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8 When did Australia become a federation?

9 Leadbeater’s possum is the faunal emblem of which state or territory?

10 In the 19th century, which European explorer traced the courses of the Macquarie, Bogan and Castlereagh rivers, and followed the Murray River to Lake Alexandrina on the South Australian coast?

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