| BENDIGO | City in central Victoria, Australia, settled in 1851 after the discovery of gold |
| TASMANIA | Part of Australia settled, upon return, with great enthusiasm (8) |
| CORI | First woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her role in the discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen (surname only) |
| ABERDEEN | Which city council had to rehome 500 tenants after the discovery of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete?(8) |
| MEDICALADVANCEMENTS | 100th Anniversary! The discovery of Insulin in 1921 by Canadian researchers Banting and Best is among the greatest of these in the world: 2 wds. |
| DNA | National ___ Day (April 25, commemorating the 1953 publication of the discovery of its double-helix structure; you can discover six strands of it in the theme entries) |
| DDT | Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Muller was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1948 for the discovery of the insecticidal properties of this controversial chemical (1,1,1) |
| ABUDHABI | Situated on the Persian Gulf coast and once a thriving pearl-diving community prior to the discovery of oil, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (3,5) |
| RAYLEIGH | 3rd Baron -; title of John Strutt, scientist awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physics with William Ramsay for his part in the discovery of argon (8) |
| MOONS | Scientists announced the discovery of 20 of these orbiting Saturn on Oct. 8 and asked the public to suggest names; four of the already-known 82 begin this puzzle's theme entries |
| INDUS | The ___ Valley Civilisation on the Indian subcontinent was unknown to historians until the discovery of a city at Harappa in 1829 (5) |
| SODDY | Chemist who developed the theory of isotopes and assisted William Ramsay in the discovery of helium (5) |
| ELECTRON | The century of study of physics started with the discovery of this sub-atomic particle |
| STRIKE | Act of knocking down all pins with the first ball in tenpin bowling; or, a discovery of gold or other minerals (6) |
| BALLARAT | Town in Victoria, Australia which was the scene of the Eureka Stockade incident of 1854 (8) |
| GEELONG | Port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River, in the state of Victoria, Australia |
| SCHEELE | Swedish chemist; one of the three claimants of the discovery of oxygen with Englishman Joseph Priestley and Frenchman Antoine Lavoisier (7) |
| COLUMBUSDAY | A legal holiday in most states of the US commemorating the discovery of America, traditionally celebrated on October 12 (8,3) |
| ARTHUR | British archaeologist whose excavations on the island of Crete led to the discovery of the Bronze Age Minoan civilisation (6) |
| EVANS | British archaeologist whose excavations on the island of Crete led to the discovery of the Bronze Age Minoan civilisation (5) |
