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Geography of Australia Flashcards

1
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Date of Australia Day

A

January 26
( it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales)

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2
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Capital of Western Australia

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Perth

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Capital of Victoria

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Melbourne

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4
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The most remote Australian external territory

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Heard and McDonald Islands
(4100 km southwest of Perth, uninhabited)

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5
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Term used to describe the remote interior, covering 70% of the continent

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Outback

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The biggest port in Australia and the whole of Oceania region, located on the western coast of Australia

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Port Hedland

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Island home to the entire royal penguin population during their annual nesting season and an UNESCO World Heritage Site; uninhabited except for a research station

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Macquarie Island

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8
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The world’s largest coral reef, located off the northeast coast

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Great Barrier Reef

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9
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Australia’s national floral emblem

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Golden Wattle

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10
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Largest city in Australia

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Sydney

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Australia’s largest marine reserve, including the Great Barrier Reef

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Coral Sea Marine Park

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12
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Australian state with the lowest population density

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Western Australia
(if you exclude the Northern Territory)

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13
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External territory of Australia that is a coral atoll, mostly populated by Sunni Muslims who speak a dialect of Malay as their first language

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Cocos (Keeling) Islands,
of which only two (West Island and Home Island) are inhabited

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14
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Sea off the northeastern coast, including the Great Barrier Reef

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Coral Sea

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15
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Capital of New South Wales

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Sydney

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16
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Capital of South Australia

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Adelaide

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17
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Highest point on the Australian mainland

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Mount Kosciuszko

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18
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Highest mountain range in Australia, part of the Great Dividing Range

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Australian Alps

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19
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Least populous state in Australia

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Tasmania (with a population of a little over half a million, if you exclude the Northern Territory)

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20
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Australia’s national anthem

A

Advance Australia Fair

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21
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Australia’s largest island

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Tasmania

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22
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River that flows through Melbourne

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Yarra River

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23
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Second largest city in Australia

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Melbourne

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24
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Longest river in Australia, forming the border between New South Wales and Victoria

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Murray River

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25
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Massive sandstone monolith in the heart of the Northern Territory’s arid “Red Centre”

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Uluru (formerly known as Ayers Rock)

26
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The natural harbour of Sydney, consisting of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers

A

Port Jackson

27
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Sea between Australia and New Zealand

A

Tasman Sea

28
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Currency of Australia

A

Australian dollar

29
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Australia’s lowest point on the mainland and – when it fills – its largest lake

A

Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre

30
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Strait between Tasmania and the mainland

A

Bass Strait

31
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Number of states in Australia

A

6 (New South Wales, Victoria, Queenland, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia)

Australia also has 2 territories – the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory – that function almost as states

32
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Shallow sea between the island of Timor and Australia

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Timor Sea

33
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Internal territory surrendered by the state of New South Wales so that the Australian Capital Territory would have access to the sea

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Jervis Bay Territory

34
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Second largest state by area in Australia

A

Queensland

35
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Second largest state by population in Australia

A

Victoria

36
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Capital of the Northern Territory

A

Darwin

37
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The most populous Australian external territory located in the Pacific Ocean

A

Norfolk Island
(population ~2000, capital Kingston)

38
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Australia has the world’s _____ largest area of ocean jurisdiction

A

1st

39
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Australian state with the highest population density

A

Victoria

40
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Large remote peninsula located in Far North Queensland

A

Cape York Peninsula

41
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Largest state by area in Australia

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Western Australia

42
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Main base and administrative centre of the Australian Antarctic Territory

A

Davis Station

43
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Capital of Queensland

A

Brisbane

44
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Highest point in territory claimed by Australia

A

Mount McClintock (in the Australian Antarctic Territory);

45
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Largest state by population in Australia

A

New South Wales

46
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A major tributary of the Murray River within the Murray–Darling basin and the second longest river in Australia

A

Murrumbidgee River

47
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Australia’s largest terrestrial national park, located in the Northern Territory

A

Kakadu National Park

48
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Australian name given to the oxbow lakes that can form along a meandering river’s course

A

Billabong

49
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Australia’s most substantial mountain range and the fifth longest land-based range in the world

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Great Dividing Range

50
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The most populous Australian external territory located in the Indian Ocean

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Christmas Island
(population ~2000, capital Flying Fish Cove)

51
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Largest desert in Australia, located in Western and South Australia

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Great Victoria Desert

52
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Sea overlying the continental shelf between Australia and Indonesian New Guinea

A

Arafura Sea

53
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Nearest large town to Uluru, known for its Henley-on-Todd Regatta, a “boat” race on the dry riverbed of the Todd

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Alice Springs

54
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The world’s largest and deepest fresh water basin, underlying 22% of the country, primarily to the north and east

A

Great Artesian Basin

55
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Large oceanic open bay, off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainland Australia

A

Great Australian Bight

56
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Capital of Australia

A

Canberra
(located in Australian Capital Territory or ACT)

57
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By area, Australia is the world’s _____ largest country

A

6th

58
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Large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia

A

Gulf of Carpentaria

59
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Capital of Tasmania

A

Hobert

60
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Smallest state by area in Australia

A

Tasmania

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