THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS

1 Often snow-capped peak behind Hobart (2,10) 9 Victorian term for devon or polony (9) 10 Trixie O’Toole in Number96, Jan … (5) 11 Racehorse that won 18 straight races in 1938-39 (4) 12 Kevin Borich’s ‘60s HeyBaby band (3,7) 15 Kamahl’s best-known tune,

The…Song (8) 16 Melbourne socialite and charity fundraiser, … Frank (6) 18 Jon Sieben’s swimming coach, … Lawrence (6) 19 Gum tree (8) 22 Golfer Greg Norman’s nickname, the Great … … (5,5) 23 Singer who married Peter Allen in 1967, … Minnelli (4) 25 Commodore model launched in 2013 (5) 27 Late Gold Coast mayor who set 17 athletic world records (3,6) 28 PM Billy Hughes’ nickname, the … … (6,6)

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1 Mama in SBS’ Pizza (5,6) 2 Shoes of the Fisherman author, Morris … (4) 3 Another name for the kookaburra, … jackass (8) 4 1995 and 1997 Bathurst 1000 winner, Russell … (6) 5 Culmination of the footy season (5,5) 6 Mineral mined at Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill, iron … (3) 7 Australia’s first Aboriginal magistrate, in NSW in 1986, Pat … (6) 8 1990-94 ‘Fightback’ Liberal leader, John … (6) 13 Sydney newspaper merged with The

Telegraph in 1990 (5,6) 14 Greg Norman’s second wife (5,5) 17 Town south of Tamworth (8) 18 Prickly rainforest vine (6) 20 Ian Thorpe’s coach after Doug Frost, … Menzies (6) 21 The Living Room renovation expert, … Barber (6) 24 Australian football premiership (4) 26 Type of limited overs match, first played in Melbourne in 1979 (1,1,1)