Duke in Australia 2023

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  1. 2. Traditionally viewed as Australia’s National Bird
  2. 5. British Navigator and British "Discoverer" of Australia
  3. 6. Nationality of Willem Janzsoon, the first European to set foot in Australia in 1606
  4. 9. What Australian’s colloquially call the remote desert wilderness areas of Australia
  5. 11. Australian Prime Minister
  6. 13. One of the most remote state capitals in the world
  7. 17. Football Aussie Style
  8. 18. Southernmost State of Australia
  9. 20. Aboriginal mythology and symbology
  10. 22. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society name their flagship in honor of this late Australian naturalist and activist
  11. 23. this flowering plant is the national Floral Emblem of Australia
  12. 24. Australian animal with a great sense of humor
  13. 25. Also known as the Southern Oscillation by climatologist
  14. 27. Shortform for Australia’s arguably most famous mammal
  15. 28. Capital of Australia
  16. 31. General Australian descriptor for wilderness
  17. 32. Australian for flip-flops
  18. 33. Australia’s Largest National Park
  19. 35. Hollywood’s Top Australian Import
  20. 36. Residents of Sydney
  21. 38. Black Strip, Red Stripe, and this Celestial Body make up the Aboriginal Peoples’ flag
  22. 39. Carnivorous marsupial
  23. 40. Other than oil, minerals, and precious gems, this is Australia’s number one export
  24. 42. Nickname for Northernmost Australia with Darwin as its largest city
  25. 43. Bite for bite, this is Australia’s Most Venomous Snake
  26. 44. Least populated Australian State
  27. 45. Indigenous Australian wind instrument
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  1. 1. Known as Australia’s Cutest Animal
  2. 3. Australians break their fast this way
  3. 4. Aboriginal word for food gathered from the bush
  4. 7. Original planned site for the first British Penal Colony
  5. 8. Beginners better spread this really thin
  6. 10. When an oenophile thinks of Australia, they think of this
  7. 12. Acronym of Australia’s version of the District of Columbia (DC).
  8. 14. Name of Australia’s “conservative” party, minus the party
  9. 15. If you order this in Australia you get shrimp
  10. 16. Aboriginal Peoples’ main element of land care
  11. 19. First Governor of the Colony of New South Wales
  12. 21. 1/3 of all Australians live in this State
  13. 24. You can pet it but it is illegal to hold one in NSW
  14. 26. Australia’s second largest city Melbourne is the Capital of this State
  15. 29. If you come across one of these in the dry outback consider yourself very lucky
  16. 30. Lifeline in The Secret River
  17. 34. Animal commonly depicted as a deity by Aboriginal Peoples
  18. 37. If you want a sandwich in Australia, you better order this
  19. 38. Not-so-endearing term for saltwater crocodile
  20. 41. These will suck you dry if you let them