THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS

1 Grazier Sidney Kidman’s nickname (3,6,4) 10 Leo McKern’s TV series, …ofthe Bailey (7) 11 Nationality of many 19th century SA tin miners (7) 12 All alone, ‘like a … on a rock’ (coll) (4) 13 Russell Crowe musical movie, Les… (10) 15 ShapeI’mIn band, … … … & the Falcons (2,2,3) 16 Sir Robert Menzies wife, Dame … (6) 20 2017 AFL premiers (6) 21 Unbalanced, ‘mad as a …’ (coll) (7) 24 Brisbane country rail terminus (4,6) 26 Bay that includes Circular Quay, Sydney … (4)

28 BigBrother hostess, Gretel … (7) 29 Quentin Bryce’s son-in-law, Bill … (7) 30 MCG’s Great … …, completed in 1992 (8,5)

DOWN

2 Bullamakanka’s Burke’s Backyard song, GiveMea…… theGumtrees (4,5) 3 EagleRock band, Daddy … (4) 4 GetFree band (3,5) 5 Craig McLachlan in TheDoctor BlakeMysteries (6) 6 Perth’s main cemetery (10) 7 JurassicPark star, Sam … (5) 8 Hobart casino opened in 1973, … Point (5) 9 Brisbane nightclub destroyed by fire in 1973, killing 15, … Au Go Go (7) 14 TheDevil’sAdvocate author (6,4) 17 NZ-born singer called the Yodelling Boundary Rider (3,6) 18 National park north of Cooktown (7) 19 Jack Thompson’s 1974 role as a tradesman at university (8) 22 US destroyer that collided with HMAS Melbourne in 1969, ……Evans (5,1) 23 1980s Hawthorn coach who died in 2011, Allan … (5)

25 SixRibbons songwriter with Jon English, Mario … (5) 27 Beeb Birtles and Darryl Cotton’s ‘60s band (4)

Yesterday’s solution

ACROSS: 1. Spit the dummy 10. Matilda 11. Valance 12. Riff 13. FiftyYears 15. Toronto 16. Godwin 20. Andrea 21. Robert G 24. Norm O’Neill 26. Bree 28. Flat out 29. Clunies 30. She’ll be right. DOWN: 2. PotofGold 3. Tolj 4. Hyacinth 5. Devitt 6. Molly Jones 7. Yenda 8. Smurf 9. Helsing 14. PowerofOne 17. WaterHigh 18. Sawnoff 19. Toolache 22. Mental 23. Beast 25. Roads 27. Rudi.