| HOBART | Capital of Australia's island state (6) |
| DARWIN | What is the capital of Australia's Northern Territory? (6) |
| BRISBANE | Capital of Australia's northern state of Queensland |
| MELBOURNE | Capital of Australia's Victoria state |
| TAS | Australia's island state, abbr. (3) |
| TASMANIA | Australia's island state (8) |
| MEARES | Ex-host of Australia's Next Top Model, Jodhi ... (6) |
| NORMAN | Name one of Australia's golf greats, Greg ... (6) |
| GOLDEN | The insect Synemon plana, one of Australia's most endangered insect species due to the loss of its habitat |
| CRONIN | Name one of Australia's most profilic point-scoring Rugby League centres, Michael ... (6) |
| BEAGLE | Upon which ship did Charles Darwin investigate part of Australia's coastline (6) |
| ISAIAH | Winner of Australia's The X Factor in 2016, ------ Firebrace (6) |
| DESERT | Around 18% of Australia's land mass comes under this classification (6) |
| GRENDA | Part of Australia's 1984 Olympic champion pursuit team, Michael ..... (6) |
| ROONEY | Captain of Australia's 2006 Commonwealth Games swimming team, Giaan ... |
| TOPEND | The northernmost section of Australia's Northern Territory (3,3) |
| TORRESSTRAIT | Sea channel to the north of Australia's Cape York Peninsula (6,6) |
| EMU | Feature of Australia's coat of arms |
| VICTORIAN | Resident of Australia's "Garden State" |
| CHERRYRIPE | One of Australia's oldest chocolate bars (6,4) |
