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Australian Cities Etymologies #1 - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 25 times
- The average score is 9 of 16
Answer Stats
| Named after... | Decade adopted | Answer | % Correct |
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| an English city also famous for its status as a major coal-exporting port | 1800s | Newcastle | 91%
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| the German consort of King William IV, Queen __ of Saxe-Meiningen | 1830s | Adelaide | 86%
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| the port it was situated in, itself named by the crew of the HMS Beagle after their former shipmate Charles __, Origin of Species author | 1910s | Darwin | 86%
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| a Scottish city, which derives its name from the Pictish for 'wood' or 'copse' | 1820s | Perth | 86%
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| British Home Secretary Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount __ | 1780s | Sydney | 86%
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| British Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount __ | 1830s | Melbourne | 77%
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| the river on which it is located, itself named after New South Wales Governor Sir Thomas __ | 1820s | Brisbane | 64%
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| the Ngunnawal people's name for the area, meaning perhaps ‘meeting place’ or 'woman's breasts' | 1910s | Canberra | 59%
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| the area's inflated and booming real estate market. Originally a nickname given by journalists to a stretch of then-distinct townships | 1950s | Gold Coast | 59%
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| British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Robert __, 4th Earl Buckinghamshire | 1800s | Hobart | 59%
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| Prince William of __, an associate of namer Thomas Mitchell during the Peninsula War, who went on to become King William II of the Netherlands | 1840s | Orange | 59%
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| the Dharawal people's name for the area, meaning perhaps 'sound of the sea' or 'five islands' | 1820s | Wollongong | 50%
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| the businessman who financed the establishment of the city, Robert __. The city is sometimes thought (incorrectly) to have a tautological name | 1860s | Townsville | 41%
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| a local creek, itself named after the nickname of a local shepherd and barenuckle prizefighter, William Abednego Thompson | 1850s | Bendigo | 14%
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| the Wathaurong aboriginal name for the area, which probably means 'resting place' | 1830s | Ballarat | 9%
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| a local aboriginal kinship group, combined with a Saxon geographical suffix | 1870s | Bundaberg | 0%
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