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19 Cards in this Set
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New Zealand's highest mountain
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Mount Cook
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Jumpbuck
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Sheep
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Murray River
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Australia's most important water system
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Great Barrier Reef
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largest coral formation in the world
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Apple Isle
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another name for Tasmania
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Maori
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original inhabitants of New Zealand
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Outback
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sparsely populated interior of Australia
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Canberra
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capital of Australia
aboriginal word meaning "meeting place" |
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Lake Eyre
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Australia's lowest point
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Captain James Cook
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first European to map east coast of Australia
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Botany Bay
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harbor
site of first English settlement |
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Holden
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Australia's first native car
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Australia and New Zealand are members of the
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British Commonwealth
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Lake Taupo
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New Zealand's largest lake
largest volcanic lake in the world |
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Cook Strait
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separates North Island and South Island in New Zealand
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Wattles
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acacia trees
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Penal/prison colony
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reason why Australia was settled by Europeans
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Great Dividing Range
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complex of mountains and hills running parallel to Australia's east coast
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Mount Kosciusko
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Australia's highest peak
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