Across
- 5. Skin moiety on the same side as Choroin (5)
- 6. Original name of RNA showgrounds area (8)
- 7. Tool that greatly extends the spear throw (7)
- 9. First European country to arrive in Australia (8)
- 10. the red-billed black swan. Also a children's swimming game (8)
- 11. New name of HMB Endeavour after she was sold to private hands (4,8)
- 12. Surname of person who proposed "Australia" as the name for the continent (8)
- 13. Sign seen in the night sky in SE QLD to start the bora trials (4,3)
- 18. Planet whose transit was the official reason for James Cook's 1768 voyage (5)
- 19. Earl of __, original name of HMB Endeavour before re-fitting for the 1768 voyage (8)
- 21. Original name of Sydney Cove area (7)
- 22. Treaty of __ in 1529 that later indirectly discouraged news of Australia's "discovery" from reaching other European countries (8)
- 24. Marsupial in the same totem group as honey bee and emu (6)
- 25. Disobedient child of "Glasshouse Mountains" family (9)
Down
- 1. Aboriginal story-telling dance (10)
- 2. French explorer who glimpsed Australia almost a year before James Cook arrived (12)
- 3. Botanist aboard HMB Endeavour (5)
- 4. Highly prized narcotic enjoyed by Aboriginal elders (6)
- 8. Brisbane suburb whose original name was Bennung-Urrung (8,4)
- 14. Name of the bora ring in Samford (9)
- 15. Mother of "Glasshouse Mountains" family (7)
- 16. First Australian to circumnavigate Australia (8)
- 17. First name given to Australia's eastern coast by James Cook before it was amended (3,5)
- 20. Black stone used in sorcery (6)
- 23. White stone used in sorcery (7)