1. What was the population of Gulgong during the Gold Rush of 1872?
2. What is Gulgong known as?
3. What is Gulgong’s height above sea level?
4. Who performed at the Prince of Wales Opera House early in her career?
5. Which was the first Coal mine in the area?
6. What MTV reality show visited Gulgong in 2013?
7. Name an artillery piece from the Gulgong Pioneer Museum?
8. What year was gold first discovered in Gulgong?
9. How many museums are currently operating in Gulgong?
10. The name Gulgong is derived from the name used by traditional inhabitants Wiradjuri and means?
11. Which historic event does Australia Day mark?
12. Which former Australian cricket captain was born on Australia Day?
13. How many stars are on the Australian flag?
14. In which year was Vegemite first sold in Australia - 1923, 1933 or 1943?
15. Who designed the Sydney Opera House?
16. The Kangaroo and the Emu hold the shield in the Australian coat of arms. Why?
17. In what year was Advance Australia Fair proclaimed as the national anthem by the Governor General?
18. "I love a sunburnt country" is a line written by which Australian poet?
19. What is the floral emblem of Australia?
20. Who received the inaugural Australian of the Year award at Melbourne’s Australia Day Luncheon in 1961?

Answers (and remember, no cheating)

1. 20,000
2. Ten Dollar Town
3. 473m
4. Dame Nellie Melba
5. Ulan
6. Geordie Shore
7. A 40/60 anti aircraft bofor, 105 Howitzer, 88mm Flak Gun or 6” Naval Gun
8. Gulgong was gazetted as a goldfield in 1866 with small finds
9. Three
10. Deep Watering Hole
11. It marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson, NSW
12. Kim Hughes
13. Six
14. 1923
15. Joern Utzon
16. Because they cannot walk backwards
17. 1984
18. Dorothea Mackellar
19. Wattle
20. Sir Macfarlane Burnet

AMBASSADOR

Paralympic Gold Medallist and Former World Number 1 Wheelchair Tennis Player David Hall, OAM is the Mid-Western Region’s 2019 Australia Day Ambassador.