| NEWSOUTHWALES | Name given to Australia when colonised in 1788; a state since 1901 (3,5,5) |
| LUCKYCOUNTRY | 'The ___', name sometimes given to Australia (5,7) |
| NICOLASBAUDIN | Who was charting the coast of Australia when, in April 1802, he met Matthew Flinders off the coast of Encounter Bay? (7,6) |
| THEFIRSTFLEET | The winner, very fast, arrived in 1788 (3,5,5) |
| CZECHREPUBLIC | Independent state since 1993 (5,8) |
| AULDLANGSYNE | Scottish phrase meaning "old long since" that was popularised by Robert Burns as the title and refrain of a song in 1788 and is sung on New Year's Eve to bid farewell to the old year ever since (4,4,4 |
| FLEET | The First what brought white settlers to Australia in 1788 (5) |
| AUSTRALIA | A National holiday held down-under to mark the landing of the British in 1788 - Day" (9) |
| AARON | Who was the captain of Australia when it won the tournament for the only time so far, in 2021? (5) |
| HANES | "America's First Name in Comfort Since 1901" |
| COLOMBIA | A republic in North West South America colonised by Spain in the 16th Century (8) |
| AUGUSTA | City in the south-eastern USA (pop about 200,000), founded in 1788 (7) |
| NORFOLK | A penal settlement was established on which Pacific island in 1788? (7) |
| AULD | Song whose text is a Scots-language poem written by Robert Burns in 1788, _ Lang Syne (4) |
| FRESNEL | Augustin-Jean ___, physicist and pioneer in optics born in 1788 |
| KARMANN | German coachbuilder and bodybuilder, active since 1901; specializing in convertibles and cabriolets, it also manufactures complete cars under contract (7) |
| SYDNEY | State capital since 1901 |
| MEN | Ninety-seven per cent of science Nobel winners since 1901 |
| NOBELPEACEPRIZE | International award bestowed since 1901 for "the best work for fraternity between nations" |
| NOBEL | This prize for peace and the sciences have been awarded since 1901 |
