Funnily enough I could answer most of those questions without thinking too hard (I didnt get the aboriginal vote one, but was able to pick the middle of the 20th century, so not too bad). What are the other questions that are proposed? Are they equally outrageous?

I am really not sure whether I leant this stuff at school or not (am only 10 years out of school, so definately in the period where factual teaching was not so important). I did my schooling by correspondence for the first 3 years, so got plenty of one-on-one assistance, which no doubt helped. I dare say that it was a mixture of this, what I was taught by my parents, and what I learned by copious amounts of reading, that armed me with the knowledge that I have.

However, just because our schooling system is failing this generation of Australians, is no excuse not to expect our prospective citizens to do some research on the country that they want to belong to. As with most things, you cant right the wrongs of the past, but you can see to it that issues identified are addressed in future. That's all this is doing. Stop scaremongering. Those that truly want to become Australian citizens will brush up on some history if they are expected to do so. I would suggest those that dont, cant be too interested in joining us as citizens - their own loss.