THE AUSTRALIAN
ACROSS 1 Gough Whitlam’s deputy prime minister (5,7) 10 Brisbane Lions’ 2001 Brownlow medallist, Jason … (9) 11 Mower invented by Mervyn Richardson in 1952 in his backyard (5) 12 National rural newspaper (3,4) 14 Bundaberg-born aviator who died in a crash in Italy in 1933, Bert … (7) 15 “The First State” (1,1,1) 17 Ray Lawler’s play, Summerofthe… Doll (11) 18 Stock routes providing grazing on the roadside (4,7) 21 Sydney newspaper first published in 1831 (1,1,1) 23 Antiseptic oil from melaleuca bushes (3,4) 24 GingerMeggs previous cartoonist, James … (7) 26 Annual popular music awards (5) 27 1975-2005 Independent Tasmanian Senator, Brian … (9) 29 Choreographer who founded the Sydney Dance Company in 1976 (6,6)
DOWN 2 Trixie O’Toole in Number96, Jan … (5) 3 Discount airline that failed in 1991 and 1993 (7) 4 AC/DC singer who died in 1980, … Scott (3) 5 Lang’s widow and Gina Rinehart’s stepmother (4,7) 6 National anthem since 1984, …AustraliaFair (7) 7 Melbourne stadium, also known as Marvel Stadium (9) 8 Town between Brisbane and Toowoomba (6) 9 Red timber of WA (6) 13 Diver Dan in SeaChange and Dilios in 300 (5,6) 16 Outback NSW town, between Bourke and Tibooburra (9) 18 Leigh Matthews’ nickname (6) 19 Victorian resort town where Harold Holt drowned in 1967 (7) 20 Kevin Rudd’s Science Minister (3,4) 22 Cookie in ACountryPractice, Syd … (6) 25 2006 Idol winner, Damien … (5) 28 Sydney’s 1808 … Rebellion (3)