Statistics for Australian geography by letter: B

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The river that flows through Brisbane	Brisbane River	83%
First landing place in Australia for the HMS Endeavour in 1770 and the HMS Supply in 1788	Botany Bay	74%
Body of water between Tasmania and Victoria	Bass Strait	64%
Gold rush city in Victoria, home to the longest imperial parade dragon in the southern hemisphere	Bendigo	62%
Beautiful region west of Sydney characterised by valleys, escarpments and rock features	Blue Mountains	60%
A wild horse	Brumby	60%
Gold rush city in Victoria, site of the Eureka Stockade	Ballarat	57%
Australia is the world's leading miner of this rock, from which aluminium is extracted	Bauxite	57%
Northern coastal town known for pearling and tourism	Broome	57%
Queensland town famous for producing sugar and rum	Bundaberg	57%
Third largest city in Western Australia	Bunbury	52%
Endangered, long-eared marsupial, used as a local alternative for the Easter Bunny	Bilby	48%
Pointy-faced marsupials	Bandicoot	36%
Type of basalt that is a distinctive feature of many buildings in Victoria, and used for footpaths and kerbs in inner Melbourne	Bluestone	24%
Mountain range on the border of NSW and the ACT	Brindabella Range	17%
Gold rush town in Victoria, first named Mayday Hills	Beechworth	10%
Common name for lizards of the pogona genus	Bearded dragon	7%
Residential island in Queensland, site of Australia's largest aluminium smelter	Boyne Island	7%