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Question 1

Bushrangers were outlaws in this country who thrived during its gold rushes.

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Question 2

This country’s diplomats avoided war by negotiating with George Vancouver at the Nootka Conventions.

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Question 3

A banner reading “Roll Up - No Chinese” was displayed during this country’s violent anti-Chinese Lambing Flat Riots.

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Question 4

A viceroy from this European country replied to his king, “I obey, but I do not comply.”

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Question 5

Less than a year after this nation’s independence, insurgents who rejected the King of Kalat’s decision to join this nation attempted to secede.

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Question 6

Despite the advice of the Bringing Them (*) Home report, this country’s Prime Minister John Howard refused to apologize to the “Stolen Generations,” leading to National Sorry Day.

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Question 7

So-called “Bus diplomacy” failed to stop a conflict between these two countries, which have skirmished over the Siachen

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Question 8

Philip Cunningham stated, “Death or Liberty” during a rebellion in this country that included fighting in the Second Battle of Vinegar Hill.

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Question 9

This country launched the secretive Operation Relex to seize tens of vessels termed SIEVs.

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Question 10

Jack Anderson won a Pulitzer for exposing the U.S.’s role in one conflict between them.

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Question 11

William Bligh outlawed the barter of spirits in this country, leading to the start of the Rum Rebellion.

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Question 12

That man was this country’s longest-serving leader and was replaced by John Curtin.

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Question 13

Only William Spicer was arrested for participating in the anti-immigrant Lambing Flat Riots in this country.

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Question 14

This European country forced native populations to mine silver in the city of Potosi and work for conquerors in the encomienda system.

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Question 15

In one conflict between these two countries, one side retreated to the Saltoro ridge after the other took the Siachen glacier.

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Question 16

National Sorry Day was established in this country to apologize for the (*) Stolen Generation, in which the children of native inhabitants were forcibly taken.

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Question 17

This country’s forces killed the king Montezuma and captured the city of (*) Tenochtitlan under its conquistador Hernan Cortes.

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Question 18

Pemulwuy (“pem-ill-WEE”) led a conflict in this country that culminated in the Appin Massacre, which was ordered by Lachlan Macquarie (“LACK-lan mack-QUAR-ree”).

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Question 19

During one conflict between these countries, one side annexed a princely state in Operation Polo.

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Question 20

The 1808 Rum Rebellion occurred in this country against William Bligh in New South Wales.

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Question 21

A Cambridge University student published the pamphlet Now or Never, which advocated for the creation of this country after Sir Muhammad Iqbal proposed it in his Allahabad Address.

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Question 22

In 1967, this country’s Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach.

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Question 23

This country’s longest serving prime minister was Robert (*) Menzies, who founded its Liberal Party and famously called the middle class, “The Forgotten People”.

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Question 24

This nation’s government claimed one-fifth of all precious metals mined in its empire.

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Question 25

After Lachlan Macquarie filled the position of the deposed William Bligh, the Rum Rebellion broke out in this country.

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Question 26

Two answers required.

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Question 27

[SEE-uh-chen] Glacier.

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Question 28

The Guugu Yimithirr people in this country describe relative positions using cardinal directions.

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Question 29

This nation lost the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.

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Question 30

The ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition attempted to traverse this country.

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Question 31

Some of the earliest settlers of this modern day country landed at Port Jackson.

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Question 32

One man from this country wrote the General History of the Indies.

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Question 33

This country commemorates abuses committed against its native population on National Sorry Day.

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Question 34

This country established a Native Title Tribunal for land rights after the Mabo decision and enacted a national gun buyback program after the Port Arthur massacre.

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Question 35

This country created intendancies in four viceroyalties to govern its empire.

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Question 36

This country entered a diplomatic dispute with Norway after the MV Tampa capsized with 433 Hazara refugees.

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Question 37

Unrest in this country caused by the murder of James Scobie led to the formation of the Ballarat Reform League and backlash from thousands of gold miners.

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Question 38

One leader of this country, Harold Holt, went missing in 1967 while swimming in the sea and acquired his position after Robert (*) Menzies’s (“MING-us’s”) retirement.

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Question 39

Lachlan Macquarie became governor of a state in this country following a rebellion led by George Johnson and John Macarthur.

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Question 40

The Pintupi Nine, this country’s “last nomads”, were finally contacted in 1984.

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Question 41

The Mixto ́n and Yaqu ́ı wars were fought by this European country against Native Americans.

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Question 42

Colonists in this nation fought the Gunditjmara people in the Eumeralla Wars, and several native inhabitants of this country were killed in the Myall Creek Massacre.

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Question 43

One flag from this country contains five stars forming the Southern Cross and was designed after James Scobie was murdered in Ballarat and the Eureka Stockade was erected.

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Question 44

In 1941, this country’s leader had tacit support to usurp Winston Churchill while he served in the War Cabinet.

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