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Spotlight on Australia 3
Using the Internet or a research library, find the answers to these questions all about
Australia:
1. In Australian slang, ‘laughing gear’ means m __ __ __ __ …
2. …while if you were ‘up a gum tree’ you would be in t __ __ __ __ __ __...
3. …and if you were feeling ‘bushwhacked’ you would be extremely t _ _ _ _.
4. The Australian city with the largest population is ________________.
a) Melbourne

b) Canberra

c) Sydney

d) Perth

5. Australia’s National Anthem is called ________________________________________.
6. Australia gets its name from the Latin phrase T __ __ __ __ A __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
I __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __, meaning ‘(the) unknown southern land’.
7. Australia is predominantly ________________ society.
a) an urban

b) a rural

c) a desert

d) a large

8. Adelaide was named after the queen of which British monarch?
9. The population of Australia is about ________________ million people.

a) ten

b) twenty

c) thirty

d) forty

10. True or false – there are over four million different place names in Australia?
a) true

b) false

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Test Your Research Skills
Spotlight on Australia 3
Answers:
1. In Australian slang, ‘laughing gear’ means mouth …
2. …while if you were ‘up a gum tree’ you would be in trouble...
3. …and if you were feeling ‘bushwhacked’ you would be extremely tired.
4. c) Sydney
5. Australia’s National Anthem is called Advance Australia Fair.
6. Australia gets its name from the Latin phrase Terra Australis Incognita, meaning ‘(the)
unknown southern land’.
7. a) an urban
8. King William IV

9. b) twenty
10. a) true

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