Geography Crossword- Oceania

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Across
  1. 4. The last name of the man (Dutch) who "discovered" New Zealand
  2. 6. a mammal that raises it's immature young in external pouches.
  3. 8. Australia is a __________________ monarchy
  4. 12. a popular fruit as well as what people from New Zealand call themselves
  5. 13. A language commonly spoken in Papua New Guinea with nearly 700 dialects
  6. 14. The first _____________ power plant was built in NZ in 1931
Down
  1. 1. ___________are made from the skeletons of hundreds of species of marine life.
  2. 2. Ayer's Rock, located near the center of Australia, may be the world's largest ______________.
  3. 3. Australia is the _____________ continent, but one of the largest countries.
  4. 5. Because the lands have been separated from other continents for millions of years, many plants and animals are ________ to this part of the world.
  5. 7. dingoes are thought to have come from Asia along with the ______________.
  6. 9. is a broad expanse of water in the Southern Pacific that surrounds a continent along with thousands of tiny, widely scattered islands
  7. 10. The farther ____________ one travels in Australia and New Zealand, the cooler it gets.
  8. 11. The earliest immigrants to Australia were inmates of Britain's new overseas ___________ colony.
  9. 15. the people who drove the Dutch explorer out of New Zealand