# Could you be Australian? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600 "2009-09-18T15:40:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![QuercusMax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/8baadc/32.png) [@QuercusMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuercusMax)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/41 "2009-09-19T20:41:51Z")
I got 19 out of 20 questions correct. I think the US citizenship tests I’ve tried have been tougher, but none of these are really super difficult as long as you can read and have some basics knowledge of Western-style democracies. I’m from Ohio, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/42 "2009-09-19T21:11:53Z")
18/20. Not too shabby for someone who’s never been there. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/43 "2009-09-20T16:04:25Z")
Another 18/20. I’m putting Australia on my short list for when I want to get away from it all. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/44 "2009-09-20T17:30:34Z")
See, and I was proud of 17/20, until all of you got better scores! But you’re right, a general knowledge of how democracy works along with common sense can get you a passing score. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/45 "2009-09-20T17:56:49Z")
I got 18/20 so I guess I can be a citizen of Australia! Yippee! Can’t wait to go to their capital city of Vienna! What? Oh. Well, that wasn’t on the test… ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/46 "2009-09-20T18:02:03Z")
19/20. There’s an Aboriginal flag? ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/47 "2009-09-20T19:11:31Z")
19/20 - but that included a lucky guess about the aboriginal flag and an unlucky guess about what a Governor-General does. (I knew I’d heard about Anzac when I was in NZ, so I figured it had something to do with both countries.) And what I know about Australia could be written on a postage stamp. That’s very straightforward compared to the new American test. ---
**Author:** ![Henrichek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@Henrichek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henrichek)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/48 "2009-09-20T20:05:25Z")
I seem to be the worst Australian candidate so far, with 15/20 correct answers, but that is all I need! ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/49 "2009-09-20T20:56:53Z")
19/20; the joker in the pack was in Group 3 but I’m not sure which one it is. When I change the one I think is wrong I drop down to 18/20. Gonna have to go play with that one a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/50 "2009-09-20T20:57:31Z")
Just to be clear here, do I have to pass the test, or fail the test, to qualify as an Australian? ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/51 "2009-09-20T21:09:50Z")
Can’t believe I got _that_ one wrong… ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/52 "2009-09-20T21:12:12Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Apparently there’s a new citizenship test for Australians, which you must pass to become naturalised: [Practice test](http://www.citizenship.gov.au/learn/cit_test/practice/) > > I’m an Australian, so I had no trouble passing it 🙂 – but it seems to me that most of the questions and answers just require a reading knowledge of English, and a bit of common sense to eliminate the distractors. So, how many Dopers could become Australians? I got 18 out of 20 in the practice questions. Where do I pick up my kangaroo? Many of the questions are painfully obvious to someone coming from another Commonwealth country (e.g. Canada). ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/53 "2009-09-21T03:01:31Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > I got 18 out of 20 in the practice questions. Where do I pick up my kangaroo? > > Many of the questions are painfully obvious to someone coming from another Commonwealth country (e.g. Canada). Exactly. I admit to guessing on the Aboriginal flag question, but since red, yellow, black and white are big colours in the [First Nations Medicine Wheel](http://www.iirp.org/media/natjust2/ojibwewheel.jpg)I consider it possibly an educated guess. I’m from Ontario, I wanted to put a national flower on all the government property. (My dad worked for the Ontario government, I’m used to seeing [the trillium](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ontario-wordmark.svg) on everything, from stationary to vehicles) So sign me up for 19/20, and I’ll see you on the beach at New Year’s. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/54 "2009-09-21T03:15:52Z")
I am a perfect Australian! ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/55 "2009-09-21T03:18:36Z")
Hope I _can_ pass it, I sit the test in a few weeks for my Australain citizenship! I’m not worried though, if you live here for more than 15 minutes it’s easy. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/56 "2009-09-21T04:08:23Z")
18/20 Of course I have been to Oz and have actually petted a koala. ---
**Author:** ![Aussie\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Aussie\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aussie_Fish)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/57 "2009-09-21T07:18:13Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Just to be clear here, do I have to pass the test, or fail the test, to qualify as an Australian? I like your sense of humour Boyo Jim. 🙂 Forget taking the questions. I am declaring you an honorary Aussie for that alone. ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/58 "2009-09-21T10:57:12Z")
There were not any questions about the various footy/rugby leagues. Additionally there was not an Ashes question. Clearly this test needs revision. Now who hid my Eskie? ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/59 "2009-09-21T12:30:51Z")
> [@bannerrefugee](#): > > There were not any questions about the various footy/rugby leagues. Additionally there was not an Ashes question. > > Clearly this test needs revision. > > Now who hid my Eskie? Obviously you’re not up on current affairs. There will be no further discussion of the Ashes for a further two years. Thank you very much. Ashes, what Ashes? You must be mistaken we haven’t played for them recently 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600/60 "2009-09-21T14:11:31Z")
20/20. Just as bloody well, really. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-australian/510600.md?page=4)