Australian geography by letter: B

Body of water between Tasmania and Victoria

Pointy-faced marsupials

Third largest city in Western Australia

The river that flows through Brisbane

Australia is the world's leading miner of this rock, from which aluminium is extracted

Residential island in Queensland, site of Australia's largest aluminium smelter

Common name for lizards of the pogona genus

Beautiful region west of Sydney characterised by valleys, escarpments and rock features

Queensland town famous for producing sugar and rum

First landing place in Australia for the HMS Endeavour in 1770 and the HMS Supply in 1788

Type of basalt that is a distinctive feature of many buildings in Victoria, and used for footpaths and kerbs in inner Melbourne

Mountain range on the border of NSW and the ACT

Endangered, long-eared marsupial, used as a local alternative for the Easter Bunny

Northern coastal town known for pearling and tourism

A wild horse

Gold rush city in Victoria, site of the Eureka Stockade

Gold rush city in Victoria, home to the longest imperial parade dragon in the southern hemisphere

Gold rush town in Victoria, first named Mayday Hills