Animals
Many people think about this animal when they hear Australia. They carry their babies in a pouch.
What is a kangaroo?
Australia is part of this larger region, where New Zealand and lots of other islands are included.
What is Oceania?
The country that colonized Australia 1788-1901.
What is Great Britain?
What is the Outback?
The biggest city in Australia.
What is Sydney?
A gray animal that is often called a bear, even though it is not.
What is a koala?
The capital of Australia.
What is Canberra?
The name of the native people of Australia.
Who are the aboriginals?
The world's largest coral reef, located off the east coast of Australia.
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
The currency (money) in the country.
What is the Australian Dollar?
A big land bird that cannot fly. It almost looks like a dinosaur.
What is an emu?
The big island south of Melbourne, Australia
What is Tasmania?
These people were sent to Australia during the 1800's as a form of punishment.
What are prisoners/convicts?
A sour fruit with 100 times more vitamins than oranges.
What is a kakadu plum?
The head of state in Australia, who is also the head of state in the UK.
Who is King Charles III?
A type of bird with a large beak. They live near water and can store fish and other prey in their beaks.
What is a pelican?
The ocean to the east of Australia.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
The Summer Olympics of 2000 was hosted in this city.
What is Sydney?
The main part of a koala's diet consist of this tree.
What is eucalyptus?
Mainland Australia has this number of time zones.
What is three?
An odd animal that can be found nowhere else in the world. Is looks like a beaver and a duck at the same time.
What is a platypus?
The famous monolith in central Australia called "Ayers Rock" also goes by this name.
What is Uluru?
The name of the British explorer who "found" Australia and New Zealand in 1788.
Who is James Cook?
The aboriginal word for a small pond or lake, often used by the whole Australian population.
What is a billabong?
The population in Australia (in millions).
What is 25 millions?