Geography

What’s the size of Australia (mainland) in sq km?
( 7,617,930 km² )

 

Australia is more than one thing. What?  (a continent & a country)

 

What is the capital of Australia? Canberra

 

What are the two oceans that surround Australia?
(Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean)

 

Which state shares a border with all the mainland states and the Northern Territory?
(South Australia)

 

 

Where is Tasmania? (south-east, SSE of Melbourne)

 

 

Where is South Australia?
 (south)

 

 

Which river is the longest?

Darling River (2450 km, and with Murray 3490)

 

 

Where is Great Dividing Range, mountain range which runs across Australia?

(from north to south some 15 miles inside the eastern coast )

 

 

Where’s the Great Barrier Reef?

(along the north-eastern coast)

 

 

Where’s Canberra?
(southeastern part, between Melbourne and Sydney

 

 

Where’s Queensland?

(northeast)

 

 

Where’s Alice Springs?

(in the middle of the continent, Northern Territory)

 

 

Approximately 40% of the Australians live in or around the two biggest cities.
Which are these cities? 
(Sydney & Melbourne, in the southeast, Victoria & New South Wales)

 

 

 

 

 

 

History

 

The first people to live in Australia were the Aborigines.

 

The first European to see Australia was the who?

(the Spaniard Torres in 1606)

 

The Dutch were the ones who were first seriously interested in this continent. One Dutchman sailed around Australia 1642-44 and discovered New Zealand and an island close to the Australian continent. What was his name?

(Tasman)

 

Australia was first used as a  prison (convict) colony by the English.

 

 

In the mid 1800s Australia’s population grew (increased) 0.4 to 1.2 million in about 10 years. Why was this?

(Gold)

 

 

Which female Aboriginal tennis player won two Wimbledon singles titles?
(Evonne Goolagong Cawley)

 

Why was Australia Day 1959 significant for Darwin?

(Darwin was granted city status)

 

What internationally recognised Australian symbol did Harold Thomas design in 1971?

(The Aboriginal flag)