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Australian geography & climate extremes

Places: hottest, highest, most northerly etc.
Excludes offshore territories e.g. Norfolk Island, Antartica
Uses accepted Australian English spelling (hopefully)
Source: Wikipedia & Aust. Bureau of Meteorology
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Last updated: July 21, 2016
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Extreme
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Longest reef system (2300 km)
Great Barrier Reef
Most populous city (4.9 mil)
Sydney
Least populous state/territory capital (0.1 mil)
Darwin
Highest point (2,228m)
Mt Kosciuszko
Lowest point (-15m)
Lake Eyre
Highest recorded temperature location (50.7*C)
Oodnadatta
Lowest recorded temperature location (-23.0*C)
Charlotte Pass
Largest state/territory by area (2.5 mil km2)
Western Australia
Smallest state/territory by area (0.002 mil km2)
Australian Capital Territory
Longest mountain range (~3,500 km)
Great Dividing Range
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Longest river (2,844 km)
Murray-Darling River system
Highest annual rainfall location (12,461 mm)
Mt Bellenden Ker
Largest desert (0.3 mil km2)
Great Victoria Desert
Northern-most point of mainland
Cape York
Southern-most point of mainland
South Point, Wilsons Promontory
Largest state/territory by population (7.5 mil)
New South Wales
Smallest state/territory by population (0.2 mil)
Northern Territory
Eastern-most point of mainland
Cape Byron
Western-most point of mainland
Steep Point, Shark Bay
Biggest lake by volume (12 bil m3)
Lake Gordon
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