THE AUSTRALIAN
ACROSS
1 Tommy Smith’s daughter who won her first Sydney training premiership in 2001 (3,10) 10 Ex-miner, one of the “Brushmen of the Bush”, Jack … (7) 11 The Timeless Land author, … Dark (7) 12 Kylie Minogue’s first hit, in 1987 (10) 13 Bird that builds a huge incubating mound, mallee … (4) 15 Police Rescue star and Johanna Griggs’ ex-husband, Gary … (5) 17 1950s atomic test site in SA (9) 18 Perth beach suburb, home of John Curtin (9) 19 Former Dancing with the Stars host, … Somers (5) 21 Ex- Today weathergirl, … Lukis (4) 22 A Country Practice busybody played by Joyce Jacobs (4,6) 26 Tommy Tavita in Water Rats and Captain Typho in the Star Wars franchise, Jay … (7) 27 Eric Bana’s movie about convicted criminal Mark Read (7) 28 Peter Weir’s acclaimed 1998 film starring Jim Carrey (3,6,4)
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2 Peak indigenous group abolished in 2004 (1,1,1,1,1) 3 Hard rock band that won a Grammy in 2007 (10) 4 NSW town in the Snowy foothills (5) 5 WA Pilbara Coast town (9) 6 High Country town in East Gippsland (4) 7 Swagman who arrives at dusk, too late to work (9) 8 West Coast AFL club (6) 9 Bird formerly known as the native companion (6) 14 Mike Whitney’s TV combat show which originally aired in 1995 (10) 16 Ken Maynard’s cartoon pub (9) 17 16-year-old 2008 Olympic silver medal-winning diver (7,2) 18 Michael Caton’s “he’s dreaming” movie, The… (6) 20 2002-04 and 2007 Australian PGA champion, Peter … (6) 23 SA/WA Nullarbor border town (5) 24 American (coll) (5) 25 2005-08 Test fast bowler, Shaun … (4)