| BENDIGO | City in central Victoria, Australia that was founded in 1851 after the discovery of gold (7) |
| YARRA | River in Victoria, Australia that flows westward to Melbourne |
| SEATTLE | US city in the Pacific Northwest, founded in 1851 (7) |
| GEELONG | Port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River, in the state of Victoria, Australia |
| REUTERS | Founded in 1851, this British-based company is considered the most reliable and impartial provider of world news |
| OUTBACK | The parts of Australia that are remote from the cities (7) |
| ALBERTA | Province: one close to Victoria, Australia originally (7) |
| ABERDEEN | Which city council had to rehome 500 tenants after the discovery of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete?(8) |
| BALLARAT | Town in Victoria, Australia which was the scene of the Eureka Stockade incident of 1854 (8) |
| STRIKE | Act of knocking down all pins with the first ball in tenpin bowling; or, a discovery of gold or other minerals (6) |
| MELBOURNE | (GKN) Capital of Victoria, Australia, on Port Phillip Bay at the mouth of the River Yarra (9) |
| SWAN | River in southwest Australia that flows to the Indian Ocean below Perth (4)22:A::Prime minister of Egypt assassinated in 1981 (5,5) |
| SUMMER | ____ Bay, fictional seaside town in Australia that is the setting of TV soap Home and Away (6) |
| ACTIVE | Industrious area of Australia that is plugged by big part of Victoria (6) |
| LANDY | John -, Governor of Victoria, Australia from 2001-06 who was the second man to run a sub-four minute |
| CAIRNS | City in Far North Queensland, Australia, that serves as a starting point for people wanting to visit the Great Barrier Reef |
| NAMOI | A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River. |
| MURRAY | River rising in New South Wales, Australia, that flows into the sea at Encounter Bay (6) |
| CORALSEA | The ___ ___ Islands are an external territory of Australia that cover about 300,000 square miles (780,000 square km). |
| ORD | River in Western Australia that flows north to the Timor Sea (3) |
