Australia map quiz

Answer key

1. Western Australia. Western Australia occupies the broad western third of mainland Australia.
2. Northern Territory. The Northern Territory lies in the north-central mainland; it is a territory, not a state.
3. South Australia. South Australia occupies the central southern mainland.
4. Queensland. Queensland occupies the northeastern mainland, including Cape York Peninsula.
5. New South Wales. New South Wales lies on the eastern mainland, north of Victoria.
6. Victoria. Victoria occupies the southeastern corner of the mainland, south of New South Wales.
7. Tasmania. Tasmania is the island state south of the mainland across Bass Strait.
8. Australian Capital Territory. The Australian Capital Territory is the small inland territory within New South Wales that contains Canberra.
9. Jervis Bay Territory. Jervis Bay Territory is a small federal territory on the New South Wales coast. It is distinct from the landlocked ACT.
10. Sydney. Sydney lies on the New South Wales coast. Its harbor-side position is east of the inland national capital, Canberra.
11. Melbourne. Melbourne lies in southern Victoria at the head of Port Phillip Bay. Tasmania is farther south, across Bass Strait.
12. Brisbane. Brisbane is in southeastern Queensland. It is much farther south than Cairns, even though both cities are in the same state.
13. Perth. Perth is near Western Australia’s southwest coast. Its western position separates it clearly from the cluster of capitals on Australia’s eastern side.
14. Adelaide. Adelaide lies beside Gulf St Vincent in South Australia. It is west of Melbourne, near the eastern end of the state’s southern coastline.
15. Hobart. Hobart lies in southeastern Tasmania on the River Derwent. Its island location distinguishes it from the mainland capitals.
16. Canberra. Canberra lies inland in the ACT, within New South Wales. Sydney and Melbourne are separate state capitals, not Australia’s national capital.
17. Darwin. Darwin is on the far northern coast of the Northern Territory. Alice Springs is also in that territory but lies deep in the interior.
18. Cairns. Cairns lies on the coast of far northern Queensland, close to the Great Barrier Reef region. It is well north of Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
19. Alice Springs. Alice Springs lies in the Northern Territory’s central interior. Its inland location distinguishes it from Darwin, the territory’s coastal capital.
20. Broome. Broome is a coastal town in northwestern Western Australia, in the Kimberley region. It lies far north of Perth.
21. Gold Coast. The Gold Coast lies on Queensland’s southeastern coast, south of Brisbane and close to the New South Wales border.
22. Uluru. Uluru is in the Northern Territory, southwest of Alice Springs. The marker shows the rock’s approximate location.
23. Mount Kosciuszko. Mount Kosciuszko is in New South Wales and is the highest peak on the Australian mainland.
24. Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre. Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre lies in South Australia’s arid interior, below sea level.
25. Cape York Peninsula. Cape York Peninsula projects north from Queensland toward New Guinea.
26. Bass Strait. Bass Strait separates Tasmania from Victoria on the Australian mainland.
27. Gulf of Carpentaria. The Gulf of Carpentaria indents Australia’s northern coast between Cape York and Arnhem Land.
28. Great Australian Bight. The Great Australian Bight curves along the southern coast of Western Australia and South Australia.
29. Torres Strait. Torres Strait separates northern Australia from New Guinea.
30. Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef extends along Queensland’s northeast coast. The dot indicates a location within the broad reef region, not its whole extent.
31. Kangaroo Island. Kangaroo Island lies off the South Australian coast, southwest of Adelaide.
32. Perth. Perth is the capital of Western Australia and lies near the southwest coast.
33. Brisbane. Brisbane is Queensland’s capital; Cairns, Townsville, and the Gold Coast are other Queensland urban centers.
34. Adelaide. Adelaide is South Australia’s capital, near the eastern shore of Gulf St Vincent.
35. Hobart. Hobart is Tasmania’s capital, in the southeastern part of the island.
36. Melbourne. Melbourne is Victoria’s capital. Canberra is the national capital in a separate territory.
37. Sydney. Sydney is the capital of New South Wales. Canberra lies within the separate Australian Capital Territory.
38. Darwin. Darwin is the Northern Territory’s capital, on its northern coast.
39. Canberra. Canberra is both the national capital and the capital of the Australian Capital Territory.
40. Six. Australia has six states. The ACT and Northern Territory are the two major mainland territories; Jervis Bay and external territories are separate jurisdictions, not additional states.
41. Western Australia. Western Australia is the largest Australian state by area and occupies the western portion of the mainland.
42. Australian Capital Territory. The ACT is landlocked within New South Wales; Jervis Bay Territory is separately located on the coast.
43. Northern Territory and South Australia. Western Australia’s eastern land border meets the Northern Territory in the north and South Australia in the south.
44. South Australia. South Australia borders Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria, as well as the Northern Territory. Tasmania is an island state.
45. Murray River. The Murray follows much of the NSW–Victoria boundary. The legal border generally follows the river’s southern bank.
46. Indian Ocean. Western Australia’s west coast faces the Indian Ocean.
47. Coral Sea. The Coral Sea lies east of Queensland and includes the waters around the Great Barrier Reef.
48. Tasman Sea. The Tasman Sea lies between southeastern Australia and New Zealand.
49. Great Victoria Desert. The Great Victoria Desert stretches across parts of Western Australia and South Australia; its name does not place it in the state of Victoria.
50. Northern Territory, Queensland, and South Australia. The Simpson Desert lies near the meeting area of the Northern Territory, Queensland, and South Australia.