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Quizzes about Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands.

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1 trivia quiz  Early Kiwi Farming coolicon
New Zealand farming: origins, innovations and tribulations.
Average 10Q
243 plays
Dec 08 07
AdjNZ
2 trivia quiz  ANZACs in WWII icon
Don't believe what Hollywood has shown us. The USA wasn't the only armed force on the Allies side and the Yanks didn't win the war by themselves.
Very Difficult 10Q
792 plays
Jul 01 06
Brumbie
3 trivia quiz  Disputed Areas in the Americas and Oceania icon
I will give you the name of two countries in North America, South America or Oceania, and a year. I want the name of an area. This year there either was a clash or dispute about this area, or it was handed over peacefully from one country to another.
Difficult 25Q
753 plays
May 10 02
author

Some sample questions from this category:

* Who was the second Prime Minister of Australia?
* Who is credited with discovering gold in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia?
* Caroline Chisolm is famous for her work with whom?
* What was the name of the man who purchased land from the local Aborigines, upon which Melbourne is situated today?
* What team won the first Sydney Rugby League premiership in 1908?
* The goldmining area known as Lambing Flat was near what current day southern NSW town?
* The first Australian cricket team to tour England was made up of Aboriginal players. Besides being given Anglicised names for the tour, how else were they identified on the field?
* One Australian Prime Minister served a term lasting only 8 days - who was it?
* Who was the second Governor of the colony of New South Wales?
* Esther Abrahams, a young Jewish girl, caught the eye of 2nd Lt George Johnston on the voyage out. They were to spend the rest of their lives as a couple. In what year were they married?
* What 'first' is Anne Davis remembered for?
* How did Eleanor McCabe, her little daughter and another woman die in 1793?
* Another first. What 'first' is Isabel Rosson remembered for?
* Before she married Richard Robinson in 1792, Ann Inett had two sons to 2nd Lt Philip Gidley King who had been made commandant of the settlement on Norfolk Island. (He later became Governor of New South Wales). What were the names of the two sons?
* What 'notable deed' are Mary Braund and her husband, William Bryant, remembered for?
* Elizabeth Thackery was the last known female survivor of the First Fleet. She was sentenced in 1786 to seven years transportion for the theft of what?
* Lieutentant Ralph Clarke wrote in his diary about this woman. He said 'It is a thousand pittious that She is abandoned Woman for She is in figure a fine woman and has got a handsome face.' What was her name?
* This woman had her daughter taken off her because she was considered to 'a woman of abandoned character'. What was her name?
* Found in backyards and gardens all over the world, what item has become synonymous with one of Australia's most famous inventions?
* What humble item that we all use every day had its origins in Launceston, Tasmania?

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