The Earth's smallest continent, located in the Southern Hemisphere
What is Australia
100
A remote place where people convicted of crimes are sent
What is a penal colony
200
The dry land consisting of plains and plateaus that makes up much of western and central Australia
What is the Outback
200
The native people of New Zealand
What are the Maori
200
The rock in central Australia that is a marker for the Aborigines
What is the Ayers Rock
200
The country near the eastern part of Australia with two main islands
What is New Zealand
300
A hot spring that shoots a jet of water and steam into the air
What is a geyser
300
The continent that the Aborigines of Australia and the Maori of New Zealand originally came from
What is Asia
300
An extremely large cattle ranch in Australia
What is a station
300
While Australia's east coast has fertile farmland, much of central and western
Australia is made up of dry plains and plateaus/ or hills and wet grasslands
Dry plains and plateaus
400
Long, narrow inlet of the sea bordered by steep cliffs created by glaciers
What is a fiord
400
The main way that the Australian government has tried to improve the lives of Aborigines
What is giving back their land
400
Are many of New Zealand's and Australia's plants and animals found only in New
Zealand and Australia/ or in many places on Earth?
Only found in New Zealand and Australia
400
Australia has close trading ties with Pacific Rim nations, including Japan, South
Korea, China, and what major world power?
The United States
500
A well from which water flows under natural pressure without pumping
What is an artesian well
500
The event in 1851 that caused the population of Australia to soar
What is gold being discovered
500
The European country that took control of both Australia and New Zealand
What is Great Britain
500
Australia is one of the world's leading growers and exporters of