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Who's historically who?

This quiz is designed to test your knowledge of famous Australians and their contributions throughout history. When you have finished click on the button marked "My Score" to see how you went.

Q1
Who is Arabanoo?

a. Adventurer
b. Resistance fighter
c. Artist
d. Intermediary
 

Q2
Who is Catherine Spence?

a. Doctor
b. Suffragist
c. Entrepreneur
d. Soprano
 

Q3
Who is Mary Gilmore?

a. Social activist
b. Soprano
c. Member of Parliament
d. Engineer
 

Q4
Who is Pemulwuy?

a. Public servant
b. Farmer
c. Resistance fighter
d. Sailor
 

Q5
Who is Lachlan Macquarie?

a. A bushranger
b. A significant early governor
c. A navigator
d. A colonial ballad writer
 

Q6
Who is Annie Duwun?

a. Well-known Darwin citizen
b. Gold miner
c. Market gardener
d. Musician
 

Q7
Who is Mary Lee?

a. Ballet dancer
b. Architect
c. Suffragist
d. Public servant
 

Q8
Who is Caroline Chisolm?

a. Politician
b. "The quiet achiever"
c. Explorer
d. "The emigrant's friend"
 

Q9
Who is Bennelong?

a. Middleweight boxer
b. Resistance fighter
c. Intermediary
d. Gold miner
 

Q10
Who is Truganini?

a. Famous Tasmanian Aboriginal woman
b. Colonist
c. Missionary’s wife
d. Journalist
 

Q11
Who is Arthur Phillip?

a. Navigator
b. Founding governor of NSW
c. Clerk
d. Financial agent
 

Q12
Who is Elizabeth Macarthur?

a. Founder of the Bank of New South Wales
b. Politician
c. High Court judge
d. Founder of the Australian wool industry
 

Q13
Who is Vida Goldstein?

a. Violinist
b. Explorer
c. Importer of wrought iron
d. Suffragist
 

Q14
Who is Anna King?

a. Early entrepreneur
b. Humanitarian
c. Grazier
d. Magistrate
 

Q15
Who is Edith Cowan?

a. Concert pianist
b. Nuclear scientist
c. Social worker and politician
d. Pastoralist
 


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