Islands of Australia quiz

David Whitley,

In this Australian geography quiz, you go on a tour of Australia’s islands. The ten questions cover history, wildlife, major attractions and which Australian islands are where. Can you get 100% right?

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Islands of Australia quiz

In this Australian geography quiz, you go on a tour of Australia’s islands. The ten questions cover history, wildlife, major attractions and which Australian islands are where. Can you get 100% right?

1 / 10

Which island offers Australian sea lions at the Seal Bay Conservation Park, the Dali-esque Remarkable Rocks and Stokes Bay Beach?

2 / 10

Which Australian external territory was first seen by Captain William Mynors aboard the East India Company vessel, the Royal Mary, on 25 December 1643?

3 / 10

On which Queensland island might you stay at the Kingfisher Bay Resort, visit the Maheno shipwreck on a drive down 75 Mile Beach and walk through the rainforest from Central Station?

4 / 10

What is the name of the island in the Tasman Sea, where enormous kingfish congregate at Ned’s Beach and an ultra-rare endemic wood hens can be spotted on the hike up to Mount Gower, that only allows 400 visitors at any one time?

5 / 10

Which Australian bird gives its name to the largest island in Sydney Harbour?

6 / 10

Which coral cay, home to an eco resort, is the southernmost island on the Great Barrier Reef?

7 / 10

Magnetic Island – known for its beaches, koalas and reefs – is a suburb of which Queensland city?

8 / 10

Hamilton Island, South Molle Island, Hayman Island and Hook Island are in which Queensland archipelago?

9 / 10

Beacon Island, where the Dutch ship Batavia was notoriously wrecked in 1629, is in which Western Australian archipelago?

10 / 10

The Gunbower Island Forest Drive takes visitors wildlife spotting around Australia’s largest inland island. It lies between Gunbower Creek and which river?

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If you’d like a go at more Australia travel quizzes, there are several options on the site. Why not take the Australian airports challenge, test your knowledge of New South Wales and Western Australia or tackle the Australian animals quiz?

Children’s books recommendations

If you’ve got primary school-aged children, here are a few picks that my own kids have loved recently that may be worth a try with yours.

  • Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray. A boy emerges from inside a whale, and the people fear he’s the god who drowned the world.
  • The Baby Aliens series by Pamela Butchart. Funny, deliciously silly school-set adventures that got both of my kids into reading longer books.
  • The Last Wild trilogy by Piers Torbay. Pigeons start talking to a boy in a land ruined by a deadly virus. My 11yo devoured all three books in a week while on holiday.
  • The Beasts of Knobbly Bottom: Attack of the Vampire Sheep. Creatures in a seemingly boring village are not what they seem. More silly fun in the Butchart vein – both of my kids enjoyed this on holiday.
  • The Tale of Magic trilogy by Chris Colfer. Set in a fairytale world where magic is banned, my eldest couldn’t wait for me to finish reading this to her, and ploughed through it in secret well after bedtime… Her friends have loved it too.

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