Countries and Capitals
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
Australia is in the ____ hemisphere.
Southern hemisphere.
What is the biggest city in Australia.
Sydney
What are the countries that have land borders with Australia?
No countries.
There are ___ languages and dialects spoken in Australia.
200! Over 200 including 45 Indigenous languages.
Name three capital cities of Australia.
Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Darwin.
The Australian continental landmass consists of ___distinct landform divisions.
Six
Name two of the states of Australia.
There are six states in Australia: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.
List three countries that are nearest to Australia?
The nearest countries include Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
Australia is the only nation-continent of ___ million people in the world.
20 million people
The Australian flag has ___ stars.
Six
Australia consists of 2 land masses, which ones?
Mainland Australia and Tasmania.
What is the ranking of Australia area size?
It is the 6th largest country by area.
These two oceans border Australia.
Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
The _____ was adopted as the national floral emblem in 1912.
Wattle
It is Australia's largest state with a total land area of 2,529,875 square kilometers (976,790 sq mi)...
Western Australia.
It is the longest river in Australia. It is 2508 kilometers long.
River Murray
Half of Australia’s population lives in these three cities.
Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
Mention 3 of the 6 different territories in Mainland Australia.
Western Australian, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria.
What color is lake Hillier colored in?
Pink
It is separated from mainland Australia by Bass Strait and is the smallest state in Australia.
Tasmania
This is the highest mountain in Australia. It is 2228 meters (7310 ft) high.
Mount Kosciuszko
Australia has a mild two-party system, these are the two main political parties in Australia.
The Australian Labor Party and the Liberal/National Coalition.
This is a fringing island of Australia. It is also the world's largest sand island.
Fraser Island
This happened to the Australian Prime Minister in 1967.
The Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt went to the beach for a swim and was never found again.