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Date of Australia Day

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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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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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The most remote Australian external territory

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Heard and McDonald Islands

4100 km southwest of Perth, uninhabited

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

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Great Barrier Reef

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Australia’s national floral emblem

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Golden Wattle

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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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Australian state with the lowest population density

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Western Australia

if you exclude the Northern Territory

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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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Sea off the northeastern coast, including the Great Barrier Reef

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Coral Sea

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Capital of New South Wales

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Sydney

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Capital of South Australia

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Adelaide

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Highest point on the Australian mainland

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Mount Kosciuszko

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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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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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Australia’s national anthem

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Advance Australia Fair

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Australia’s largest island

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Tasmania

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River that flows through Melbourne

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Yarra River

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Second largest city in Australia

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Melbourne

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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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Massive sandstone monolith in the heart of the Northern Territory’s arid "Red Centre"
Uluru (formerly known as Ayers Rock)
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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
Port Jackson
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Sea between Australia and New Zealand
Tasman Sea
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Currency of Australia
Australian dollar
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Australia's lowest point on the mainland and -- when it fills -- its largest lake
Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre
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Strait between Tasmania and the mainland
Bass Strait
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Number of states in Australia
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
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Shallow sea between the island of Timor and Australia
Timor Sea
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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
Jervis Bay Territory
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Second largest state by area in Australia
Queensland
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Second largest state by population in Australia
Victoria
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Capital of the Northern Territory
Darwin
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The most populous Australian external territory located in the Pacific Ocean
Norfolk Island | population ~2000, capital Kingston
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Australia has the world's _____ largest area of ocean jurisdiction
1st
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Australian state with the highest population density
Victoria
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Large remote peninsula located in Far North Queensland
Cape York Peninsula
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Largest state by area in Australia
Western Australia
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Main base and administrative centre of the Australian Antarctic Territory
Davis Station
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Capital of Queensland
Brisbane
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Highest point in territory claimed by Australia
Mount McClintock (in the Australian Antarctic Territory);
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Largest state by population in Australia
New South Wales
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A major tributary of the Murray River within the Murray–Darling basin and the second longest river in Australia
Murrumbidgee River
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Australia's largest terrestrial national park, located in the Northern Territory
Kakadu National Park
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Australian name given to the oxbow lakes that can form along a meandering river's course
Billabong
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Australia's most substantial mountain range and the fifth longest land-based range in the world
Great Dividing Range
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The most populous Australian external territory located in the Indian Ocean
Christmas Island | population ~2000, capital Flying Fish Cove
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Largest desert in Australia, located in Western and South Australia
Great Victoria Desert
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Sea overlying the continental shelf between Australia and Indonesian New Guinea
Arafura Sea
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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
Alice Springs
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The world's largest and deepest fresh water basin, underlying 22% of the country, primarily to the north and east
Great Artesian Basin
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Large oceanic open bay, off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainland Australia
Great Australian Bight
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Capital of Australia
Canberra | located in Australian Capital Territory or ACT
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By area, Australia is the world's _____ largest country
6th
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Large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia
Gulf of Carpentaria
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Capital of Tasmania
Hobert
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Smallest state by area in Australia
Tasmania

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