(A) ** Yes
(B) No
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -The Treaty was the most important outcome of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919–20 and was signed for Australia by Prime Minister William (Billy) Hughes and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Navy, Joseph Cook.
Concept note-2: -The treaty was signed in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles on 28 June 1919. Hughes signed it on behalf of Australia as a member of the British Empire.
Concept note-3: -Prime Minister William ‘Billy’ Hughes and Deputy Prime Minister Sir Joseph Cook (front row third and fourth from left) and their staff, Paris, France, 1919. The Australian Solicitor General, Robert Garran, is second from left.
Concept note-4: -Australia’s position. During the conference, three key issues influenced Hughes’ actions in Paris: pushing for Australian control of former German colonies in New Guinea. opposing Japan’s position on racial equality.
Concept note-5: -In 1919, the Big Four met in Paris to negotiate the Treaty: Lloyd George of Britain, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, Georges Clemenceau of France, and Woodrow Wilson of the U.S.