australia

The Commonwealth of Australia is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainlan of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and a number of other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.N4 The neighbouring countries are Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia to the north-east, and New Zealand to the south-east. Australia is the only country that is also a continent.

Trivia about australia

It's the largest nation in area where all cars legally drive on the left
In 1979 NASA officials received a fine for littering from a small town in this country
This continent has the lowest high point & the highest low point, less than a 7,500' difference
It's the only continent with no active volcanoes
It's the lowest, flattest & smallest continent
[Hi, I'm Ingo Rademacher from "General Hospital] Like "G.H."'s Robert & Mac Scorpio, my character of Jax is from this country, where I really grew up
Not surprisingly, the word koala comes from a native language of this continent
During this country's gold rush Melbourne served as an outfitting center for prospectors
An island named for the animal seen here belongs to this country[kangaroo]
Golfer Greg Norman was born in this country
The first people to settle this country migrated there 40,000 years ago; Europeans settled Botany Bay in 1788
It takes up an entire continent
Broken Hill, this country's largest company, took its name from a small town in New South Wales
Tasmania is this country's smallest state
The Coonawarra is a top wine region in this down under country
You can cuddle a koala at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane in this country
You can get down under to the music of this country's Hoodoo Gurus, Midnight Oil & INXS
Xavier Herbert's debut novel, "Capricornia", explores the lives of Aborigines in this country's northern Outback
In this country sheep ranchers are called graziers & they operate sheep stations
Kangaroo Island is the 3rd largest offshore island of this country
Qantas Airways
Cooloola & Goongarrie
Large aboriginal populations live in this country's states of Queensland & New South Wales
G'Day Mate! Room service hopped in with kangaroo-tail soup, your breakfast from this continent
Wollomombi Falls in northern New South Wales is one of this continent's highest waterfalls
Witchetty grubs are large insect larvae savored (& named) by this country's Aborigines
While Hawaii is our only island state, Tasmania is this country's only island state
Kangaroo Paw, an unusual-looking wildflower, is native to this country
It's the only continent occupied by a single nation
In 1988 this country's bicentennial celebration was protested by Aborigines as a "day of mourning"
The Bunyip &The Alice Springs News
The Gibson desert lies between the Great Sandy & Great Victoria deserts on this continent
1 of the world's most dangerous spiders is this country's Sydney funnel web
Foster's
Web addresses that end with ".au" are located on host computers in this country
Queensland, Victoria & New South Wales
Producing about 30% of the world's wool, this country has 7.7 jumbucks per person
Cloncurry in this country's state of Queensland hit 128 degrees Fahrenheit in 1889
Designed to prevent wild dogs from killing sheep, the 3,300-mile-long "Dog Fence" in this country is the world's longest
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, MA.) A relative of the plesiosaurs, this 42-foot reptile terrorized the seas of the early Cretaceous period; called Kronosaurus queenslandicus, it was discovered on a 1931 Harvard expedition to this continent
Its army has about 30,000 permanent troops, with about 11,000 stationed in Queensland
Gibson,Great Sandy
The overarm "crawl" swimming stroke was introduced to England in 1902 from this country
It's the smallest continent
It's the continent that's closest to Tonga
This vast country is about 1,000 miles northwest of New Zealand
Oil up with some serious sunscreen as you trek to Alice Springs, the center of this nation's vast "Red Centre"
D.H. Lawrence visited this country in 1922 & set his 1923 novel "Kangaroo" there
Built from the shell of an old power station, the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney is this country's largest museum
The Grampians, a part of this continent's Great Dividing Range, is also known by its Aboriginal name, Gariwerd
Observe the critter seen here in his native habitat, & you'll discover you're in this country
You may wander past wallabies when you bushwalk through this country's Blue Mountains
This continent still has a Van Diemen Gulf, though Van Diemen's Land became Tasmania
To combat malnutrition, in 1942 Tasmanian blue peas were added to the rations of this country's troops
Scottish-born John McDouall Stuart's 1861-62 south-to-north crossing of this continent won him a prize
Camels were first brought to this continent in 1840 & later transported goods between Adelaide & Perth
This continent's highest waterfall, Wollomombi, drops 1580 feet in New South Wales
The country that's home to the earliest dated monotreme fossils, it's also home to the platypus
At about 12,000 sq. mi., Strangeray Springs, a cattle ranch (or station) in this country, is bigger than Vermont
The 1995 pig film "Babe" was shot on a farm in this down under country
Shiraz, produced in the Coonawarra region, is one of this country's most popular wines
It's the commonwealth nation represented by the flag seen here(Union Jack & the Southern Cross)
Eons of wind & rain have worn away ancient mtns., making this smallest continent the flattest, too
Dedicated to upholding this nation's constitution, the Samuel Griffith Society is HQ'd in New South Wales
Victoria &New South Wales
Some call it the island continent
Around 1605 Dutchman Willem Jansz became the first European to sight this continent
On Jan. 1, 1901 this southern hemisphere country (that's also a continent) proclaimed its independence
Adventurous travelers can trek across this country's Kangaroo Island on camels
This country is the world's largest exporter of mutton
Western Plateau,Great Victoria Desert,Great Artesian Basin
Ride the Nutmobile thru macadamia orchards at the Big Pineapple, a top attraction in this "Down Under" country
The Canning Basin on this continent is also called the Great Sandy Desert
The redundant-sounding Townsville, in this country's Queensland state, was named for Robert Towns
On Christmas Day 1974, a cyclone damaged 90% of the buildings in this country's city of Darwin
Some in this country trace their ancestry to its 1788 "First Fleet", kind of a Mayflower of convicts
This sixth-largest country in the world was first sighted by Europeans in the 17th century
About one-third of the world's wool is produced by this country
100 million years ago this continent was connected to Antarctica; in 50 million more years, it'll hit Asia
This country's ADF sent troops to the Solomon Islands in 2006 to help restore order following riots
Playing on their native soil, this country's Hockeyroos won gold in 2000
Richard Rowe's 1869 adventure tale "The Boy in the Bush" follows the exploits of a 14-year-old settler in this country
Mudrooroo, AKA Colin Johnson, gained fame as an Aboriginal writer from this country
Colleen McCullough used to drive a bus in this, her native country
Bob Hawke
Robert Hawke is the current prime minister of this 3 million square mile country, the sixth largest in the world
If the kids can stomach it, watch Tasmanian devils being fed in Tasmanian Deveil Park at Taranna in this country
Adelaide in this country was founded in 1836 & named for the wife of King William IV
This continent covers only about 5% of the earth's land area; deserts cover about 1/3 of the continent
Named by Abel Tasman, Grotte Eylandt is the biggest island in this country's Gulf of Carpentaria
Prime Minister John Howard
Willem Janszoon made the first European sighting of this continent, but thought it was part of New Guinea
On Feb. 6, 1938 the lifesavers of Bondi Beach in this country rescued 300 people from freak waves
Nicole Kidman & Hugh Jackman starred in this epic about the land Down Under
Mount Kosciusko in New South Wales
You may experience a southerly burster or a brickfielder on this continent
Lake Disappointment is a dry salt lake on the edge of this country's Gibson Desert
Macadamias were originally native to this continent
Cape York Peninsula stretches northward from this continent's mainland
Boats made from beer cans sail by in the Beer Can Regatta, held in Darwin in this country
The one nation over 2 million square miles in area that borders no other countries
The Jindyworobak Movement of the 1930s celebrated this country's Aboriginal culture
The Sydney Morning Herald,the Queensland Independent
On June 2 Alfred Deakin became prime minister of this Commonwealth country for the third time
Queen Victoria's prime minister 2nd Viscount Melbourne had a city in this country named for him in 1837
The one that borders no other countries
This continent's Gibson Desert was named for Alfred Gibson, who was lost searching for water in the 1800s
Beginning in the mountains of Queensland, the Darling River flows 1,700 miles as this continent's longest river
Melbourne
May 13, 1787:11 ships leave England on a voyage that ends by establishing a penal colony here
In February 1999 Aborigines smeared this country's flag with ashes in Canberra
Hobart,Adelaide
G'day! (You need more?!) / A Tasmanian devil / Is this too easy?
This continent is the world's largest wool producer, accounting for about 30% of the total
When INXS went home, they went to this country
The good folk at gdaypubs.com are making a major pub crawl in this country, which has more than 4,000 of them
If you stay at Cradle Mountain Lodge in this country, your tykes may get to see some Tasmanian devils
A 1994 festival honoring this country featured the Tjapukai Aboriginal Dance Company
Circus Oz, which turned 21 in 1999, is a zany, satirical circus from this country that's nicknamed "Oz"
Lake Macquarie,Lake Mungo
A popular housepet, the birds seen here orignally came from this continent[budgerigars]
"Timeless Land","The Tree of Man","Walkabout"
Many of this country's finest red wines come from the Coonawarra region, southeast of Adelaide
Country where 1000s of tourists flock each year to a desolate region to look at the following:
Poet Banjo Patterson & the first lines of his "The Man From Snowy River" grace this country's 10-dollar note
Elle Macpherson
In 1962 this country's Dawn Fraser became the first woman swimmer to break one minute in the 100-meter freestyle
This continent has a lot of marsupials, like the native wombat
Between 1801 & 1803 Matthew Flinders became the first person to circumnavigate this country
The melodic instrument of this country's native people is the didjeridu
"Schindler's List" maker Thomas Keneally
The didgeridoo heard here originated on this continent
Foster's
Spend dollars there in Brisbane or Borroloola
China,Australia,Brazil
This country's wine regions include the Barossa Valley & the Adelaide Hills
Ayers Rock, or as the locals call it, Uluru
In 1788 convicts were bound for this big land that Cook had found
In 1827 Allan Cunningham became the first European to explore this continent's Darling Downs
Farms on this continent average about 5000 acres
Botany Bay is on the southeast coast of this country & Geographe Bay is on the southwest coast
Norfolk Island & the Republic of Kiribati use this country's dollar
Papua New Guinea is just off this country's Cape York Peninsula
Shallow, saline Lake Eyre is this continent's lowest point
This continent is also a commonwealth
Surfing culture is centered in Hawaii, California & this commonwealth country, the home of champ Mick Fanning
This country's Rottnest Island got its name because the quokka, a type of wallaby, looked like a rat
May 9, 1927:this country's parliament moves to Canberra
This continent has turned almost 360 degrees over the past 200 million years & in 50 mil. years more will hit Asia
In terms of rainfall, it's the driest continent after Antarctica
Named for a cartographer, the Lambert Centre, 120 miles S. of Alice Springs, is the official centre of this country
Poet Dame Mary Gilmore fought for women's rights & the rights of the aborigines in this, her home country
In 1606, Willem Janszoon landed on Cape York Peninsula, becoming the 1st European to visit this continent
Prime MinisterRobert Hawke
The Great Victoria Desert
2 of its most celebrated stars, Mel Gibson & Nicole Kidman, weren't even born there
Its fair-skinned, non-indigenous population gave this country of 20 million the world's highest skin cancer rate
The Bailey Acacia, aka the Cootamundra Wattle, is named for a botanist from this country
Some think the floor of what's now the Arafura Sea was once a land bridge between Asia & this continent
One exhibit at this country's 1982 Sydney biennial was the creation of the largest indoor sand painting
This continent's Sydney funnel-web spider brags that it makes the black widow look like the girl next door
Bob Hawke served as prime minister of this country from 1983 to 1991
Vegemite
This country's Mount Kosciusko lies in the Snowy Mountains
The U.S. has ABC news radio; so does this country, where you can listen on 99.9 FM from Tuggeranong
Wallabies & wombats abound in the state called "South" this country
Christmas Island
At 7,310 feet, Mount Kosciusko is the highest peak on this continent
Toowoomba,Wagga Wagga,Adelaide
"Beneath our radiant Southern Cross, we'll toil with hearts & hands"
Cockatoo Island is a former prison in this country settled by prisoners
Explorer Abel Tasman called this continent's Cape York Peninsula Carpentaria Land
Birds that call this country home include the galah, the rosella & the fairy penguin
The Flinders Ranges in this country extend about 300 miles from near Port Pirie to near Lake Eyre
Eighty Mile Beach, on the Indian Ocean, is part of this continent's northwest coast
Colleen McCullough's novel "The Ladies of Missalonghi" is set in the Blue Mountains of this country
A work titled "The Bush" helped make Bernard O'Dowd a major poet of this country
Call up the Royal Flying Doctor Service if you need emergency medical help in a remote part of this country
Once a sheep-raising area, Stokes National Park is in the southwest of this vast country
It's the only continent without an active volcano on the mainland
Vegemite, a trademarked vegetable extract used as a sandwich spread, is from this country
The large wedge-tail eagle is the emblem for the Indian Pacific Train that spans this continent
Find a mate in Victoria at the Earthcore Global Carnival in this country
The Warrnambool Standard & The Alice Springs News
Accessible in winter only by snowmobiles, the Charlotte Pass is found in this country's Snowy Mountains
"Beneath Our Radiant Southern Cross We'll Toil With Hearts And Hands"
In 1999 it issued its 1-oz. silver kookaburra coin with honor marks reproducing several U.S. state quarters
"Walkabout"(1959)
AC/DC
Victoria Bitter
The city of Wagga Wagga in this Down Under nation straddles the Murrumbidgee River
Port Adelaide was established in 1837 to serve ships coming from England to this vast land
INXS' Michael Hutchence
Cricket's World Cup is contested every 4 years; crikey! This country has now won 3 straight
Deaf poet Henry Lawson of this country published "Children of the Bush" in 1902
The 1980s band Midnight Oil hailed from this country
If you watch a lot of medal ceremonies for Olympic swimmers, you've heard the anthem of this country
The death adder, Acanthophis antarcticus, is actually from this continent where most snakes are poisonous
For the musical "Sunset Blvd.", Hugh Jackman won two Mo Awards (equivalent to the Tonys) in this, his native country
If Variety says a film is doing well in "Oz", it doesn't mean the Munchkins like it, it means it's popular here
(Kelly reads next to a map.)In 1845, Ludwig Leichhardt completed a 3,000-mile journey, finding a route to the North Coast and fertile pastures, exciting the people of this land
Hema Maps is based in this country, so they make an upside down world map showing their continent on top
University of Wollongong, Southern Cross University
This country's highest point, Mount Kosciuszko, lies in the state of New South Wales
52 feet below sea level, Lake Eyre
Much of the western part of this country is covered by the Great Sandy & Great Victoria Deserts
From the Latin for "no tree", the Nullarbor Plain extends to the Great Victoria Desert in this country
Prime Minister John Howard
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the penguin habitat.)The smallest of all penguins, the little blue is the only one native to this continent where it is sometimes called the fairy penguin
(Jimmy stands in front of a seated statue of Herbert Hoover) As a young geologist in the 1890's Hoover found a gold mine near Coolgardie in this country. He called it a land of red dust, black flies & white heat
It's also the sixth-largest country in area
This continent's highest mountain was named for Polish hero Tadeusz Kosciuszko
In Victoria, the town of Portland is an ideal spot to visit the southern coast of this country
When Lassie wants to visit Collie, she takes a boat on the Indian Ocean to Bunbury on the west coast of this country
The bombing of the city of Darwin is featured in this Baz Luhrmann epic

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