THE AUSTRALIAN

ACROSS

1 7oz beer glass in SA (7) 5 First Australian WWI Victoria Cross winner, Albert … (5) 10 Canberra-Goulburn highway (7) 11 Indian Ocean territory, Ashmore and … Islands (7) 12 Alitalia hostess who married Paul Keating in 1975, Annita Van … (6) 13 Ruth Park’s AHarpintheSouth sequel, ……Orange (4,4) 15 Construction company, Baulderstone … (10) 16 Barossa Valley river and Seppelts port (4) 19 1987 Men’s Singles Wimbledon champion, Pat … (4) 20 WA town where Paddy Hannan found gold in 1893 (10) 22 NSW rafting river that flows into the Clarence (8) 24 Town near Byron Bay, … Head (6) 26 Introduced sporting fish, … trout (7) 27 Victorian town, the “Gateway to Phillip Island” (3,4) 28 Town near Warrnambool, Port … (5) 29 INXS brothers Tim, Andrew and Jon (7)

DOWN

2 Rolf Boldrewood’s bushranging novel, Robbery…… (5,4) 3 Former CRA boss, Sir Roderick … (8) 4 Supermodel, … “The Body” Macpherson (4) 6 Sydney-to-Melbourne train that last ran in 1986, Southern… (6) 7 Illawarra peak behind Wollongong city, Mt … (5) 8 BigBrother runner-up and Neighbours star, Blair … (9) 9 “World’s Fair” held on South Bank in 1988 (8,4) 10 Australia’s largest travel agent (6,6) 14 John Clarke’s 7.30Report comic partner (5,4) 17 Graeme Samuel’s predecessor as ACCC boss (5,4) 18 Queen’s representative in an Australian state (8) 21 SA opal-mining town, … Pedy (6) 23 Outback Qld mining town (2,3) 25 Tasmania’s highest peak (4)

Saturday’s solution

ACROSS: 1. Barmah Forest 9. Humpbacks 10. Death 11. Modern 12. Liz Ellis 14. Surf-ski 15. King Gee 17. Heynatz 19. Numbats 21. Of Origin 23. Strine 26. Erina 27. BlueHills 28. Darling Downs. DOWN: 1. Bomaderry 2. Roberts 3. Arch 4. Fossicking 5. Redfern 6. Small 7. Whim 8. Whiskers 13. Fitzgibbon 14. Schooner 16. Gladiolus 18. Abigail 20. Matthew 22. Orica 24. Esso 25. Lund.