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What event led to an increase
in global inflation in 1973?
A) The Paris Peace Accords
B) The 1973 Arab-Israeli War
C) The OPEC Cartel doubled
the price of crude oil
D) The growth in spending by
the Australian Government
Question Two
Unjumble the highlighted word
“Following mounting dissatisfaction with the
existing voluntary health insurance scheme, major
changes to Australia's health care system were
introduced by the newly elected Whitlam Labor
Government. Ikmaenbd commenced on 1 July 1975
after the passing of the Ikmaenbd legislation by a
joint sitting of Parliament on 7 August 1974.”
http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library
/Publications_Archive/archive/medicare
Question Three
 What event is this
picture showing?
A) Political Rally for
Referendum to ban
Communist Party,
1951
B) Moratorium Rally,
1970
C) The Dismissal
Protest, 1975
D) Victory in the
Pacific Celebration,
1945
Question Four
 Re-arrange the letters to find out what regional
agreement Australia entered into in order to
support the less economically developed countries
of Asia and the Pacific:
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HTE BOOLMCO ALPN
Question Five
 Which Two items on the list below would not have been a
specific feature of the Australian Government’s Policy of
Protectionism?
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Control of Aboriginal diets
Control of Aboriginal earnings
Control of Aboriginals’ right to move from place to place
Control of Aboriginals’ right to enter into marriage
Forbidding traditional customs and celebrations
Forbidding Aboriginals from serving in the armed forces
Forcing Aboriginals to adopt Christian worship.
Question Six
Who is this?
Question Seven
 The People of Australia
voted yes to the 1967
Referendum. What % of
the voters voted ‘yes’
(rounded)?
A)
B)
C)
D)
60 %
70 %
80 %
90 %
Question Eight
 Unscramble the name of
the exact location of this
event:
OLOP EERMO MIGMNWIS
Question Nine
 Which Two countries on the list below were not a part
of the SEATO Alliance?
 Pakistan
 Thailand
 New Zealand
 Canada
 United States of America
 Britain
 France
 Germany
 Australia
 The Philippines
Question Ten
 What is the
missing line from
this famous
speech?
 `Well may we say
"God Save the
Queen" because
……………………………
……….'
Bonus Round A
 What Am I?
 I debate any dispute that
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threatens world peace
I decide whether or not to
dispatch peacekeeping forces to
world trouble spots
I have fifteen members
five permanent members
ten non-permanent members
The non-permanent members are
elected every two years
Australia is the current chair
Question Eleven
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Match these
migrant hostel
Arthur Calwell
immigration
census
One Nation Party
 With these
a.
Australia's first Immigration
Minister who introduced mass
immigration under the call to
b.
c.
d.
e.
"populate or perish!"
Movement of individuals into an
area occupied by an existing
population
Anti-Immigration party led by
Pauline Hanson in the late 1990s
A government camp for the
housing of new immigrants
before their assimilation into civil
society
A periodic and official count of a
country's population
Question Twelve
 Gough Whitlam’s Government
legislated for the no-fault divorce
principle, a measure that was a big
step forward in the Women’s
Liberation Movement. What Act
did this?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Citizenship Act, 1972
Family Law Act, 1975
Sex Discrimination Act, 1984
Affirmative Action (Equal
Opportunity for Women) Act,
1986
Question Thirteen
 Which Two States did this Bus ‘Ride’ in?
Question Fourteen
 Australian forces played a significant role in
INTERFET during 1999. Their task was to tackle the
humanitarian and security crisis in a small and
poor country. What country were Australian
Soldiers helping to protect?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Papua New Guinea
Fiji
East Timor
Borneo
Question Fifteen
 The Australian High Court
sinuull trear
Case, Mabo and Others v. The
State of Queensland (1992),
effectively ended a legal fiction
that had previously denied
Aboriginal people successful
land right claims.
 Unscramble these letters to find
which legal fiction was
overturned.
Question Sixteen
 Prime Minister Gough Whitlam took the
initiative in establishing diplomatic relations
with a number of Communist countries.
 Name Three of
these countries.
Question Seventeen
 What do we call a proposed law to
authorize the spending of money by
government?
Question Eighteen
“It is too early to tell whether the official policy of
multiculturalism is a success, an extravagant delusion
or a failure. Even in 40 years’ time, its success will not
necessarily be known. The policy might well work
well in 39 years out of 40, but one month of extreme
tension may erase all the gains”. Who wrote this?
a) H. V. Evatt
b) Professor Geoffrey Blainey
c) Sir Robert Menzies
d) Sir John Kerr
Question Nineteen
 To whom is Whitlam
handing over the land?
A) Charlie Perkins
B) Doc Evatt
C) Gurramul Yunupingu
D) Vincent Lingiari
Question Twenty
 Work out the next number in the sequence
below to find the year that the Historic ‘Wik
Decision’ was decided by the Australian High
Court.
1912, 1924, 1948, …….
Bonus Round B
 Who Am I? (First and Second
name needed).
 I was a Senator and Attorney General in
the Whitlam Government
 I raided the offices of ASIO in March,
1973
 I introduced laws to end capital
punishment, establish the Law Reform
Commission and create free Legal Aid
 I introduced the Family Law Act in 1975
which created no-fault divorce
 I was appointed to the bench of the High
Court in February 1975
 This created a Senate vacancy which was
filled by a non-labor Senator
Question Twenty One
Match this
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
__ skilled migration policy
__ migrant
__ Arthur Calwell
__ Snowy Mountains Scheme
__ internment
With this
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
A programme designed to target
migrants who have abilities that will
contribute to the Australian economy
the imprisonment of 'enemy aliens'
during wartime
Australia's first Immigration Minister
in the Chifley Government of the
1940s
A person that moves from one region,
place, or country to another
Project to control and divert the river
and lake systems of NSW into
hydroelectric and irrigation systems
Question Twenty Two
 Which Prime Minister first
introduced the Policy of
Self-Determination in
regards to Australia’s
Indigenous peoples?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Robert Menzies
Gough Whitlam
Malcolm Fraser
Bob Hawke
Question Twenty Three
 Charles Perkins was inspired
by Martin Luther King and
his civil rights protest
strategies in the USA? Perkins
adopted them for his freedom
rides. What were these
protest strategies?
A) Militant and Aggressive
Action
B) Silent Protest
C) Direct Government Protest
D) Non-Violent Protest
Question Twenty Four
 Who was the First
Australian (pictured right)
to make a significant
contribution to the newly
formed United Nations?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Doc Evatt
John Curtin
Robert Menzies
Gough Whitlam
Question Twenty Five
 A perspective and policy
that recognizes the cultural
diversity of a nation and
promotes equality for all
cultural traditions
immigration
b) multiculturalism
c) assimilation
d) New Australians
a)
Question Twenty Six
 In 1995, HREOC began a national enquiry into
the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander children from their families.
 What does HREOC stand for exactly?
Question Twenty Seven
 Solve the Maths problem (in your
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head only!)
There were 127 House of
Representatives seats in 1974 and
1975
The Liberal National coalition held
61 seats after the 1974 election
Labor had 5 more seats then the
Liberal National coalition after the
1974 election
After the 1975 election they lost 30
seats
 How many seats did Labor
hold after the 1975 election?
Question Twenty Eight
 Charles Perkins and the students who travelled
with him on the Freedom Rides, gave themselves
an official name. Unscramble the Acronym and
provide the FULL name of the organisation.
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FAAS
Question Twenty Nine
 Which organization is responsible for the following
international initiatives?
 an International Convention against Doping in Sport
 a conference on education for intercultural and
interfaith understanding
 support for international efforts for the conservation
of World Heritage sites in the Asia–Pacific region
 the setting up of an early warning tsunami centre for
the Indian Ocean
Question Thirty
 What was the name AND the year of the Land
Rights case where the High Court decided that
native title rights could exist concurrently with
the rights of a leaseholder (pastoralist)?
Bonus Round C
 Who Are We? (Group name
needed).
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I was a multi-national force under UN
authority
The aim of the force was to restore peace
and order in East Timor and assist with
humanitarian aid.
Twenty nations contributed forces
Australia accepted leadership of this force.
We were under the command of General
Peter Cosgrove
We arrived in East Timor in September 1999
and were very successful in dealing with the
militia violence against the East Timorese
people.
In August 2001 sufficient order had been reestablished to allow the people of East
Timor to elect their own government
Question Thirty One
 In the 1990’s, Gough Whitlam had an
important role to play in Australia’s
role as a ‘global citizen’. What was this
role?
A) President of the United Nation’s
General Assembly
B) Overall Commander of Australian
security forces stationed in SE Asia
C) Chairmen Of The First Gulf War
Treaty Talks
D) Australian Ambassador to UNESCO
Question Thirty Two
 Where and in which year did Prime Minister
Paul Keating make a famous speech in
recognition and support of Aboriginal rights
and freedoms?
Question Thirty Three
 In 1973, the Whitlam Government
set up the ____________________
to investigate policy alternatives
for extending Aboriginal land
rights. What should be in the
blank space?
A) Australian Schools Commission
B) Industries Assistance
Commission
C) The Woodward Royal
Commission
D) Law Reform Commission
Question Thirty Four
 How many different questions
were decided upon in the 1967
Referendum?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
Question Thirty Five
 A type of government tax on
imports that were reduced by
30% during the Whitlam
Government
Income
b) Payroll
c) Impex
d) Tariff
a)
Bonus Round D
What Am I?
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I am a thing, a symbol
I was created to protest an issue
I am only found in one place
There are always people around me
I was made in 1972
I support Indigenous Australians
I exist outdoors
I am found in Canberra
I am made up of tents
Question Thirty Six
Who is this?
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