THE AUSTRALIAN

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ACROSS

1 Charlie Drake’s 1962 hit, My Boomerang……… (4,4,4) 9 Barossa winery, Australia’s oldest family-owned (7) 10 Julian Morrow’s The Checkout co-host, … Drysdale (7) 11 1984 Olympic heptathlon champion (6,4) 12 Children’s TV character from 1965, Humphrey B. … (4) 14 John Howard’s 2004 election opponent, Mark … (6) 16 Australia’s ‘national motto’: ‘No …’ (7) 19 Dr. Patrick Reid in Offspring, Matt … ... (2,5) 20 John Williamson’s 1986 album, …Boy (6) 23 Bob Dyer’s 1957-71 TV quiz show, Pick…… (1,3) 24 Sydney beach, south of Manly (5,5) 27 Hungry Beast host (3,4) 28 Tyranny of Distance historian, Geoffrey … (7) 29 Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise film with Stanley Kubrick (4,4,4)

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1 Black and white bird, … wagtail (5) 2 High Country town south of Cooma (10) 3 Tina Arena hit covered by Jessica Mauboy and The Veronicas (6) 4 Ex- WeekendToday host, Leila … (8) 5 Wacky weatherman, Brian … (4) 6 Grant Hackett’s coach, Denis … (9) 7 ‘First man on Australian TV’, Bruce … (7) 8 Rose Tattoo singer, Gary ‘…’ Anderson (5) 13 Suburb south of Surfers Paradise (10) 15 1984 movie with Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian (3,6) 17 Baby Animals singer, Suze … (8) 18 First Fleet ship, Lady… (7) 21 Heath Ledger’s 2006 film with Abbie Cornish (5) 22 Island in the north of Moreton Bay (6) 25 Ex- 60Minutes and Sunday host, Jana … (5) 26 Southern part of the Great Dividing Range, Australian … (4)