Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a nation defined by distance, diversity, and depth. Sitting firmly in the Southern Hemisphere, bordered by the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Australia is both a continent and a country, a rare distinction shared by only a handful of nations worldwide.
With a population exceeding 25 million, Australia spans coral reefs, alpine regions, tropical rainforests, vast deserts, and some of the most isolated coastlines on the planet. It is home to the world’s oldest continuous Indigenous cultures, alongside a modern multicultural society shaped by migration, sport, politics, science, and global influence.
Australia’s wildlife is unmatched, its sporting culture deeply embedded, and its political history often distinctive. From Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef to the Ashes, ANZAC spirit, and Baggy Green, Australia carries a global identity that extends well beyond its shores.
This blog brings together 149 Australian trivia questions, ranked from easy to difficult, updated for 2025. Each question is followed by a clear, verified answer, making this a complete reference for quiz nights, classrooms, publications, or general knowledge enthusiasts.
Australia Trivia Questions and Answers
1–10: Foundations of Australian Knowledge
1. Used by Australian Aboriginals for thousands of years for hunting, warfare, music, and fire-starting, “kylie” is another name for what bent throwing stick?
Answer: Boomerang
2. Known as macropods from the Latin term for “large foot”, kangaroos are mostly native to which Southern Hemisphere country?
Answer: Australia
3. The ANZUS Agreement of 1951 is a non-binding security agreement between Australia, the United States, and what island nation?
Answer: New Zealand
4. Tooheys, Victoria Bitter, and Coopers are all popular beers from which Southern Hemisphere country?
Answer: Australia
5. Behind Tasmania and Melville Island, Australia’s third-largest island is named after what animal that also appears on the national Coat of Arms?
Answer: Kangaroo
6. What three-word site off the Queensland coast is the world’s largest coral system and a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
Answer: Great Barrier Reef
7. Twelve years after Julia Gillard became the nation’s first female Prime Minister, which country elected Anthony Albanese as a Labor Prime Minister?
Answer: Australia
8. In which city can you visit the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens?
Answer: Hobart
9. Many futuristic locations in which the 1999 Keanu Reeves film was filmed in Sydney?
Answer: The Matrix
10. Which country has the world’s highest minimum wage?
Answer: Australia
11–25: Culture, Politics, and Daily Life
11. Tom Hanks quarantined in Australia while filming a movie about which music icon?
Answer: Elvis Presley
12. Which iconic Australian building glowed green for St Patrick’s Day in 2010?
Answer: Sydney Opera House
13. Which Victorian capital city was once known as Batmania?
Answer: Melbourne
14. Which Australian Prime Minister disappeared in 1967 and was never found?
Answer: Harold Holt
15. Which famous Australian beach is home to the Icebergs Pool?
Answer: Bondi Beach
16. Serena Williams won her 23rd Grand Slam title at the Australian Open while pregnant in which country?
Answer: Australia
17. Sydney Harbour Bridge is nicknamed after which household item?
Answer: Coathanger
18. Which Melbourne-born singer recorded “Can’t Get You Out of My Head”?
Answer: Kylie Minogue
19. Which northern Australian city was bombed in 1942?
Answer: Darwin
20. What term describes the shared values of Australian and New Zealand soldiers?
Answer: ANZAC spirit
21. What is the capital city of South Australia?
Answer: Adelaide
22. The Eureka Rebellion followed which 1850s event?
Answer: Gold rush
23. Peppermint Grove Shire is located within which city?
Answer: Perth
24. The Sheffield Shield is a domestic cricket competition of which country?
Answer: Australia
25. Which chocolate biscuit brand was introduced by Arnott’s in 1964?
Answer: Tim Tam
26–50: Media, Sport, Wildlife, and Identity
26. The Herald merged into which Melbourne newspaper in 1990?
Answer: Herald-Sun
27. Holden began manufacturing cars in which country?
Answer: Australia
28. Which egg-laying mammal appears on the 20-cent coin?
Answer: Platypus
29. Which bird is the second-largest in the world by height?
Answer: Emu
30. Who won the 2021 Australian Open women’s singles title?
Answer: Naomi Osaka
31. Joe Hockey, Scott Morrison, and Josh Frydenberg all served in what role?
Answer: Treasurer
32. Which Australian external territory lies south of Indonesia?
Answer: Christmas Island
33. Novak Djokovic was deported from which country in 2022?
Answer: Australia
34. What does ERC stand for in Australian federal budgeting?
Answer: Expenditure Review Committee
35. What is the largest city in Western Australia?
Answer: Perth
36. Which Northern Territory national park contains Ubirr and Nourlangie?
Answer: Kakadu
37. What letter appears four times on a Queensland beer label?
Answer: X
38. What is the highest-grossing Australian film of all time?
Answer: Crocodile Dundee
39. Which Prime Minister famously downed a yard of ale?
Answer: Bob Hawke
40. Which song came second in the 1977 anthem vote?
Answer: Waltzing Matilda
41. Mount Kosciuszko is located in which state?
Answer: New South Wales
42. Australia contests the Bledisloe Cup against which country?
Answer: New Zealand
43. What is the name of the Australian Test cricket cap?
Answer: Baggy Green
44. Which political party was formed in 1992 focused on environmentalism?
Answer: Australian Greens
45. Coober Pedy is famous for mining which gemstone?
Answer: Opal
46. Batmania later became which city?
Answer: Melbourne
47. Qantas first operated flights between NT and which state?
Answer: Queensland
48. Who was Australia’s first female Prime Minister?
Answer: Julia Gillard
49. Natalie Bassingthwaighte hosted which Australian dance show?
Answer: So You Think You Can Dance Australia
50. What is Australia’s national gemstone?
Answer: Opal
51. Born in Killara, New South Wales, what supermodel of the 1980s earned the nickname “The Body”?
Answer: Elle Macpherson
52. What “T” zoo in Mosman, New South Wales, opened in 1916 and takes its name from an Aboriginal word meaning “beautiful view”?
Answer: Taronga Zoo
53. Fans of which Blue Heeler cartoon puppy, launched in Australia in 2018, can buy figurines of the character and her family worldwide?
Answer: Bluey
54. Which goose native to northern Australia is the sole surviving member of the Anseranatidae family and shares its name with a black-and-white songbird?
Answer: Magpie goose
55. Besides Robert Menzies, which Australian Prime Minister served more than a decade in office?
Answer: John Howard
56. What is the only country to have hosted a Summer Olympic Games in December?
Answer: Australia
57. The Quiet Achiever, the world’s first practical solar-powered long-distance car, was built in which country?
Answer: Australia
58. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Australia won gold in both men’s and women’s coxless four events in which sport?
Answer: Rowing
59. What famous cricket trophy, symbolised by an urn, is contested between England and Australia?
Answer: The Ashes
60. What Northern Territory town is the closest major settlement to Uluru?
Answer: Alice Springs
61–70: Media, Music, and National Life
61. What capital city of Western Australia is considered one of the most isolated major cities in the world?
Answer: Perth
62. Maddie Ziegler rose to global fame after appearing in “Chandelier” by which Australian singer-songwriter?
Answer: Sia
63. What is the largest Australian city not located on the coast?
Answer: Canberra
64. Which continent has no major mountain ranges and a highest point just over 7,000 feet?
Answer: Australia
65. What Hobart-based museum of ancient and modern art shares its acronym with the name Mona?
Answer: MONA
66. What six-letter marsupial native to Western Australia became an internet sensation for smiling selfies?
Answer: Quokka
67. In 1962, Dawn Fraser became the first woman to swim what freestyle distance in under one minute?
Answer: 100 metres
68. Which Western Australian city is the centre of Australia’s oil and gas industry?
Answer: Perth
69. Peter Garrett was the lead singer of which politically outspoken Australian rock band?
Answer: Midnight Oil
70. Australia’s oldest continuously published newspaper, founded in 1831, is based in which city?
Answer: Sydney
71–80: Television, Nature, and Achievement
71. What 1990s Australian teen drama starred Alex Dimitriades and Katherine Halliday?
Answer: Heartbreak High
72. Lake Hillier in Australia is famous for having an unusual water colour?
Answer: Pink
73. Which country has 40 public universities and a research-focused Group of Eight?
Answer: Australia
74. Victoria Bitter has been brewed since 1854 in which country?
Answer: Australia
75. Which national airline auctioned off lie-flat seats in 2021 and famously “never crashed” in Rain Man?
Answer: Qantas
76. Which Australian singer made “Torn” a global hit in 1997?
Answer: Natalie Imbruglia
77. What Australian animal is the only mammal known to produce cube-shaped droppings?
Answer: Wombat
78. “It’s Every Monkey for Themselves” is a memoir by which Australian scientist?
Answer: Vanessa Woods
79. What award, named after a football legend, recognises the AFL’s Most Valuable Player?
Answer: Leigh Matthews Trophy
80. Who was the oldest Australian Prime Minister, serving briefly as caretaker at age 67?
Answer: John McEwen
81–90: Law, Politics, and Identity
81. The 1983 High Court case Commonwealth v Tasmania centred on what type of project?
Answer: Hydroelectric dam
82. Who holds the record as Australia’s longest-serving Prime Minister across two non-consecutive terms?
Answer: Robert Menzies
83. Who is often regarded as Australia’s first “first gentleman”?
Answer: Tim Mathieson
84. Section 128 of the Australian Constitution governs what process requires a double majority?
Answer: Constitutional referendum
85. Which populist political party led by Bob Katter holds seats mainly in Queensland?
Answer: Katter’s Australia Party
86. Which nation has won the most Cricket World Cups?
Answer: Australia
87. Australia is the largest country in which global region?
Answer: Oceania
88. What nickname has been used for Sydney since the 1987 David Williamson play?
Answer: The Emerald City
89. What country was once called New Holland by Dutch explorers?
Answer: Australia
90. What Australian film franchise began in 1979 with a character nicknamed “Goose”?
Answer: Mad Max
91–101: Distance, War, and Modern Australia
91. The “Kangaroo Route” refers to flights between Australia and which country?
Answer: United Kingdom
92. What dessert named after a Russian ballerina is popular in Australia and New Zealand?
Answer: Pavlova
93. Outside Australia, the only captive monotremes belong to which species?
Answer: Platypus
94. The Great Barrier Reef lies in which sea?
Answer: Coral Sea
95. Coober Pedy, famous for underground homes, is located in which country?
Answer: Australia
96. What Disney animated sequel set in the Australian Outback was released in 1990?
Answer: The Rescuers Down Under
97. Cathy Freeman won Olympic gold in 2000 in which event?
Answer: 400 metres
98. Reef HQ, the world’s largest living coral reef aquarium, is located in which country?
Answer: Australia
99. How many points does the Commonwealth Star on the Australian flag have?
Answer: Seven
100. Where did the First Fleet land in 1788 to establish a penal colony?
Answer: Botany Bay
101. During the Battle of Long Tan in 1966, soldiers from which country fought the Viet Cong?
Answer: Australia
101–110: War, Business, and Global Reach
101. During the Vietnam War, the Battle of Long Tan in August 1966 involved soldiers primarily from which country?
Answer: Australia
102. McCafé, the café-style chain owned by McDonald’s, was first launched in 1993 in which country?
Answer: Australia
103. Which Australian rapper became only the second artist after The Beatles to hold both No.1 and No.2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 with her first two singles?
Answer: Iggy Azalea
104. The macadamia tree is native to which Southern Hemisphere country, despite most production now occurring in Hawaii?
Answer: Australia
105. Five-time CrossFit Games champion Tia-Clair Toomey represented which country in Olympic weightlifting?
Answer: Australia
106. What “G” national park in Victoria is known for sandstone ranges, wildlife, and MacKenzie Falls?
Answer: Grampians National Park
107. Anthony Albanese became Prime Minister of which country in May 2022?
Answer: Australia
108. What coffee drink with a thin velvety foam layer was first described in Australia in the 1980s?
Answer: Flat White
109. The World Solar Challenge crosses more than 1,800 miles of which country?
Answer: Australia
110. The largest territorial claim in Antarctica belongs to which nearby country?
Answer: Australia.
111–120: Government, Sport, and National Symbols
111. Which sea off Australia’s northeast coast contains the Great Barrier Reef?
Answer: Coral Sea
112. Australia’s New Parliament House was opened in which decade?
Answer: 1980s
113. Which AFL club, founded in 1858, is the oldest continuously operating football club?
Answer: Melbourne Demons
114. The Mullagh Medal is awarded during Australia’s Boxing Day Test match in which sport?
Answer: Cricket
115. Which World Heritage-listed island off New South Wales limits visitors to preserve its environment?
Answer: Lord Howe Island
116. What was the name of Paul Keating’s 1992 speech acknowledging injustices toward Indigenous Australians?
Answer: The Redfern Speech
117. Sia, known for “Chandelier” and “Cheap Thrills”, is from which country?
Answer: Australia
118. The witchetty grub is native to which country?
Answer: Australia
119. The flag of Western Australia features which long-necked bird?
Answer: Swan
120. Before becoming Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese represented which NSW electorate?
Answer: Grayndler
121–130: Cricket, Film, and Political Structure
121. Australia played against England in the first women’s international Test cricket match in 1934.
Answer: Australia
122. Which legendary cricketer known as “The Don” finished with a Test average of 99.94?
Answer: Don Bradman
123. What Australian state shares its capital’s name with the capital of Seychelles and British Columbia?
Answer: Victoria
124. What two words are inscribed on the Victoria Cross?
Answer: For Valour
125. How many points is a goal worth in Australian Rules Football?
Answer: Six
126. What is the nickname of Australia’s men’s national football team?
Answer: Socceroos
127. Eric Bana starred as Aaron Falk in which 2020 Australian mystery film?
Answer: The Dry
128. In which year did Australia vote against becoming a republic in a national referendum?
Answer: 1999
129. Uluru was formerly known by what colonial name?
Answer: Ayers Rock
130. What term describes a government with two parliamentary chambers?
Answer: Bicameralism
131–149: History, Landmarks, and Legacy
131. Australia’s only military coup in 1808 is known by what name?
Answer: Rum Rebellion
132. The fault line between New Zealand’s tectonic plates shares its name with which cartoon bear?
Answer: Boo Boo
133. Which Australian state flag features a red lion?
Answer: Tasmania
134. “Gutharraguda” is the Indigenous name for which WA bay?
Answer: Shark Bay
135. The Cape Barren goose is native to which country?
Answer: Australia
136. The Southern Boobook owl is native to which continent?
Answer: Australia
137. The Andamooka Opal was gifted to which British monarch in 1954?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth II
138. When Harold Holt disappeared in 1967, he was Prime Minister of which country?
Answer: Australia
139. What is the name of Australia’s tallest building, completed in 2005?
Answer: Q1 Tower
140. Which Melbourne rail safety campaign became a global viral sensation in 2012?
Answer: Dumb Ways to Die
141. The Thorn Birds is set on which fictional Australian sheep station?
Answer: Drogheda
142. FRACO and FRANZCO qualifications apply to ophthalmology in which two countries?
Answer: Australia and New Zealand
143. Which former AFL club existed for only ten years before folding?
Answer: Brisbane Bears
144. The wedge-tailed eagle is mostly found in which country?
Answer: Australia
145. Which operatic soprano appears on the Australian $100 note?
Answer: Dame Nellie Melba
146. What woman’s name forms part of the world’s largest cattle station, located in South Australia?
Answer: Anna
147. What alliteratively named river is also known as the Barcoo River?
Answer: Cooper Creek
148. Kookaburras belong to which bird family?
Answer: Kingfishers
149. What 2016 film starring Michael Fassbender is set off the Australian coast on Janus Rock?
Answer: The Light Between Oceans
150–160: Geography & Landmarks
150. What Australian city hosted the 2000 Summer Olympic Games?
Answer: Sydney
151. Which desert covers much of Western Australia and South Australia?
Answer: Great Victoria Desert
152. What is the longest river entirely within Australia?
Answer: Darling River
153. Which Australian state has the longest coastline?
Answer: Western Australia
154. What limestone rock formation in Victoria is known as the Twelve Apostles?
Answer: Coastal stacks along the Great Ocean Road
155. What island state sits south of the Australian mainland?
Answer: Tasmania
156. What is the name of Australia’s highest waterfall, located in New South Wales?
Answer: Wallaman Falls
157. Which inland sea once covered much of central Australia millions of years ago?
Answer: Eromanga Sea
158. What mountain range runs along Australia’s eastern coast?
Answer: Great Dividing Range
159. Which city is nicknamed “The Harbour City”?
Answer: Sydney
160–170: Politics & National Identity
160. What year did Australia officially adopt “Advance Australia Fair” as its national anthem?
Answer: 1984
161. What colour is the ballot paper for the Australian Senate?
Answer: White
162. What is the official residence of the Australian Prime Minister called?
Answer: The Lodge
163. Which document outlines Australia’s system of government?
Answer: Australian Constitution
164. What branch of government interprets the law in Australia?
Answer: Judiciary
165. How many territories does Australia have?
Answer: Two (Northern Territory and ACT)
166. What voting system requires Australians to rank candidates by preference?
Answer: Preferential voting
167. What is the minimum voting age in Australia?
Answer: 18
168. Which Australian state was the last to grant women the right to vote?
Answer: Victoria
169. What is the name of Australia’s national public broadcaster?
Answer: ABC
170–180: Sport & Competition
170. What stadium in Melbourne is known simply as “the G”?
Answer: Melbourne Cricket Ground
171. Which Australian swimmer won eight Olympic gold medals?
Answer: Ian Thorpe
172. What sport features the State of Origin series?
Answer: Rugby league
173. What Australian city hosts the Australian Grand Prix?
Answer: Melbourne
174. Which AFL club’s colours are black and white?
Answer: Collingwood Magpies
175. What national sporting team is nicknamed “the Wallabies”?
Answer: Australian rugby union team
176. Which Australian boxer held multiple world titles and fought Manny Pacquiao?
Answer: Jeff Horn
177. What event is known as “the race that stops the nation”?
Answer: Melbourne Cup
178. Which sport uses a “baggy green” cap?
Answer: Cricket
179. Which Australian city is home to Rod Laver Arena?
Answer: Melbourne
180–190: Culture, Media & Entertainment
180. What long-running Australian soap opera is set in Erinsborough?
Answer: Neighbours
181. Which Australian actor starred in Gladiator and The Nice Guys?
Answer: Russell Crowe
182. What annual arts festival lights up Sydney with projections and installations?
Answer: Vivid Sydney
183. Which Australian comedian created the character Dame Edna?
Answer: Barry Humphries
184. What children’s TV show features Play School’s iconic round window?
Answer: Play School
185. Which Australian band released the album Back in Black?
Answer: AC/DC
186. What film launched Nicole Kidman’s international career?
Answer: Dead Calm
187. Which Australian city is considered the nation’s cultural capital?
Answer: Melbourne
188. What network airs the long-running show Four Corners?
Answer: ABC
189. Which Australian author wrote Cloudstreet?
Answer: Tim Winton
190–199: Wildlife, Science & Society
190. What Australian animal has fingerprints almost identical to humans?
Answer: Koala
191. Which venomous spider is native to eastern Australia and considered highly dangerous?
Answer: Funnel-web spider
192. What marsupial carries its young in a backward-facing pouch?
Answer: Wombat
193. What Australian scientist won a Nobel Prize for discovering penicillin?
Answer: Howard Florey
194. What is the national day of remembrance for Australian war dead?
Answer: Anzac Day
195. What iconic Australian invention protects swimmers from sharks?
Answer: Shark net
196. What is the most spoken language in Australia after English?
Answer: Mandarin
197. What Australian city consistently ranks among the world’s most liveable cities?
Answer: Melbourne
198. What is the largest cattle station in the world located in Australia?
Answer: Anna Creek Station
199. What phrase is commonly used to describe Australian resilience and mateship?
Answer: Fair go
Conclusion
This collection of Australian trivia questions does more than test memory it traces the shape of the nation itself. From ancient Indigenous knowledge and defining moments in political history to sporting dominance, cultural exports, scientific breakthroughs, and unmistakable wildlife, each question reflects a piece of Australia’s story.
Australia is a country built on contrast and continuity. Its identity has been shaped by resilience, distance, mateship, and a strong sense of fairness, alongside global influence in sport, culture, and research. Whether the topic is the ANZAC legacy, the Ashes, Uluru, the High Court, or modern pop culture, these questions highlight how deeply history and everyday life are connected in Australia.
Used in classrooms, quiz nights, workplaces, or at home, this trivia set encourages curiosity, conversation, and a sharper understanding of what makes Australia distinct. It rewards knowledge grounded in facts, not guesswork, and invites readers to keep learning well beyond the final question.
In the end, knowing Australia isn’t about memorising answers, it’s about understanding the people, the land, and the stories that continue to shape the nation.
