Statistics for Australian cities: fun facts

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HintAnswer% Correct
In 2016, a demolition company here bulldozed the wrong house. This eastern city has the world's biggest natural harbour.Sydney
90%
This Queensland town hosts an annual regatta called Humpybash.Humpybong
85%
The Australian city closest to Antarctica, the area is home to the Tasmanian devil.Hobart
80%
In 2012, two drunks kidnapped a penguin from the local Sea World and took it back to their apartment. This Queensland town was also the site of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.Gold Coast
70%
The world's most isolated big city, this is the only area inhabited by the rare quokka.Perth
70%
This scientific-sounding city holds a yearly regatta in which entrants build and sail in boats made from beer cans.Darwin
65%
A suburb of Sydney with an indigenous name, it was mentioned in a Monty Python sketch.Woolloomooloo
60%
In 1967, the country's prime minister went for a swim at a beach near the entrance to the bay here, and was never seen again. It is in the state of Victoria.Melbourne
55%
The only main Australian city not to have been founded as a penal colony, the city did not build a jail originally, because they thought they wouldn't need one.Adelaide
50%
This place is home to the cassowary, Australia's biggest land animal and the world's most dangerous bird; and to the world's largest moth, over 27cm wide.Cairns
50%
Australia's only big inland city. Perhaps notable as a place where nothing exciting ever happens.Canberra
50%
In the native language, this Northern Territory town is named Mparntwe and there is a nearby hill called Atnelkentyarliweke.Alice Springs
40%
Located in north-west Victoria, a wine-producing region, this town has an aboriginal name.Tittybong
40%
This place near Rockhampton in Queensland was named after a cow.Banana
35%
During World War II, this large city had the biggest US submarine base in the southern hemisphere.Brisbane
25%

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