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Australian cities multiple choice: Wangaratta
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Last updated: June 15, 2023
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1.
Wangaratta is in which state?
Victoria
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Tasmania
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New South Wales
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Western Australia
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2.
What was the name of Wangaratta between 1838 and 1848?
Ovens
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Hovell
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Charm
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Kingstown
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3.
Why did the population of Wangaratta boom in the early 1850s?
Gold rush in the region
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The railway line opened
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Irish Catholic Immigration Scheme
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Land was made available for farming
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4.
Which company used to make computers in Wangaratta?
IBM
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Apple
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Hewlett Packard
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Commodore International
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5.
The headless body of which bushranger is buried in the Chinese section of the Wangaratta cemetery?
Ned Kelly
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Mad Dog Morgan
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Captain Moonlight
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Captain Thunderbolt
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6.
Where are the Pangerang Memorial, the Wangaratta Tennis Club, a sound shell, and a sunken garden of eucalypts?
Merriwa Park
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Mount Warby
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Chick Reserve
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Northern Beaches
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7.
The junction of which two rivers is in Frank Garth Park?
The Ovens and the King
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The Murray and the Garth
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The Kiewa and the Mitta Mitta
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The Hume and the Campaspe
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8.
Wangaratta hosts an annual festival dedicated to what types of music?
Jazz and blues
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Country and western
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Folk and world music
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Ska, reggae and rocksteady
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9.
Which Australian Prime Minister grew up in Wangaratta?
Harold Holt
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Billy Hughes
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John McEwen
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Arthur Fadden
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10.
What is/are the northern beaches?
Riverside parks
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Seaside suburbs
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An urban surf pool
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A federal electorate
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11.
William Wardell designed St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney; St John's College at the University of Sydney; Victoria's Government House; the magnificent ES&A Bank in Melbourne, and which building in Wangaratta?
St Patrick's Church
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Royal Victoria Hotel
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Old Library (now the Visitors' Information Centre)
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Old Fire Station (now Wangaratta Historical Society)
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12.
In the language of the Bpangerang people, what does Wangaratta mean?
Fog
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Marshland
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River bend
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Long neck of the cormorant
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13.
Which local farmer and newspaper proprietor became State Premier?
Henry Bolte
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John Bowser
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Duncan Gillies
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Daniel Andrews
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14.
What can sometimes be seen at Briens Gorge?
A circus
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Dingoes
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A waterfall
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Medieval battle re-enactments
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15.
What was the original function of the structure near Wangaratta station that is covered in artwork and lit up at night?
Grain silo
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Shot tower
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Water tower
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Fire lookout tower
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