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Australia Geography
30 Quiz Questions
- The Great Barrier Reef lies a short distance off the coast of which Australian state?
- Which sea seperates Australia and New Zealand?
- Which Australian harbour is thought to be the largest and deepest natural harbour in the world?
- How many countries in the world are larger than Australia?
- Can you name Australia's highest mountain?
- Name the large peninsula located in far north of Queensland?
- What new name was Ayers Rock given in 1993 when a dual naming policy was adopted?
- The Swan and Canning rivers flow through which city?
- Which city, the largest and most populated in Queensland's western interior, do locals often refer to as "The Isa"?
- Which city is the state capital of South Australia?
- What is the Australian name for a long narrow ox bow lake?
- Can you name the largest desert in Australia?
- The Capital Territory is surrounded by which Australian state?
- Which vast, sparsely populated area of Australia is more remote than the bush?
- What body of water separates Australia and Papua New Guinea?
- Which river is the longest in Australia?
- The Stuart Highway connects which city on the north coast with Melbourne via Alice Springs?
- Which city is the capital of Australia?
- How many time zones does Australia have?
- Tasmania is separated from the Australian mainland by which strait?
- Australia is divided into two territories and how many states?
- True or false? The population of Australia is 22 million?
- Which island in the state of South Australia, also known as Karta Pintingga, is Australia's third-largest island after Tasmania and Melville Island?
- Which lake in Far North South Australia contains the lowest natural point in the country?
- Which large gulf is enclosed on three sides by northern Australia?
- Which Aboriginal word with the same meaning as the word "surf" in English is also the name of a suburb of eastern Sydney?
- Which city is the largest settlement in North Queensland and unofficially considered its capital?
- The Snowy Mountains makes up the northeastern half of which mountain range in southeast Australia?
- The Great Barrier Reef is located in which sea?
- Name the second most populated city in Tasmania? A clue: it was named after a town in Cornwall.
Answers
- Queensland
- Tasman Sea
- Sydney Harbour (also except Port Jackson)
- Five (Russia, Canada, China, United States, and Brazil)
- Mount Kosciuszko
- Cape York Peninsula
- Uluru
- Perth
- Mount Isa
- Adelaide
- Billabong
- The Great Victoria Desert
- New South Wales
- The Outback
- Torres Strait
- Murray
- Darwin
- Canberra
- 3 time zones
- Bass Strait
- 6 states (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia)
- False. It's 26 million (2022)
- Kangaroo Island
- Lake Eyre (officially known as Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre)
- The Gulf of Carpentaria
- Bondi (originally "Boondi") - as in the famous Bondi Beach
- Townsville
- The Australian Alps
- The Coral Sea
- Launceston