Australia map quiz
Can you find all 8 Australian states and territories?
Quizzes in this pack
Australia: states, capitals, mountains, waters, cities, rivers.
| States | 8 questions |
| Capitals | 8 questions |
| Mountains | 7 questions |
| Waters | 9 questions |
| Cities | 8 questions |
| Rivers | 5 questions |
Sample questions
- Most populous state, home to Sydney on the east coast
- Answer: New South Wales
- Smallest mainland state, home to Melbourne in the southeast
- Answer: Victoria
- Second largest state, known for the Great Barrier Reef in the northeast
- Answer: Queensland
- Central southern state, home to Adelaide and the outback
- Answer: South Australia
- Largest state by area, covering the entire western third of the continent
- Answer: Western Australia
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New South Wales
South-eastern Australia
New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous state, founded as a British colony at Sydney in 1788. Sydney has its Opera House and Harbour Bridge. West of the city, the Blue Mountains, blue from the oil haze of eucalyptus trees, have the Three Sisters rocks.
- Known for
- Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Opera House
Tasmania
Island south of Australia
Tasmania is an island state south of the mainland, with wild mountains, clean air and the Tasmanian devil. Cradle Mountain rises above Dove Lake, and the Tasmanian Wilderness covers a fifth of the island.
- Known for
- Cradle Mountain, the Tasmanian devil, wilderness
Brisbane
Queensland
Brisbane, capital of Queensland and Australia's third-largest city after Sydney and Melbourne, grew from a convict settlement founded in 1825 on the winding Brisbane River. Its warm, subtropical climate keeps life outdoors much of the year, and ferries and the steel Story Bridge cross the river through the centre.
- Founded
- 1825, as a convict settlement
- Known for
- The Story Bridge, South Bank, river ferries
Australian Alps
Southeastern Australia, in New South Wales and Victoria
The Australian Alps are the highest part of the Great Dividing Range, in New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory. Rounded granite tops rise above snow gum woodland, and in winter they are among the few places in Australia with ski resorts.
- Highest point
- Mount Kosciuszko, 2,228 m
- Did you know?
- The Snowy Mountains Scheme, built from 1949 to 1974, sends water through tunnels under the mountains to make electricity and water farms
Hamersley Range
Pilbara, Western Australia
The Hamersley Range lies in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Its red rocks hold some of the largest iron ore deposits on Earth, and in Karijini National Park deep gorges hide waterfalls and pools such as Fortescue Falls.
- Highest point
- Mount Meharry, 1,249 m
- Did you know?
- The rocks are banded iron, laid down on the sea floor about 2.5 billion years ago
Great Australian Bight
Along Australia's southern coast
The Great Australian Bight is a huge open bay along the southern coast of Australia. For long stretches the flat Nullarbor Plain ends in sheer limestone cliffs up to about 120 m high, dropping straight into the Southern Ocean.
- Known for
- The Bunda Cliffs, southern right whales, the Nullarbor
- Did you know?
- Southern right whales come close to the cliffs every winter to give birth
How it works
Pick a quiz, then find, name or choose your answer on the 3D globe. A round has 10 questions by default, or more, up to the whole quiz. Each round picks what you need most: questions due again, new ones and the places you tend to mix up. In a short round, the questions you miss are asked once more at the end. Spaced repetition then brings them back on later days until you know them.
Every round also fills your mastery badges for the continent or country, the topic and the whole world: bronze at 50%, silver at 80% and gold at 100%.
