Geography of Australia Flashcards
Date of Australia Day
January 26
it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales
Capital of Western Australia
Perth
Capital of Victoria
Melbourne
The most remote Australian external territory
Heard and McDonald Islands
4100 km southwest of Perth, uninhabited
Term used to describe the remote interior, covering 70% of the continent
Outback
The biggest port in Australia and the whole of Oceania region, located on the western coast of Australia
Port Hedland
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
Macquarie Island
The world’s largest coral reef, located off the northeast coast
Great Barrier Reef
Australia’s national floral emblem
Golden Wattle
Largest city in Australia
Sydney
Australia’s largest marine reserve, including the Great Barrier Reef
Coral Sea Marine Park
Australian state with the lowest population density
Western Australia
if you exclude the Northern Territory
External territory of Australia that is a coral atoll, mostly populated by Sunni Muslims who speak a dialect of Malay as their first language
Cocos (Keeling) Islands,
of which only two (West Island and Home Island) are inhabited
Sea off the northeastern coast, including the Great Barrier Reef
Coral Sea
Capital of New South Wales
Sydney
Capital of South Australia
Adelaide
Highest point on the Australian mainland
Mount Kosciuszko
Highest mountain range in Australia, part of the Great Dividing Range
Australian Alps
Least populous state in Australia
Tasmania (with a population of a little over half a million, if you exclude the Northern Territory)
Australia’s national anthem
Advance Australia Fair
Australia’s largest island
Tasmania
River that flows through Melbourne
Yarra River
Second largest city in Australia
Melbourne
Longest river in Australia, forming the border between New South Wales and Victoria
Murray River
Massive sandstone monolith in the heart of the Northern Territory’s arid “Red Centre”
Uluru (formerly known as Ayers Rock)
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
Sea between Australia and New Zealand
Tasman Sea
Currency of Australia
Australian dollar
Australia’s lowest point on the mainland and – when it fills – its largest lake
Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre
Strait between Tasmania and the mainland
Bass Strait
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
Shallow sea between the island of Timor and Australia
Timor Sea
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
Second largest state by area in Australia
Queensland
Second largest state by population in Australia
Victoria
Capital of the Northern Territory
Darwin
The most populous Australian external territory located in the Pacific Ocean
Norfolk Island
population ~2000, capital Kingston
Australia has the world’s _____ largest area of ocean jurisdiction
1st
Australian state with the highest population density
Victoria
Large remote peninsula located in Far North Queensland
Cape York Peninsula
Largest state by area in Australia
Western Australia
Main base and administrative centre of the Australian Antarctic Territory
Davis Station
Capital of Queensland
Brisbane
Highest point in territory claimed by Australia
Mount McClintock (in the Australian Antarctic Territory);
Largest state by population in Australia
New South Wales
A major tributary of the Murray River within the Murray–Darling basin and the second longest river in Australia
Murrumbidgee River
Australia’s largest terrestrial national park, located in the Northern Territory
Kakadu National Park
Australian name given to the oxbow lakes that can form along a meandering river’s course
Billabong
Australia’s most substantial mountain range and the fifth longest land-based range in the world
Great Dividing Range
The most populous Australian external territory located in the Indian Ocean
Christmas Island
population ~2000, capital Flying Fish Cove
Largest desert in Australia, located in Western and South Australia
Great Victoria Desert
Sea overlying the continental shelf between Australia and Indonesian New Guinea
Arafura Sea
Nearest large town to Uluru, known for its Henley-on-Todd Regatta, a “boat” race on the dry riverbed of the Todd
Alice Springs
The world’s largest and deepest fresh water basin, underlying 22% of the country, primarily to the north and east
Great Artesian Basin
Large oceanic open bay, off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainland Australia
Great Australian Bight
Capital of Australia
Canberra
located in Australian Capital Territory or ACT
By area, Australia is the world’s _____ largest country
6th
Large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia
Gulf of Carpentaria
Capital of Tasmania
Hobert
Smallest state by area in Australia
Tasmania
