Australia

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# Clue Answer As Given Value Round Category Air Date Show
The bombing of the city of Darwin is featured in this 2008 Baz Luhrmann epic Australia $1,600 DJ 20th CENTURY FOX HISTORY 2023-10-03 #8942
The Great Emu War of 1932 proved disastrous for this country's army; the big birds were no chickens Australia DD $1,200 J ODD HISTORY 2021-07-14 #8443
Some of New Zealand's first colonists were convicts from the penal colony in this nearby land Australia $400 J HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES 2019-02-05 #7922
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, MA.) A relative of the plesiosaurs, this42-foot reptile terrorized the seas of the early Cretaceous period; called Kronosaurus queenslandicus, it was discovered on a 1931 Harvard expedition to this continent Australia $200 J HARVARD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2011-11-24 #6254
May 9, 1927:This country's Parliament moves to Canberra Australia $800 J THAT'S HISTORY, KIDS! 2010-07-07 #5958
The bombing of the city of Darwin is featured in this Baz Luhrmann epic Australia DD $2,400 DJ 20th CENTURY FOX HISTORY 2010-03-01 #5866
In 1827 Allan Cunningham became the first European to explore this continent's Darling Downs Australia $600 J 19th CENTURY HISTORY 2006-03-02 #4949
Willem Janszoon made the first European sighting of this continent, but thought it was part of New Guinea Australia $400 DJ 17th CENTURY DUTCHMEN 2003-01-17 #4235
Around 1605 Dutchman Willem Jansz became the first European to sight this continent Australia $300 J HISTORY 1997-03-03 #2886
On Christmas Day 1974, a cyclone damaged 90% of the buildings in this country's city of Darwin Australia $400 DJ THE 1970s 1997-01-09 #2849
In 1901 the colonies of Victoria & Queensland became states in this new commonwealth Australia $400 J HISTORY 1995-12-01 #2590
Elizabeth II officially opened World Expo 88 while touring this country during its bicentennial Australia $1,000 DJ THE 1980s 1995-09-04 #2526
Of the 700 convicts who arrived in this country in January 1788, at least 160 were women Australia $300 J HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE 1993-06-01 #2027
Arthur Phillip established the first permanent European colony on this continent in 1788 Australia $200 J HISTORY 1990-07-03 #1362
In the 1890s, 200,000 people poured in after gold was found at Coolgardie & Kalgoorlie in this country Australia $800 DJ HISTORY 1989-06-13 #1117
In 1606, Willem Jansz became the 1st European to reach this continent Australia $800 DJ HISTORY 1988-07-11 #906
Convicts were first British settlers on this island-continent Australia $200 DJ HISTORY 1984-10-11 #24
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