Test your knowledge of Australian music with this trivia quiz! Can you score a perfect 10/10?
1. Which artist is noted for the song 'And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda'?
Eric Bogle
Paul Kelly
Archie Roach
Johnny Ashcroft
2. What genre is the song 'I Was Only Nineteen' by Redgum?
Jazz
Classical
Folk Rock
Country
3. Which Australian indigenous folk rock band gained international fame in the 1990s?
The Bushwackers
Reg Lindsay
Yothu Yindi
Smoky Dawson
4. 'Waltzing Matilda' is often regarded as what?
Australia's unofficial national anthem
A famous jazz piece
A contemporary gospel song
A traditional UK ballad
5. Who is considered one of Australia's biggest selling domestic music artists with over 7 million record sales?
Smoky Dawson
Slim Dusty
Frank Ifield
Tex Morton
6. Which song by Jimmy Little was the first No. 1 hit by an Aboriginal artist?
Treaty
Royal Telephone
True Blue
Botany Bay
7. Who is known for bringing indigenous music to the mainstream with the 1991 song 'Treaty'?
Johnny O'Keefe
Yothu Yindi
Paul Kelly
Nick Cave
8. Which 1983 Redgum song peaked at No.1 on the National singles charts?
I Remember You
The Wayward Wind
I Was Only Nineteen
Lights on the Hill
9. Who is quoted as calling Paul Kelly 'one of the finest songwriters I have ever heard, Australian or otherwise'?
John Whiteoak
Bruce Johnson
David Fricke
Andrew Bisset
10. Which band is considered one of the most successful Australian bush bands, active since the early 1970s?
The Waifs
The Bushwackers
Warumpi Band
The Necks
