National Reconciliation Week Quiz

What is (one of) the name(s) of the peoples who descend from the original custodians of present day Brisbane?

Darumbal

Antjinuri

Jagera

Jadira

Where are the Pinnacles located?

South Australia

Queensland

Western Australia

North Territory

What happened in the 1967 referendum?

Indigenous peoples got equal rights

Aboriginal people could vote for the first time

Aboriginal people were granted citizenship

The first Aboriginal person was voted into parliament

For the first time Aboriginal people were included in the census

Uluru is estimated to be more than 50 million years old.

True

False

What year was Cathy Freeman awarded Australian of Year?

1997

1998

1999

2000

What is the English translation for Kata Tjuta?

Many heads

Mini Uluru

The staircase

Thirty heads

Who am I? I was born on the island of Mer in the Torres Strait on 29 Jun 1936. I worked on pearling boats, as a cane cutter and as a research assistant at James Cook University.

According to the 2016 Census of Population and Housing, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples represent which share of Australia's total population?

2.8%

1.5%

2.5%

5.1%

In what year were victims of the Stolen Generation first awarded official compensation?

1952

1968

1992

2002

What is one of the most common deities often seen as the creator in Dreamtime mythology and Indigenous art?

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