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201+ Australia Trivia Questions and Answers [History & Heritage]

Posted on the 08 September 2021 by Nihar Ranjan Gahan Gahan

The country Australia, You can otherwise call that “the Haven on Earth”. Because of the full of sea beaches, tourist attractions, and historical monuments. As well Australia is also known as the most educated country in the World and has many invention records.

But still, there is a question, Did you acutely know all about Australia, obviously not. There are many things created by nature as well by humans we should known about. To explore Australia we have shortlisted the latest Australia trivia that will definitely help to know more about it.

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Australia Trivia Questions 1-20

What is Australia?

Answer: is a Country and Continental

In the count of the largest country in the world, Australia comes on which position?

Answer: Number Six

What is the area of the “Great Barrier Reef”?

Answer: 1,429 miles

What is the name of the country in the world that has the highest proportion of migrant settlers?

Answer: Australia

How many islands are located in the “Great Barrier Reef”?

Answer: 900 Islands

Is it true, Australia is the only continent occupied by one nation?

Answer: Yes

When and Where was the last shipment of convicts disembarked?

Answer: Western Australia in 1868

When was European Australia establish?

Answer: 26 January 1788

What is the population of the country “Australia” has?

Answer: 23 million

“Australia Day” makes people come together to celebrate the culture and pride of the country and When does it celebrate?

Answer: 26 January

What is the World’s largest coral reef system?

Answer: Great Barrier Reef

Where was European Australia was established?

Answer: Sydney Cove

Australian coat of arms cover which two animals?

Answer: An emu and a kangaroo

In which state is the “Great Barrier Reef” situated?

Answer: Queensland

English people were referred to as what by Australians?

Answer: Pome

What do you mean by “Pome” according to Australian?

Answer: Acronym for Prisoners of Mother England

When was Commonwealth Franchise Act passed in the Australian Parliament?

Answer: 1902

Is it true, Australia is the only continent in the World has no active volcanos?

Answer: Yes

Who was the 1st Aboriginal Senator of Australia?

Answer: Neville Bonner

When was he elected for Senator?

Answer: 1971

Australia Trivia Questions 21-40

Who was the first woman elected for Australian Parliament?

Answer: Edith Cowan

When was she elected to the Australian Parliament?

Answer: 1921

Which is the largest and Widest steel-arch bridge in the World?

Answer: The Sydney Harbour Bridge

Which city in Australia is alternatively known as the opal capital of Australia?

Answer: Adelaide

When did Australia introduce the concept of 8 hours working a day?

Answer: 1856

Which is considered as the deadliest spider on Earth belongs to Australia?

Answer: Sydney Funnel-web Spider

When did the first run of “the Melbourne Cup” was held?

Answer: 1861

Is it true, Six out of ten deadliest snakes in the world are found in Australia?

Answer: Yes

The slogan “the race that stops a nation” refers to Which race?

Answer: Melbourne Cup

In the Southern hemisphere, Which Botanic garden has the largest and oldest grass house founds in Australia?

Answer: Adelaide’s exotic Botanic Garden

Which city in Australia has self-made millionaires as per capita number in the World?

Answer: Perth

In Which year, Economists ranked Australia as World’s biggest gambler per capita?

Answer: 2011

Which park in Melbourne is the world’s oldest amusement park under private management?

Answer: Luna Park

In Australia, Which is the Largest tramway system outside the European continent?

Answer: Melbourne’s tramway system

How many trams Melbourne’s tramway system has and how long it stretches?

Answer: 450 Tramps and 244 Kilometers

Outside of Greek, Which city in Australia has the largest Greek population in the World?

Answer: Melbourne

Who is the youngest ever Nobel Laureate in Australia?

Answer: Lawrence Bragg (for Physics)

Which park is the beautiful and largest inner-city park in the World found in Australia?

Answer: King Park in Perth

Nowadays, Australians speak how many languages?

Answer: 200 Languages

What are the most common languages spoken by Australians?

Answer: Greek, English as Italian, Mandarine, Cantonese, Arabic, etc.

Australia Trivia Questions 41-60

What is the name of the city in Australia that has 5 international standard sporting facilities?

Answer: Melbourne

How much wine does Australia export to the International market each year?

Answer: 750 Million Liters

Beaches make Australia beautiful and amazing then now How many beaches Australia has?

Answer: More than 10,000

What is the name of the best-known natural Landmark in Australia?

Answer: Great Barrier Reef

Harvesting of Which fruit makes Australia the second largest cultivator after France?

Answer: Grapes

What is the name of the food every Australian loves to eat?

Answer: Meat Pies

How many meat pies consumes by Australians each year?

Answer: 260 Million

Which city in Australia is best known for being the purest and cleanest air city in the World?

Answer: Tasmania

The houses of which city in Australia are oldest operating mint?

Answer: Perth

What is the age of the Ayers Rock (Uluru)?

Answer: 600 Million Years

Which is the Sunniest capital in the World?

Answer: Perth

Which is the name of one of the biggest festivals of Melbourne?

Answer: Moomba Festival

Is it true, The country Australia has more sheep than humans?

Answer: Yes

Which city in Australia is best known for the “Cockroach Racing World Championship”?

Answer: Brisbane

Which city in Australia is also known as the city of light?

Answer: Perth

Why has Kangaroo has been chosen by Australians as the Coat of Arms?

Answer: Because doesn’t walk backward

What is the actual length of the Dingo fence?

Answer: 5,531 Km

What is the name of the mountain in Australia that conducts more snowfalls than the mountains of Switzerland?

Answer: Alps Mountain

There are how many designated wine regions in Australia producing 1.35 trillion wine bottles every year?

Answer: 60

People are always confused to answers to that question, Which is the capital city of Australia?

Answer: Canberra

Australia Trivia Questions 61-80

Is it true, Australia has a larger population of camels than Egypt?

Answer: Yes

How many types of spiders would be found in Australia?

Answer: 1500 Types

What is the main religion of Australia?

Answer: Christianity

From 1901 to 1927, which city was the capital of Australia?

Answer: Melbourne

The government of Australia follows which system for the city and citizens?

Answer: The democratic System

What are the names of the mammals in the world found in Australia that lay Eggs to birth?

Answer: Platypus and Echidnas

Which is the largest desert in Australia?

Answer: Great Victoria Basin

Which is the largest country in the southern continent?

Answer: Australia

What is the word that originated from Australia that we are using before a self-photo shoot?

Answer: Selfie

Is it true, the driest inhabited continent in the world?

Answer: Yes

What is the largest state of Australia?

Answer: Western Australia

1980’s, Which was the most prosperous and wealthiest city in Australia?

Answer: Melbourne

The seat belt law was first passed from which country?

Answer: Australia

What is the largest war memorial in the world in Australia?

Answer: The Great Ocean Road

There are how many world heritage sites in Australia?

Answer: 19

What is the second-largest city in Australia?

Answer: Melbourne

What is the largest sand island in the World found in Australia?

Answer: Fraser Island

Which is the longest golf course in the world in Australia?

Answer: Nullarbor Links

Which is the biggest national park in Australia?

Answer: Kakadu National Park

How many national parks does the country Australia has?

Answer: 516

Australia Trivia Questions 81-100

Australia gain which position in the world by exporting gold to the International market?

Answer: 4th

There overestimated how many kangaroos are in Australia?

Answer: 44 Million

Who is the wealthiest person in Australia?

Answer: Gina Reinhart

When the word “Mate” was banned in Australia for 24 hours?

Answer: 2005

How many states Australia has?

Answer: 8 States

When did Australia’s national Anthem was changed?

Answer: 1984

What percentage of Australians were born in Another country?

Answer: 25 to 30 Percentage

The word Australia comes from where?

Answer: From latin word ‘Australis’

What is the meaning of the word ‘Australis’?

Answer: Southern

What is the official national day of Australia?

Answer: January 26

What is the nickname of Australia?

Answer: “The Garden State”

How much time has been taken to build the Sydney Opera house?

Answer: 14 Years

What is the size of the rainforest situated in Australia?

Answer: 3.6 million hectares

Who discovered Australia and When?

Answer: James Cook in 1770F

How many cows are in Australia?

Answer: Approximately 1.6 Million

What is the approx population of Australia?

Answer: 25.4 Million

What is the highest-grossing film that was made in Australia?

Answer: Avtar

What is the actual meaning of Canberra?

Answer: “Women’s Cleavage”

Who has invented the pacemaker?

Answer: Dr. Mark Lidwill

Central Queensland encounters how many thunderstorms in a year?

Answer: 50

Australia Trivia Questions 100-110

What was the former name of Melbourne?

Answer: Batmania

Who and when invented the flight data recorder?

Answer: David Warren

What is the popular icon of Australia?

Answer: The boomerang

The coldest temperature in Australia is what?

Answer: -23’C

What is the meaning of “Kangaroo” according to ancient native Australians?

Answer: “I don’t Know”

When was the Sydney tower be the tallest building in the city?

Answer: 1981

When do Australians celebrate Anzac Day?

Answer: 25th April

How much time has been taken to build the Sydney Harbour Bridge?

Answer: 8 Years

When was the construction had started?

Answer: 28 July 1923

Which is the lowest point in the country of Australia?

Answer: Lake Eyre

Source:

  • 50 Interesting Facts About Australia by Joy (Source)
  • 100 Interesting Facts About Australia That Will Amaze You by Team Leverage Edu (Source)

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