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1.What shape is the Whyalla jetty?
circular
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triangular
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wineglass
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five-pointed star
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2.What was the name of the town before 1920?
Albion
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Kingston
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Port Helena
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Hummocks Hill
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3.Whyalla is a seaport on which peninsula?
Eyre
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Yorke
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Cobourg
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Bellarine
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4.Which company founded the town?
BHP
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Elders
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Harris Scarfe
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Australian Gas Light Company
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5.Royal Australian Navy corvette mine sweeper HMAS Whyalla was built in the Whyalla shipyards during the Second World War. What is her current function?
Training base for navy divers
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Maritime museum in Whyalla
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A man-made reef in Spencer Gulf
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Breakwater at the Whyalla Marina
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6.Whyalla is the only place in the world where these animals congregate in the breeding season
Giant cuttlefish
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Bar-tailed godwit
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Red-napped snake
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Southern blue devil fish
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7.Whyalla is in which state or territory?
Victoria
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South Australia
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New South Wales
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Northern Territory
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8.Where's the airport?
Mullaquana
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Whyalla Barson
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Whyalla Jenkins
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Cowleds Landing
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9.Where are the museums of local history, transport and telecommunications?
Iron Knob
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Jubilee Park
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Whyalla Stuart
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Mount Laura Station
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10.Why was the Whyalla Conservation Park threatened with closure in 1987?
Vandalism
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Erosion from coastal winds
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Rapid decline in the koala population
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A mining company wanted to explore for iron ore
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11.In 2012, Australia's then Trade Minister, Craig Emerson, held a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, where he sang a song. What was it called?
No Whyalla wipeout
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The road to Whyalla
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Whyalla don't you love me?
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Do you know the way to Whyalla?
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12.A sculpture outside a business premises in McDouall Stuart Avenue was inspired by which short story by Henry Lawson?