Here's the questions you have to answer to become an Australian citizen nowadays.

1. In what year did Federation take place?
2. Which day of the year is Australia Day?
3. Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia?
4. What is the first line of Australia's national anthem?
5. What is the floral emblem of Australia?
6. What is the population of Australia?
7. In what city is the Parliament House of the Commonwealth Parliament located?
8. Who is the Queen's representative in Australia?
9. How are Members of Parliament chosen?
10. Who do Members of Parliament represent?
11. After a federal election, who forms the new government?
12. What are the colours on the Australian flag?
13. Who is the head of the Australian Government?
14. What are the three levels of government in Australia?
15. In what year did the European settlement of Australia start?
16. Serving on a jury if required is a responsibility of Australian citizenship: true or false?
17. In Australia, everyone is free to practice the religion of their choice, or practice no religion: true of false?
18. To be elected to the Commonwealth Parliament you must be an Australian citizen: true or false?
19. As an Australian citizen, I have the right to register my baby born overseas as an Australian citizen: true or false?
20. Australian citizens aged 18 years or over are required to enrol on the electoral register: true or false?


I was just wondering...am I the only Australian-born who got only 8 right? rofl

i only got 7...... hahaha good thing us born aussies dont have to do it lol

16! They were easy. lol.
You guys need to bone up on your australian history.

englands citizenship test

Do you want free money?

answer yes or no


i know nothing about australia, give me a couple of hours and i will

I got 12....

LMFAO...............too true, do you want money and a house at the tax payers expense? If yes then welcome

Lucky for me i don't have to take the test... i'm an illegal immigrant.

18!

I guess that higschool history is good for something...

Now, college history is just dead guys and not citizenship tests...

I got 14 right.. Not bad for a Yank I guess.

English Citizenship Test

ROFL.... Wait.

19/20 .. ..I'm not sure about the baby born overseas question, but who cares about history or politics. New citizens want to feel like they belong, so why not give them some info they can actually use in their everyday life..
My test would go something like this..

1. Do you think John Howard looks like some kind of mutated Koala ? Yes/No

2. In your own words write the meanings to these everyday words and phrases..

Bogan

Bludger

Do your Block

Claytons

Dipstick

Dag

To come the raw prawn

Shark Biscuit

True Blue

Ankle Biter

Arvo

Cactus

To have kangaroos loose in the top paddock



Can anyone else think of others?

Well I was able to get 16 correct. Most of those questions though simply require common sense and it wouldn`t require much study to pass it really.

I got about 14 right, mostly just historical trivia. I am sure they could think of questions more relevant to modern times then to dwell on the past.

^Only three of the twenty questions could be considered historical trivia. Most are related to our political system and the rights and responsibilities of citizens. Its really quite easy, if you have spent any significant amount of time in Australia or have internet access you would easily pass.

Yeah, during my time at high school I spent most of my time taking off to the library and reading up on European history, mythology, the natural world, ancient civilizations and War War 2. I'd say my knowledge on Australian history is extremely limited. Even in primary school I was rather distant...doing more writing and drawing than paying attention.

No idea about Australian politics either...like with cricket or douche-ball, soon as I see it on the TV I change the channel.

I think that is why they are making large ammounts of Australian History compulsory for school students here. More than just the first fleet/federation/gallipoli/kakoda trail gig.
Don't know how succesful it has been though, as I have now developed an aversion to all types of Australian history (with the exception of wartime politics, but that is just because it is wartime). And I know that I am not alone here.

In my college, they can't run an Australian History course because apparently three people signed up for it. Out of 1000.

So, either they should make the courses more relavent so that we can answer our own citizenship tests, or change the tests.

I vote for the latter.

Thats the pity shame if you will in schools today, in primary school briefly into high 'Aussie history' was one of my # 1 subjects (kept my mind off girls for at least a couple hrs a day anyway)

I'm not just talking about of European settlement either but even well beyond that with the original settlers the Indigenous Aboriginals who roamed this vast and awesome continent for around 30 to 40,000 yrs etc.

Ask kids(mine included)today on either topic and they have practically have no idea....ask them about Playstation 3/ Xbox 360 / Nintendo Wii and they'll blow you away with answers. lol!


(''them times they are...a changing'')

About 2 right, but then why should I bother trying any harder? Its not like I want to disappear into Aus....

During my high-school years which weren`t that long ago we studied Australian history extensively in every year, even V.C.E history included a little Australian history at the least at the start. At my university in the Arts courses, History is one of the most popular subjects and many of the History units are on Australia to some extent or another.

Who is the head of our government anyway, is it George Bush?