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Fraser Island - Quiz
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  • 1. Where is Fraser Island located?
A) Western Australia
B) Victoria
C) Queensland
D) New South Wales
  • 2. Which is the largest sand island in the world?
A) Santorini
B) Maui
C) Bora Bora
D) Fraser Island
  • 3. What is the Aboriginal name for Fraser Island?
A) K'gari
B) Uluru
C) Didgeridoo
D) Boomerang
  • 4. What is the name of the prominent headland at the northern tip of Fraser Island?
A) Cape Byron
B) Cape Tribulation
C) Cape York
D) Indian Head
  • 5. What is the name of the most famous shipwreck on Fraser Island?
A) Endeavour
B) Titanic
C) Bounty
D) Maheno
  • 6. Which of the following is a popular activity for tourists on Fraser Island?
A) Ice skating
B) Caving
C) Whale watching
D) Skiing
  • 7. What type of dingo population is found on Fraser Island?
A) Dispersed
B) Purebred
C) Domesticated
D) Hybrid
  • 8. What is the largest perched dune lake on Fraser Island?
A) Lake Boomanjin
B) Lake McKenzie
C) Lake Birrabeen
D) Lake Wabby
  • 9. Which is the main industry on Fraser Island?
A) Fishing
B) Agriculture
C) Mining
D) Tourism
  • 10. Where is K'gari located in relation to Brisbane?
A) Directly west
B) Approximately 250 km south
C) Directly east
D) Approximately 250 km north
  • 11. What is the population of K'gari according to the 2021 census?
A) 230
B) 500,000
C) 435
D) 152
  • 12. Who were the traditional owners of K'gari?
A) The Butchulla people
B) The Fraser people
C) The Maryborough people
D) The Hervey Bay people
  • 13. When did the island officially get renamed to K'gari?
A) 7 June 2023
B) 25 December 2000
C) 14 July 2015
D) 1 January 1990
  • 14. How long ago did K'gari become an island due to rising seas?
A) 100,000 years ago
B) 50,000 years ago
C) 10,000–20,000 years ago
D) 5,000 years ago
  • 15. What did Yendingie create to keep Princess K'gari company?
A) Mountains and rivers
B) Beautiful trees and flowers, lakes, creeks, birds, animals, and people
C) Deserts and caves
D) Forests and oceans
  • 16. What is the Butchulla language also known as?
A) Batjala, Badtjala, Badjela, and Badjala
B) Queensland, Australia, Island, and Sea
C) K'gari, Fraser, Hervey, and Bay
D) Sand, Water, Tree, and Flower
  • 17. What was the estimated permanent population of K'gari before European contact?
A) 500–700 people
B) 400–600 people
C) 200–300 people
D) 1000–1200 people
  • 18. What caused the reduction in the Butchulla population by 1880?
A) War with neighboring tribes
B) Natural disasters
C) Famine
D) Conflict with European settlers and disease
  • 19. Where were most of the Butchulla people relocated to in 1904?
A) Missions in Yarrabah and Durundur
B) Brisbane and Sydney
C) Fraser Island and Hervey Bay
D) Maryborough and Noosa
  • 20. How many indigenous archaeological sites are estimated to be on K'gari?
A) Up to 500
B) 50–100
C) 100–200
D) 700–800
  • 21. Who was the first recorded Briton to sight K'gari?
A) Andrew Petrie
B) James Cook
C) Matthew Flinders
D) Lieutenant Robert Dayman
  • 22. What was created by Aboriginal people to commemorate James Cook's passage?
A) An Aboriginal song
B) A sculpture
C) A painting
D) A dance
  • 23. In which year did Matthew Flinders first sail past K'gari?
A) 1802
B) 1847
C) 1814
D) 1799
  • 24. Where did Matthew Flinders land during his 1802 voyage near K'gari?
A) Indian Head
B) Sandy Cape
C) Hook Point
D) Petrie Bay
  • 25. Who informed Flinders about an opening at Hook Point?
A) Aboriginal people
B) Lieutenant Robert Dayman
C) Andrew Petrie
D) Two American whalers
  • 26. Who was the first European to sail between K'gari and the mainland?
A) Lieutenant Robert Dayman
B) Matthew Flinders
C) James Cook
D) Andrew Petrie
  • 27. What year were Captain James Fraser and his wife Eliza shipwrecked on K'gari?
A) 1845
B) 1858
C) 1836
D) 1829
  • 28. What was the name of the ship that Captain James Fraser and his wife were on when they were shipwrecked?
A) Stirling Castle
B) Endeavour
C) Beagle
D) Discovery
  • 29. From which city did the Stirling Castle set sail before being shipwrecked?
A) Sydney
B) Melbourne
C) Brisbane
D) Adelaide
  • 30. Where was the Stirling Castle headed when it encountered trouble in the Great Barrier Reef?
A) Hobart
B) Singapore
C) Cairns
D) Perth
  • 31. What caused the shipwreck of the Stirling Castle?
A) A storm hit the ship.
B) It ran out of supplies.
C) Mutiny among the crew.
D) The ship was holed on coral.
  • 32. What did Eliza Fraser and her husband attempt to reach after transferring to lifeboats?
A) Melbourne
B) Sydney
C) Moreton Bay settlement
D) Brisbane
  • 33. What happened to Eliza Fraser's infant after birth?
A) The infant survived and grew up on the island.
B) The infant drowned after birth.
C) The infant was adopted by a local tribe.
D) The infant was taken back to England.
  • 34. When did non-Indigenous settlement of the traditional Butchulla mainland area begin?
A) 1851
B) 1835
C) 1860
D) 1847
  • 35. Who advised Commandant Frederick Walker that a warlike conflict might occur during the frontier conflict on Fraser's Island?
A) Captain Currie
B) John Hubert Plunkett, Attorney-General of New South Wales
C) James Leith Hay
D) Lieutenant Richard Marshall
  • 36. Where was the Native Police barracks established in 1857?
A) Maryborough town center
B) Coopers Plains, now Owanyilla, near Maryborough
C) Cooloola
D) Fraser's Island
  • 37. What was the reward promised to Captain Arnold for bringing back the two girls?
A) Land rights on Fraser Island.
B) A medal of honor from the government.
C) A £200 bonus if the girls were brought back.
D) A promotion within his naval rank.
  • 38. Where was the SS Maheno built?
A) Queensland
B) Japan
C) Scotland
D) New Zealand
  • 39. During which war did SS Maheno serve as a hospital ship?
A) Vietnam War
B) World War I
C) Korean War
D) World War II
  • 40. On what date did SS Maheno become beached on Fraser Island?
A) 30 September 1935
B) 9 July 1935
C) 25 June 1935
D) 15 August 1935
  • 41. What was the Fraser Commando School used for during World War II?
A) An air force training ground
B) Special forces training camp
C) A prisoner of war camp
D) A naval base
  • 42. Which unit trained at the Fraser Commando School?
A) Royal Navy
B) Z Special Unit
C) RAAF
D) US Marines
  • 43. Why was Fraser Island considered for Nauru resettlement in 1961?
A) For its large, uninhabited land area
B) Because of its strategic military position
C) As a proposed location by Australia
D) Due to its rich phosphate deposits
  • 44. What industry on Fraser Island opposed the resettlement proposition?
A) Fishing industry
B) Timber industry
C) Mining industry
D) Tourism industry
  • 45. What was the main concern of Nauru regarding resettlement to Curtis Island?
A) Economic viability
B) Cultural differences
C) Geographical distance
D) Political independence considerations
  • 46. When did the Republic of Nauru achieve independence?
A) 15 August 1947
B) 1 July 1975
C) 31 January 1968
D) 22 March 1959
  • 47. In what year was Fraser Island listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
A) 2009
B) 1992
C) 2020
D) 2014
  • 48. In which year did the Federal Court determine that the Butchulla people had native title rights over Fraser Island?
A) 2020
B) 2014
C) 1992
D) 2009
  • 49. When did Fraser Island reopen to tourists after the 2020 bushfire?
A) Early December 2020
B) Mid-December 2020
C) 15 December 2020
D) 14 October 2020
  • 50. Who was the creator being in the Butchulla creation story related to K'gari?
A) Beiral
B) Captain James Fraser
C) Yendingie
D) Princess K'gari
  • 51. In what year was the name 'Fraser Island' first used for K'gari?
A) 1770
B) 1991
C) 1842
D) 1863
  • 52. When did the Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service start referring to Fraser Island as K'gari (Fraser Island)?
A) 1842
B) 2017
C) 1991
D) 1770
  • 53. In which year was the World Heritage Area within Great Sandy National Park renamed 'K'gari (Fraser Island)'?
A) 2011
B) 2021
C) 1991
D) 2017
  • 54. What percentage of submissions supported the name change to K'gari during the consultation process in 2023?
A) 90%
B) 30%
C) 50%
D) 70%
  • 55. In which year did logging on K'gari begin?
A) 1770
B) 1863
C) 1842
D) 1991
  • 56. What mode of transportation was initially used to haul timber from K'gari?
A) Horse-drawn carriages
B) Trucks
C) Bullock drays
D) Steam engines
  • 57. What facilitated logging on K'gari for 70 years before being removed?
A) Canals
B) Railway tracks
C) Air transport
D) Roads
  • 58. In which year did the logging industry on K'gari cease?
A) 1770
B) 1991
C) 1863
D) 1842
  • 59. Who chaired the Commission of Inquiry that led to the cessation of logging on K'gari?
A) Justice Tony Fitzgerald
B) Captain James Fraser
C) Jack Piggott
D) James Cook
  • 60. When did sand mining leases first get granted on K'gari?
A) 1980
B) 1950
C) 1965
D) 1971
  • 61. Which company was granted mining leases by the Queensland Government in the 1960s?
A) BHP Billiton
B) Dillingham-Murphyores
C) Fortescue Metals Group
D) Rio Tinto
  • 62. Which government established Australia's first environmental impact inquiry related to K'gari?
A) The Keating government
B) The Fraser government
C) The Whitlam government
D) The Howard government
  • 63. What is the name of the largest freshwater creek on K'gari's east coast?
A) Moon Point Stream
B) Sandy Cape River
C) Coongul Creek
D) Eli Creek
  • 64. What is the flow rate of Eli Creek per day?
A) 80 million litres
B) 60 million litres
C) 50 million litres
D) 100 million litres
  • 65. What type of swamps were discovered near Moon Point in 1996?
A) Fens
B) Bogs
C) Marshes
D) Swamp forests
  • 66. What percentage of sand on K'gari is quartz?
A) 85%
B) 50%
C) 98%
D) 75%
  • 67. Which direction do the winds predominantly blow on K'gari, influencing dune movement?
A) Southwest
B) Northeast
C) Southeast
D) Northwest
  • 68. What is the maximum height that sand dunes can grow to on K'gari?
A) 150 metres
B) 200 metres
C) 244 metres
D) 300 metres
  • 69. How deep is Lake McKenzie?
A) 12 m (39 ft)
B) 20 m (66 ft)
C) Just over 5 m (16 ft)
D) 3 m (10 ft)
  • 70. Which cyclone brushed K'gari as a category 5 in March 2009?
A) Cyclone Oswald
B) Cyclone Tracy
C) Cyclone Hamish
D) Cyclone Larry
  • 71. How many perched lakes are there on K'gari?
A) 20
B) 40
C) 100
D) 60
  • 72. What causes the water in Lake Boomanjin to be tinted red?
A) Algae blooms
B) Tannins from a wallum swamp
C) Iron oxide deposits
D) Pollution
  • 73. How many species of bats live on or visit K'gari?
A) 25
B) 19
C) 30
D) 15
  • 74. When were feral horses removed from K'gari by the Environmental Protection Agency?
A) 2003
B) 1989
C) 1995
D) 2010
  • 75. What were built around nine island settlements in 2008 to keep dingoes out?
A) High walls
B) Electric fences
C) Underground tunnels
D) Dingo-proof fences
  • 76. How many dingo attacks on tourists were reported in March 2010?
A) One
B) Ten
C) Three
D) Five
  • 77. What is the consequence for feeding dingoes or leaving food out on K'gari?
A) No consequences.
B) Warning notices.
C) Community service.
D) There are fines.
  • 78. How many different species of reptiles have been recorded on K'gari?
A) 74
B) 100
C) 50
D) 25
  • 79. What percentage of the snake species identified on K'gari are considered dangerous?
A) Half
B) One third
C) Two thirds
D) None
  • 80. Which extremely venomous snake is found on K'gari?
A) Eastern brown snake
B) Black mamba
C) King cobra
D) Taipan
  • 81. What type of frog species have evolved to cope with the acidic waters on K'gari?
A) Tree frogs
B) Desert frogs
C) Water frogs
D) Acid frogs
  • 82. Name a bird of prey found on K'gari.
A) Sea eagle
B) Parrot
C) Flamingo
D) Penguin
  • 83. Which rare bird is already extinct in some parts of Australia but can be found on K'gari?
A) Eastern ground parrot
B) Cassowary
C) Emu
D) Kakapo
  • 84. How many species of falcon are found on K'gari?
A) Seven
B) Four
C) Ten
D) One
  • 85. Which bird is known for its distinctive laughter-like call and can be found on K'gari?
A) Owl
B) Kookaburra
C) Dove
D) Parrot
  • 86. How many species of ants have been recorded on K'gari?
A) 450 species
B) 100 species
C) 300 species
D) 150 species
  • 87. Which species of fern, known for having the largest fronds in the world, grows on K'gari?
A) Pteridium aquilinum
B) Nephrolepis exaltata
C) Adiantum capillus-veneris
D) Angiopteris evecta
  • 88. Which species of plant is now extinct on K'gari?
A) Persoonia prostrata
B) Banksia serrata
C) Eucalyptus regnans
D) Acacia melanoxylon
  • 89. What is a foundation species along the coast of K'gari?
A) Beach grass
B) Sea oats
C) Spinifex sericeus
D) Coastal pine
  • 90. Which type of vegetation is found in the shallows around K'gari's lakes?
A) Palm trees
B) Rushes
C) Cacti
D) Tall grasses
  • 91. What type of woodlands are found in the outermost vegetation zones around K'gari's lakes?
A) Pine forests
B) Eucalypt or banksia woodlands
C) Oak groves
D) Bamboo thickets
  • 92. When was the Fraser Coast Region created?
A) March 2008
B) July 2007
C) January 2010
D) December 2005
  • 93. Which Queensland agency administers the Great Sandy National Park?
A) Queensland's Environmental Protection Agency
B) Department of Environment and Resource Management
C) Fraser Coast Regional Council
D) National Parks Service
  • 94. In what year was the northern half of K'gari declared a national park?
A) 1971
B) 1981
C) 1992
D) 2008
  • 95. When was K'gari placed on the Australian National Heritage List?
A) 1 March 2021
B) 3 August 2019
C) 21 May 2007
D) 15 July 2005
  • 96. Which ferry terminal is located south of Hervey Bay?
A) River Heads
B) Wanggoolba Creek
C) Inskip Point
D) Kingfisher Bay
  • 97. What type of vehicle is required for all landings on K'gari except Kingfisher Bay?
A) Motorbike
B) Four-wheel drive
C) Bicycle
D) Sedan
  • 98. Which fish species is commonly sought by anglers on K'gari?
A) Tailor
B) Tuna
C) Cod
D) Salmon
  • 99. Which area is a popular camping site on K'gari?
A) Kingfisher Bay Resort
B) Central Station Tent Sites
C) K'gari World Heritage Discovery Centre
D) Dundubara Campground
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