did Federation occur?

a)

1st January 1900

b)

1st January 1901

c)

26th January 1900

d)

26th January 1901

3.
What does "FEDERATION" mean?
a)
When people meet as a group.
b)
Joining together of a states or colonies to form a nation.
c)
Something that means you put things together.
d)
A type of money
4.
Where was the official Federation Ceremony held?
a)
Government House, Melbourne
b)
Arawang Primary School
c)
Parliament House, Canberra
d)
Centennial Park, Sydney 
5.
How was Federation Celebrated across the country?
a)
Buntings and Streamers
b)
Arches
c)
Parties and Dances
d)
All of these 
6.
Why was Federation necessary?
a)
Defence, Tariffs and Immigration
b)
Just for Defence
c)
Just for Tariffs
d)
Just for Immigration
7.
Why was Canberra chosen as the capital city?
a)
Because Parliament house was already built in Canberra.
b)
Sydney and Melbourne both wanted to be the capital so they picked a place in the middle.
c)
It was closest to the middle of all the States and Territories.
d)
Because it has lovely weather and is close to the snow.
8.
How was the flag picked?
a)
An old lady knitted it
b)
People had a vote for it.
c)
There was a competition which five winners were picked.
d)
They asked a 14 year old boy to draw it.
9.

Which colony of Australia did not say ‘Yes’ to Federation?

a)

New South Wales

b)

Victoria

c)

Queensland

d)

Western Australia

10.

Who made a speech about Federation in Tenterfield N.S.W?

a)

Henry Parkes

b)

John Batman

c)

Robert Menzies

d)

John Howard

11.

Who was Australia’s first Prime Minister?

a)

Alfred Deakin

b)

Scott Morrison

c)

Edmund Barton

d)

Henry Parkes

12.

A benefit of Federation to Australia is....

a)

No cars on roads

b)

No passports between states

c)

No free speech

d)

No tax on income

13.

What important document needed to be written before Federation?

a)

The Laws of Government

b)

Democracy Bill

c)

The Australian Constitution

d)

Cartoon Corner

14.

In which city did the new Parliament Of Australia meet in 1901?

a)

Canberra

b)

Sydney

c)

Geelong

d)

Melbourne

15.

Which of these would be a benefit of Australia federating?

a)

One Defence force

b)

A united country

c)

Train gauges same between states

d)

all the options.

16.

The Australian Constitution can be changed by what type of vote?

a)

Democracy

b)

Preferential voting

c)

Referendum

d)

Ballot

17.

How many states does Australia have?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

6

d)

4

18.
Women in Australia have always been allowed to vote?
a)
Yes
b)
No
19.

Henry Parkes died before he got to see his Federation dream eventuate?

a)

True

b)

False

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