Australian Alphabetics Trivia

1. How do you pronounce Melbourne?

From Quiz Pronouncing Australian Towns

Answer: Mell - b'n

The emphasis is placed on the first syllable. Melbourne is the capital city of the state of Victoria. It's located on the Yarra River and the large bay of Port Phillip and by 2009 had a population of 4,000,000 people. This large and gracious city with its many beautifully designed old buildings and parks has always had rather more of a cultural image than the rowdier, less well designed and definitely more common-place Sydney, and there's always been somewhat of a rivalry between these two main capitals of Australia. Albury-Wodonga (once just usually referred to as Albury) are twin cities merged into one on the Murray River and act as a border, more or less, between the two state capitals of Melbourne in Victoria and Sydney in NSW. Once when the famous Australian soprano Nellie Melba (1861-1931) was on a return home to this country from her many operatic performances overseas, a reporter asked her at a public meeting which of the two capitals she most preferred. Ms Melba diplomatically answered in her cultivated and acquired upper class accent that "Whenever Ah am home in Ostrayliah, ah keep one foot firmly plarnted in Melbourne and one foot plarnted in Sydney." At the image of the stately - and portly - Nellie Melba in such an unladylike position, a wag in the audience shouted out, "Then Gawd 'elp the poor buggers in Albury!"

From Quiz McAustralia - Australian Mcs and Macs

Answer: Wine

McLaren Vale is located less than an hour's drive south of Adelaide, the South Australian capital. Initially an area for cereal crops, the first grape vines were planted in 1838 and at least three wineries operating today were up and running by 1850.

From Quiz Alphabetical Australian Place Name Origins

Answer: South Land

Australia is shown on early navigation maps as 'Terra Australis', being Latin for 'Great South Land'. It is both a country and a continent.

From Quiz D'Australia

Answer: dag

If someone is funny or eccentric, he is often described as "a bit of a dag". However, a dag is also a mucky tassel of wool or hair on a sheep or cow.

From Quiz C-Australia!

Answer: Tropic of Capricorn & Capricorn

The Tropic of Capricorn runs through Brazil, Chile and northern South Africa as well as Australia. The Tropic of Cancer runs through Mexico, Egypt, Southern China and several other countries.

From Quiz Ah, Australia!

Answer: Devonport

Ambleside is a pretty place, one of four settlements that combined to form the original Devonport. The others were Wenvoe, Formby and Torquay. Devonport became Tasmania's third city when it gained, and held, a population of 25,000 people.

From Quiz M-Australia

Answer: Queensland

Mareeba, Millaa Millaa and Malandra are all towns on the Atherton Tablelands, not far from Lakeland.

From Quiz Aussie R's in Geography

Answer: Rockhampton

'Rocky' as it's known, is the capital of Central Queensland's Capricorn Region, with some of the grandest, old architectural (old by Australian standards) buildings in Queensland. Rockhampton sits on the tree lined banks of the lazy Fitzroy River discovered in 1853, and 'Rocket' Rod Laver, one of the greatest tennis players ever, was born in Rockhampton.

From Quiz 'Q' Places in Australia

Answer: Queanbeyan

'Clean waters' translates as Quinbean. This refers to the nearby Molonglo River. The town was founded by Timothy Beard, an innkeeper, in 1838.

From Quiz 'K' Places in Australia

Answer: Kununurra

The Kimberley Region, of which Kununurra is the chief town, is an isolated but beautiful area. Particularly notable are the hollow-trunked boab trees. Nearby to Kununurra is the fragile Purnululu National Park, home of the Bungle Bungles, strange mounds in the shape of striped bee-hives.

From Quiz Aussie P's in Geography

Answer: Puckapunyal

In 1904 the Australian Army established the Light Horse near Puckapunyal and by the time World War II began, Puckapunyal was officially the largest military training camp in Victoria. Puckapunyal is 100 km north of Melbourne on the Hume Highway.

From Quiz Aussie O's in Geography

Answer: Orange

Originally inhabited by Wiradjuri Aborigines, Orange was unofficially named Blackmans Swamp. In the late 1820's it was officially named after the Prince of Orange! One of Orange's 'claims to fame' is being the birthplace of poets A B 'Banjo' Paterson and Kenneth Slessor.

From Quiz Aussie N's in Geography

Answer: Newcastle

Newcastle is the second largest city in New South Wales, sixth largest in Australia and has some of the best surfing and swimming beaches in the world. The 'Gateway to the Hunter Valley', with its wonderful wineries, Newcastle began life as a convict settlement in 1804.

From Quiz Aussie M's in Geography

Answer: Maryborough

Maryborough was officially proclaimed a port in 1859, and is 30km upstream from the mouth of the Mary River, where the town of River Heads sits. Maryborough was first settled in 1842 and is a subtropical city just over 30km south of Hervey Bay with some magnificently renovated old 'Queenslanders' - a typical Queensland house!

From Quiz Aussie K's in Geography

Answer: Kiama

Discovered in 1797 by George Bass, the famous 'Blowhole' at Kiama sprays water over 60m into the air. Kiama is in the centre of a prosperous dairying and farming district with Kiama Beach being a good surfing, swimming and fishing spot.

From Quiz Aussie J's in Geography

Answer: Jindabyne

Lake Jindabyne is well stocked with trout for the avid fisherman, just watch out for the water skiers! Approximately 460 km south of Sydney, the original township was flooded by the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electricity Authority in the late 1960's.

From Quiz Aussie I's in Geography

Answer: Innamincka

Innamincka is over 1,100 km north east of Adelaide near Cooper Creek, not far from the Congie Lakes and less than 20 km from the Queensland border. To the north west are Sturts Stony Desert and the Simpson Desert. The Innamincka Nature Reserve is a wetland area, worth a visit to see the unique fauna of this area!

From Quiz Aussie H's in Geography

Answer: Hervey Bay

Hervey Bay is a group of villages spread out along the shores of the bay, including, Pialba, Point Vernon, Scarness, Torquay and Urangan. It is one of the most popular holiday destinations in Australia. The large island offshore is of course Fraser Island.

From Quiz Aussie G's in Geography

Answer: Gerringong

Gerringong, an aboriginal word meaning 'place of peril' is just 11 km south of Kiama and 126 km south of Sydney. A dairy farming area with the best beach, Werri Beach, is great for surfers and swimmers alike.

From Quiz Aussie F's in Geography

Answer: Foster

Foster is a small town on the south east coast of Victoria. Popular nearby Sandy Point has a beautiful beach, great for swimming and fishing.

From Quiz Aussie E's in Geography

Answer: Eugowra

In 1862 there was a famous gold robbery that occurred at Eugowra - about its only claim to fame - when bushranger Frank Gardiner and his men ambushed the Forbes gold escort.

From Quiz Aussie D's in Geography

Answer: Devil's Marbles

Near Wauchope, the Devil's Marbles is a spectacular mass of boulders, piled one on top of another. Aboriginal legend says that the granite boulders are eggs laid by the mythical 'Rainbow Serpent'.

From Quiz Aussie C's in Geography

Answer: Cronulla

Home to the Rugby League team the Cronulla "Sharks", this is a very cosmopolitan southern suburb of Sydney skirted by some of the best surfing and swimming beaches including Wanda, North and South Cronulla.

From Quiz Aussie B's in Geography

Answer: Ballina

Ballina is a great fishing spot, just over 750 km north of Sydney and home to the "Big Prawn" which can be seen from kilometres away!

From Quiz Aussie A's in Geography

Answer: Arkaroola

Arkaroola is a wildlife sanctuary that borders the Gammon Ranges National Park in the Flinders Ranges, about 617 km north of Adelaide. There you'll find arid mountain ranges, gorges and water-holes with unique wildlife - well worth a visit!

From Quiz Pronouncing Australian Towns

Answer: Bris - b'n

Same thing - with a slight stress placed on the first syllable. Brisbane, located on the Brisbane River (surprise, surprise) is the capital city of Queensland. It began as a penal settlement in 1824 but from 1842, free settlers were allowed to enter into the area. Originally Queensland was governed by New South Wales and part of that colony, but in 1859, when it became a separate colony and before Federation in 1901, Brisbane was made its capital city. Its a gracious, tree-lined city, filled with many beautiful heritage and colonial buildings. Large and cool verandahs can be found on many of its older houses which were basically all built above the ground because of the city's tendency to flood in rainy seasons, as alas it did badly in 1974 and again in 2011, where vast areas of the city went under water. I was in the city in the first flood and woke up in the middle of the night to see all the furniture bobbing around merrily in a foot of water. In spite of that little hiccup, and having developed a ferocious dog-paddle since, I truly love this beautiful, really beautiful old city.

From Quiz McAustralia - Australian Mcs and Macs

Answer: Western Australia

The Kimberley area produces over 30% of the world's diamonds including the pink diamonds for which it is especially known. The area stretches over the north of Western Australia. England could fit into the area about three times over. McBeath is a small town about 500 kms inland by road from Derby, Western Australia.

From Quiz Alphabetical Australian Place Name Origins

Answer: An early governor

Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, lies on the Brisbane River. Its site was discovered by John Oxley in 1823. The city and the river are named for Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, who replaced Lachlan Macquarie as New South Wales Governor in 1820.

From Quiz D'Australia

Answer: Darwin

In 1974, the city of Darwin was struck by Cyclone Tracy. Singing duo 'Bill and Boyd' had a hit with the song comemorating the disaster. Incidentally, the song was so popular that the 'Hoodoo Gurus' released a song 'Tojo never made it into Darwin' detailing WWII events in the city.

From Quiz C-Australia!

Answer: Meeting Place

Canberra's name comes from the word Nganbirra meaning meeting place. Wagga Wagga means place of many crows, Catagunya means black swan and Poatina means cavern.

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