Statistics for Australian geography by letter: D

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
City bombed by Japan in WWII	Darwin	97%
About 35% of the Australian mainland	Desert	89%
Animal that probably arrived in Australia between 3000 and 4000 years ago	Dingo	63%
Regional city in NSW, known for its open-plains zoo	Dubbo	60%
Major river stressed by irrigation, pesticides and drought	Darling	57%
River that flows through Hobart	Derwent	51%
Low, forested mountain range on the eastern edge of Melbourne	Dandenongs	49%
Archipelago named after an English buccaneer who sailed through the area in 1699	Dampier	31%
Town in the Kimberley bombed by Japan in WWII	Derby	29%
Island off Mission Beach that operated as a resort for decades	Dunk Island	29%
Riverina town that hosts the annual Ute Muster	Deniliquin	26%
Largest island in Western Australia, named after a Dutch sea captain who visited in 1616	Dirk Hartog Island	17%
Common name for a genus of snakes native to Australia and New Guinea	Death adder	14%
Mountain named by Hume and Hovell after Hume was injured and trees impeded the view of their intended route	Disappointment	11%
Wimmera town that gave its name to a play and a film	Dimboola	9%