The Coral Sea was the site of a famous WWII naval battle between the USA and Japan. It was fought between aircraft carriers and was the first naval battle where neither side ever had sight of the other.
My older grandsons, those aged 10-14, love to pit themselves against one another using these quizzes during their weekly Webex calls. The Vancouver ones choose the N America topics. The Sunshine Coast choose the Asia/Oceania ones. The Rift Valley ones set the Africa ones. Honours usually end up fairly even. It's fun, educational, and builds a great inter-cousin sense of camaraderie.
Lol, Bunbury got a mention. I live about 20 minutes away, but work there. It's in the South West of Western Australia, about 170 km away (an hour and a half drive). That's about 105 miles. I love it, surrounded by the sea, estuaries and rivers.. there are dolphins and whales migrate past in there seasons.... but they say crime is high. I don't see it though, but maybe I'm not looking. Love a good coffee or hot chocolate there though, at Dome Cafe overlooking the ocean. They are currently building a bypass around it to go down south, so there are quite a few disruptions heading into town. (Although Bunbury is technically a City, it's a little like the size of Shepparton, Victoria north east of Melbourne). It is also surrounded by neighbouring Shires or Local Government Areas that have farms and fresh produce. Yum.
@@vtbn53 . The Constitution Of The Commonwealth Of Australia. Only allows for 2 tiers of government, Federal and State. Australia also held 3 seperate referendums on whether to allow councils the authority of government and all 3 were no votes. This means councils have no authority to write laws, issue fines etc. They are purely a utility supply group who we elect
When you said stites instead of states near the end, it sounded really close to an Aussie accent of saying states. It's happening. You're starting to get an Australian accent without even trying!😂
It was part of the British Empire and was handed to Australia as a external kinda territory but wanted independence...Australia gave it pretty quickly. They (png) couldn't govern the country well in the beginning and wanted Australia to kinda take it back because there was no money there for the place to run...not sure what happened after but they are even now barely running the country properly.
@@linkvagar2336 When I said given back quickly I'm referring to when the poeple of Papua New Guinea called for its independence...it was handed over relatively quickly even though the Australian administration was uneasy about handing over the power to only one of the many ethnically diverse peoples living there in case of war or or other atrocities against eachother. But in the end it went relatively quick...I believe the late 60's to 1973...then fully ratified in 1975.
Ian, you should study Australia’s River System because it’s so very interesting! Our land has mountains, deserts, plains, valleys and basins, all of which respond to rainfall differently. For example, when there’s a lot of rain in Queensland, the rainwater flows south and south west, causing floods in the basins and reviving nature and wildlife in the process. So while some parts of the country are battling rising floodwaters, other parts are seeing the rivers come to life for the first time in years! You should also research the Murray-Darling Basin, Lake Eyre, and the flood plains. Fascinating stuff!
I love the American speech, especially with how you say 'Albany' where you say it as 'All-bany' :P Here in Western Australia, it is 'Al-bany', 'Al' as in "Weird Al'.
You did well! Next to no one would know where Bamaga is! It's the most northern town in Australia. It's on the Torres Strait. Most of the others we hear about on the news from time to time but only a few would know where they all are. Not too many know where the Tanam-eye Desert is. It's very remote and I've travelled up the Tanami Track which traverses it. We Aussies would struggle with all the Pacific islands too! We know them but not their shape. Port Moresby is the capital of PNG. It used to be a territory of Australia until about 1975 so for those Aussies who were born there and considered Australian citizens by way of birth, they now have to prove it to get their passports.
I think you did very well with the cities I have been here for almost 50 years, lived in Sydney & Newcastle (NSW) , Geelong and Swan Hill (Vic) Brisbane, Mackay, Gladstone, & Fraser Coast ( Near Fraser Island / K'gari) When I came here I worked in a Bank and would phone transfer money to and from branches all over Australia - every place I didn't know I would look up on a map to learn where places were. I know roughly where places are and which state but actually plotting places on a map under time constraints is not easy well done. PNG was under Australian administration until 1975.
Never get tired of hearing you say Austraya the proper way or laughing at Bogan LGA. Besides the states and capitals I would have failed miserably. You did better than a lot of us.
Papua New Guinea used to be a German colony. It was given to Australia after WWI, when Germany lost all her colonies as part of the Treaty of Versailles. They became independent in 1975, but we still have a close relationship.
Wagga Wagga = “wogga wogga” Burke as in Explorers Burke and Wills, and the Aussie expression “out the back o’ Burke”. Great reading if you want to know about these two famous explorers and their journey!
Ian, I think we'd be hard pressed to find any American (north or south) that could do better than you on those quizzes. No shame at all, that was excellent 👍👍👍
Think Ports, Ian ports have to be the coast...Coffs Harbour Northern NSW....New South Wales is Newcastle, Sydney, Wollongong....You did well..Id have trouble with quite a few of those, and Ive lived here for 74 years! lol!
I tried the LGA quiz and it was difficult. I have worked in a statewide role for a very long time and I have needed to have a reasonable understanding of the towns of NSW. I have lived in NSW all my life. While I feel I know the towns fairly well, the LGAs don't necessarily match the towns and city names very well. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. Tamworth LGA is Tamworth, for example. But Bogan Shire LGA has Nyngan in it, but no town called Bogan (it's based on the Bogan River, which runs through this area). Often, when I did make mistakes in it, I was clicking around the right area, but not quite, although there were a few LGAs that I had never heard of before. I couldn't even locate my own LGA on the first try!
ACT/Canberra trivia x2: 1. The "ACT" flag is actually the Canberra flag. Yeah, that is weird, as Canberra doesn't formally exist but the ACT does. My avatar is [my] version of the proposed ACT coat of arms. 2. The ACT is its own LGA. Our Legislative Assembly is our council lol. But all grown up now haha.
Papua New Guinea was administered by Australia as a single territory from 1945. It comprised the former British protectorate of Papua - which had been an Australian territory since 1906 - and the former German colony of New Guinea, which became Australia's responsibility as a Mandated Territory of the League of Nations (1921-42) and a United Nations Trust Territory following World War II. Territory administration was the responsibility of an Australian Government Administrator who reported to the Australian Department of External Territories (Department of Territories, 1951-68) and, from 1973, to the Papua New Guinea Office. From 1951, the Administrator was assisted by an appointed Legislative Council, which in 1964 was replaced by an elected House of Assembly. As a prelude to independence, Papua New Guinea became a self-governing territory on 1 December 1973.
That Port Moresby thing was a curve ball. It's the capital of Papua New Guinea, you'd have to go back over 50 years for that to be Australian. Also don't worry about not knowing LGAs, I live in Melbourne and I don't know the boundaries of mine...😂 Edit: I reckon you did better on this than I would, especially deserts, certainly than I would do on USA let alone Illinois.
Gascoyne = “gas coin” - Surname: This interesting and unusual surname is of early medieval English origin, and is from a regional name for someone from the province of Gascony, from the Old French "Gascogne".
Pretty good, Naturally great job, Awkward. (I thought Bogan was only in Queensland!) .. I want to do the LGAs, that's cool! Don't lose confidence! 👍 A tough Queensland coast monopoly, that was unfair! Second time choice is ok! There's basically only Auckland & Wellington in the North Island, NZ. Murray River is an essential one, it's part of NSW, VIC and SA! I missed some ranges in WA, who knew? Oceania is easy, if you learn all the Commonwealth Games flags! Fun Ian! 🙋
You did really well Ian. I doubt I could do better. Hugs from Mount Gambier (one of the places in SA that you clicked on lol - you should do a video on this area).
I would've gotten a higher score because I know the rivers and ranges but I would've gotten the desert locations mixed up...simply because I never cared to know..
@@AUmarcussource: An unassuming hangar in the remote Queensland town of Longreach, 700 kilometres from the coast, is the home of Australian civil aviation. From here the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd, better known as QANTAS, took to the skies for the first time.14 Sept 2022 National Heritage Places - QANTAS Hangar, Longreach DCCEEW www.dc
Eighty-seven Local Goverment Areas (Counties in regional New Soouth Wales are members of the 13 joint organisations: Canberra Region, Central NSW, Far North West, Far South West, Hunter, Illawarra Shoalhaven, Mid North Coast, Namoi, New England, Northern Rivers, Orana, Riverina and Murray, and Riverina.
australia governed papua new guinea from 1920 to 1972 when png voted for independence. the reason being was it was governed by germany but we f'd germany up in ww1. the japanese tried to take png in ww2 and they got nearly all the way to port moresby they were met by australian volunteer militia commanded by junior officers and they were called chocolate soldiers by experienced soldiers. they had to hold off the japanese until reinforcements could arrive. if the japanese took port moresby they had a direct line of attack for australia. the kokoda track battle was 6 months of jungle warefare finished when the japanese were driven back to the us forces waiting in northern png . i recommend you watch kokoda the movie.
You have to understand the hard ones are even hard for Aussies. The LGA is expert legal for even Australia. We dont care much about state flags in Australia. I live in Canberra and did not even know we had a flag. Obviously we do but no one ever mentions it and you never see it at all. I was aware of some of the other state flags. Port Morsby is so close to Australia we often give them aid in time of need. I think we helped them out with RAT tests during Covid.
You done great. I'm from se Qld. So here is my score Test 1. Failed on act only Test2.100% Test 3100% Test 4 100% Test 5 total fail 0% no idea. Test 6.total fail 0% Test 7 around 60% Test 8 way to small lol. I couldn't even see the small islands so I'll call it a fail lol. So don't feel too bad mate lol. Although I don't really care about traveling so I don't really care were anything is tbh mainly know places from watching the weather reports. 😬 Queensland has everything I need in life. Except one-day I might go see snow. Apart from that I'm happy to stay in Qld. 👍
Port Moresby shouldn't have been included since it's the capital PNG. We call counties councils or shres here. And the majority of people wouldn't know all the local councils in their own cities let alone others.. 😊
Honestly you did as well as you could expect any average Aussie to do, so you get to keep your Honorary Oz card. Murray River is pronounced like the men's name Murray (like Aaron Murray the NFL footballer), not the women's name Marie.
PNG was a territory of Australia until 1975 I think when it gained independence. I went to PNG on a work junket approx 10 yrs ago.. Port Moresby has had little development since 1975 and I was warned not to go out at night on my own as it's not safe for women. There was a tribal fight in the Highlands last week and several people were killed. In some areas they still believe in witchcraft but the main religion is Christianity. 😊
