Australia

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller (3)
  2. 5. An incorporated administrative district established by state charter (4)
  3. 8. A state in northeastern Australia (10)
  4. 11. A port and state capital of Tasmania (6)
  5. 14. Provincial capital of the Northern Territory of Australia (6)
  6. 15. Capital and largest city of Queensland state (8)

Down

  1. 1. The capital of Australia (8)
  2. 2. Human beings (6)
  3. 4. A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants (7)
  4. 6. An urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city (4)
  5. 7. Country and continent known for kangaroos (9)
  6. 9. The largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea (6)
  7. 10. The state capital of Western Australia (5)
  8. 12. The state capital of South Australia (8)
  9. 13. Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful (8)