Western Australia quiz

David Whitley,

Test your knowledge of Western Australia with this WA travel quiz. The questions look at several aspects of the state – which museum is in which city? Which attractions are in which area? Where do the World Heritage sites come into play? How did islands get their names? Let’s see how much you know about Australia‘s biggest state.

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Western Australia quiz

Test your knowledge of Western Australia with this WA travel quiz. The questions look at several aspects of the state – which museum is in which city? Which attractions are in which area? Where do the World Heritage sites come into play? How did islands get their names? Let’s see how much you know about Australia‘s biggest state.

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At 1,841 metres-long – the longest timber-piled example in the southern hemisphere – what is the star attraction of Busselton, Western Australia?

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Which Western Australian island gets its name from Dutch sailor Willem de Vlamingh, who saw its famously abundant quokkas and thought they were something else?

3 / 10

In which region of Western Australia can you cruise along the Ord River, walk through Echidna Chasm in Purnululu National Park and swim in the thermal waters of Zebedee Springs?

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What can visitors see being farmed from creatures of the Pinctada maxima species at the Paspaley farm in Roebuck Bay, Western Australia?

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What is the name of the reef near Exmouth in Western Australia where boat tours take visitors out to snorkel with whale sharks?

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Along the Western Australian coast, what are the Zuytdorp, Batavia, Vergulde Draeck and Zeewyk?

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What is mined at the Super Pit, in Kalgoorlie, WA, where visitors can watch giant yellow vehicles spiral down into the earth?

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Which Western Australian World Heritage site is home to the Wooramel Seagrass Bank and the stromatolites of Hamelin Pool?

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Which WA city hosts the National Anzac Centre, the Gap in Torndirrup National Park and a historic whaling station?

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What sport would you play on the Nullarbor Links to liven up the 1,365km journey from Ceduna, South Australia, to Kalgoorlie, Western Australia?

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More Australia travel quizzes

Other Australia geography quizzes on Geograquiz include a New South Wales trivia challenge, a test on Australian animals and an Australian flight routes quiz.

To read more about Australia on sister site Planet Whitley, I’ve ranked Australia’s capital cities. More specific to Western Australia are stories about driving the Nullarbor Plain and swimming with whale sharks on the Ningaloo Reef.

Book recommendations

For more brain-teasers with a twist, I recommend the map-centric Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book and the lateral thinking-sparking GCHQ Puzzle Book.

For absolutely astonishing tales of mutiny, shipwreck and survival, Batavia’s Graveyard by Mike Dash and The Wager by David Grann cover two of the most riveting true stories you’ve probably never heard of.

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