AUSSIEGIANT
ACROSS
1, 8-across
Australian flower emblem (6,6)
8 See 1-across
11, 56-down
Australia’s head of state (5,9) 12 Australian singer, Tina – (5) 13 Australia’s westernmost capital city (5) 14 Arboreal marsupial (5) 15 Holidaying in a tent (7)
16 65-down is Australia’s national – (6) 17 Chiller (3)
19 South Australian peninsula (4) 22 Mythical Australian monster (5) 24 Problem in Australian waterways, Blue-green – (5) 25 Southern lights, seen from some parts of Australia, Aurora – (9) 27 Victorian TAFE, –glen (6) 31 Australian music award (4) 33 Australian game show, Blankety – (6) 35 Northern Territory location (3,3)
36 First known explorer to reach Van Diemen’s Land, – Tasman (4)
40 Boil billy on it (4,4) 41 Sausage (coll) (4) 42 Hopping animal (8) 44 Achieving three wickets in a row (3,5) 45 Queensland climate (8) 50 Flannelette shirts (8) 52 Commonwealth, ANZ, NAB, etc. (4) 53 Pub (8)
55 Pace (4)
57 Tracks (6) 59 Marriage partner (6) 60 Tasmania is the Apple – (4)
61 Rugby League series between NSW and Queensland,
State of – (6) 64 Purple-flowered tree (9)
66 Sink (5)
67 Cut of meat (5) 68 Technology (4) 70 Farm vehicle
(coll) (3)
71 Great Ocean Road landmark, The – Apostles (6) 73 Outside the law (7) 74 Rate (5)
75 Australia’s currency unit prior to 1966 (5)
76 Sydney landmark, – House (5)
77 Of the country (5) 78 Respiratory condition (6)
79 18th prime minister of Australia,
Sir John – (6)
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2 Pacific region (7) 3 Nationality of 36-across (5) 4 2002 film, Rabbit-Proof – (5) 5 Fauna (7)
6 Seat of government (7) 7 Australia’s largest bird of prey, –-tailed eagle (5) 9 Regional Queensland city (9)
10 Sweets (7) 18 Tropical North Queensland city (6)
20 South Australian peninsula (5) 21 Monotreme (7) 23 Victorian gold rush town (8) 26 Queensland attraction,
– World (3) 28 Football game (5)
29 Hunting weapons used by First Nations peoples (10) 30 Common natural disaster in Australia (5) 32 Non-native citizen (9)
34 Built by children on the beach (10) 37 Classic Aussie events, backyard – (9)
38 Australian cameleers (6) 39 Victorian newspaper,
The – (3)
43 Pink and grey Australian birds (6) 46 Cabbage salad (8) 47 Burning (5) 48 Australian TV channel (1,1,1)
49 An embankment to prevent 30-down (5) 51 Tragically, the Tasmanian tiger is this (7)
54 Tasmanian city (6) 56 See 11-across 58 Gallipoli soldier (5) 60 ‘Molly’ Meldrum’s first name (3) 61 Cephalopod mollusc, Blueringed – (7)
62 The Ghan and Indian-Pacific (7) 63 58-down nickname (7) 65 – Australia Fair (7) 69 Long walks in the bush (5) 70 Northern Territory landmark (5)
72 Eat away (5)