Australian Geography

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1. In what capital city in Australia will you find the suburb Bonbeach?
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2. Which Australian capital city was originally called Bearbrass?
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3. In what state in Australia would you find The Twelve Apostles?
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4. Which famous New York streets name was derived because it was the original defensive wall and moat built by the Dutch in 1652 to keep out Indians?
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5. What National Park did Skippy the bush kangaroo live in?
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6. In which Australian city or town is Deakin University located?
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7. In what Australian capital city will you find the Derwent River?
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8. What is Australia’s largest national park?
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9. What is the name of the attractive island 8 kilometers off the coast of Townsville?
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10. Jindabyne is a town in which Australian state?
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11. Which state capital has its water supplied by Warragamba Dam?
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12. What is the name of the stretch of road that begins at Torquay and finishes at Allansford, Victoria?
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13. Which Australian river begins near Kiandra and joins the Murray near Balranald?
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14. In what Australian state or territory would you find the towns Emu and Cockatoo?
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15. In what Australian state is Falls Creek Ski Resort?
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16. In geographical terms, what does CBD stand for?
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17. What is the largest state in Australia by square kilometers?
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18. In what town are the annual Australian Country Music Awards held?
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19. How many Australian states have never recorded a temperature below zero degrees Celsius?
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20. Arguably the largest state in the world, which Australian state spans over 2.5 million square kilometres?
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21. In what capital city will you find the suburb Nightcliff?
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22. In which Australian state or territory can you visit the town of Charters Towers?
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23. Is the city of Bendigo north or south of Melbourne?
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24. Name one of the two great wine-making districts in Victoria.
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25. Name one of the two Queensland towns which have a Big Pineapple?
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26. The Coonawarra wine making-region is in which Australian State?
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27. The Hunter Valley wine-making region is in which Australian State?
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28. The Margaret River wine-making region is in which Australian State?
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29. The Swan River flows through which Australian city?
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30. The tourist attraction the Big Banana is located in which coastal New South Wales town?
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31. The tourist attraction the Big Oyster is located just north of which coastal New South Wales town?
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32. The word Nullarbor, meaning no trees comes from which language?
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33. The World Heritage listed Lord Howe Island belongs to which state of Australia?
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34. What Australian Cape is the eastern-most point on the Australian mainland?
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35. What Australian city is technically the largest city in the world, covering 41,000 square kilometres?
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36. What Australian town do you have to visit to see the big Ned Kelly statue?
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37. What is Australias tallest man-made structure?
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38. What is significant about South Point at the tip of Wilsons Promontory, in Victoria?
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39. What is the largest lake in Australia?
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40. What is the name of the major highway that runs between Adelaide and Darwin?
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41. What is the name of the major highway that runs between Brisbane and Cairns?
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42. What is the name of the major highway that runs between Sydney and Melbourne?
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43. What nationality was the General Thaddeus Kosciusko, who lent his name to our highest mountain?
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44. What stretches for 2,300 km along the coast of Queensland?
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45. What town is the western-most point on the Australian mainland?
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46. Which Australian city began as a penal colony in 1788 and received criminals for the next 60 years?
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47. Which Australian state is known as The Premier State?
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48. Which is the largest desert in Australia?
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49. Which New South Wales town is home to the Big Merino Sheep tourist attraction?
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50. Which Western Australian town is famous for the wild dolphins that allow themselves to be touched and hand-fed by humans?
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51. In 1812, what Australian capital city became the second capital city to be named after Sydney?
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52. In what town in Victoria did Ned Kellys famous last stand against the law occur in 1880?
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53. If you are referred to as a Sandgroper, which Australian state do you come from?
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54. Because of Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Eve 1974, Santa never made it to which Australian city?
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55. Which Australian city holds its agricultural show over Easter each year?
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56. In what Sydney suburb was the second series of TVs The Block filmed?
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57. Collier Range National Park is located in which state of Australia?
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58. Cowes is a town on which Australian island?
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59. In what Australian state is Mount Newman?
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60. In which body of water is Australias Groote Eylandt?
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61. In which state or territory is Moomba gas field located?
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62. Innisfail is in which state of Australia?
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63. Is Cape Flattery north or south of Cooktown?
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64. Is Kilcoy North or South of Gympie?
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65. The Grampians are in which Australian state or territory?
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66. The Jenolan (Jen-ol-lan) Caves are found in which Australian state or territory?
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67. Torres Strait separates Queensland from which neighbouring island nation?
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68. What highway joins Alice Springs and Darwin?
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69. What is the Aboriginal name for the worlds largest monolith?
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70. What is the highest mountain in Australia?
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71. What is the name of the reef that stretches for 280kms along the Western Australian coastline?
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72. What is the name of the train that travels between Darwin and Adelaide?
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73. What is the second biggest state in Australia by square kilometres. . .
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74. Which Australian states floral emblem is the blue gum blossom?
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75. Which Australian town is located at the mouth of the Swan River. .
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76. Which of our capital cities was named after a former Governor of New South Wales?
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77. Which of these three places is NOT in Australia. a) Middle Intercourse Island b) Tittybong or c) Brown Willy?
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78. Which Queensland island is also known as Great Sandy Island?
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79. Which two Australian state capitals are closest together?
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80. Which US state shares its name with a small town on the Queensland border?
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81. What motel featuring an electric dog as its sign was an icon in Surfers Paradise for over 30 years?
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82. The ferry Spirit of Tasmania III sails between which two ports?
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83. True or False In Mobile, New Orleans, the sounding of ones car horn is illegal on Sundays.
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84. True or False In the town of Casper, Wyoming, a local ghost has been appointed a member of council..
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85. Which tourist attraction is the only living structure visible from outer space?
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86. Which of these three places is NOT in Australia: (a) Shag Island; (b) Chinaman’s Knob; or (c) Wet Beaver Creek?
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87. In what Australian capital city is the river Torrens?
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88. In what Australian capital city is the suburb Payneham?
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89. Which of Australia’s capital cities has the lowest annual rainfall?
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90. As the crow flies, is Darwin closer to Adelaide or Sydney?
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91. Which Australian capital city was severely damaged by Cyclone Wanda, and the flood that followed, in 1974?
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92. In what Gold Coast suburb is Jupiter’s Casino located?
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93. In what town will you find ‘The Beach Hotel’. owned by John ‘Strop’ Cornell and his wife Delvene Delaney?
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94. Between what two towns did Qantas begin flying in 1922?
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95. What 120 kilometer long Australian island is the world’s largest sand island?
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96. In what city was Australia’s first legal casino located?
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97. In what NSW town is the radio telescope that featured in the Australian movie ‘The Dish’?
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98. Which Queensland city is closest to the Tropic of Capricorn?
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99. Which Queensland town is home to the Big Apple tourist attraction?
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100. The town of Emerald in Queensland has the tourist attraction ‘The Big Easel’. What famous painting, by Vincent Van Gogh, is depicted on the easel?
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101. In which Australian city was the movie ‘The Matrix’ filmed?
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102. What famous building stands on Bennelong Point, New South Wales?
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103. What body of water lies between Australia and New Zealand?
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104. In what Australian island group is Long Island?
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105. What beach, near the Whitsunday Islands, is one of the world’s whitest beaches with 98% pure silica?
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