Statistics for Australian History

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Year	Hint	Postcode	% Correct
1911	This city becomes the capital	Canberra	97%
1956	Olympics are held in this city	Melbourne	93%
1915	Australian and New Zealand soldiers fight at this fatal WWI battle	Gallipoli	90%
1880	This famous outlaw is executed	Ned Kelly	89%
1967	This referendum allowed who to receive better services and be treated equally under the law	Aboriginals	87%
1788	Australia becomes this sort of colony	Penal	77%
2018	Scott Morrison over throws this former PM becoming the 7th PM in the last 10 years	Malcolm Turnbull	74%
1854	Miners form a rebellion against British soldiers	Eureka Stockade	66%
1975	This immigration policy ends	{White Australia} Policy	66%
1986	The Australia Act makes Australian law fully independent of what	British Parliament	63%
1996	35 people are killed at this historic site	Port Arthur	63%
1901	This man is elected this first PM of the newly independent Australia	Edmund Barton	60%
2009	Major bush fires burn across Victoria on this known as _____ ________	Black Saturday	50%
1856	Australia becomes the first country to introduce this (hint: it's about voting)	Secret Ballot	24%