Statistics for Australian geography by letter: M

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Major river that forms most of the NSW/Victorian border and continues well into South Australia	Murray	89%
Intelligent songbird that can recognise the people who live in its territory	Magpie	61%
A Spanish breed of sheep successfully developed into Australian variants by John Macarthur	Merino	56%
Northernmost city in Victoria	Mildura	56%
One of the two peninsulas that hug Port Phillip Bay, and a popular tourist and retirement destination	Mornington Peninsula	50%
Large suburb on the Sunshine Coast	Maroochydore	39%
Part of Townsville that has wild koalas and bats, the ruins of a WWII fort, and a national park, as well as residential neighbourhoods	Magnetic Island	33%
Town and tourist destination on the far south coast of NSW	Merimbula	33%
Where dolphins and people go to see each other	Monkey Mia	33%
Easternmost town in Victoria	Mallacoota	28%
Hot, sandy region of northern Victoria and South Australia	Mallee	28%
The very useful paperbark tree	Melaleuca quinquenervia	22%
Largest of the Tiwi islands	Melville Island	17%
Forest and weir east of Perth	Mundaring	17%
Harbour in western Tasmania and location of the Sarah Island penal colony	Macquarie Harbour	11%
Town and thermal springs in the Northern Territory	Mataranka	6%
Acacia aneura, an outback tree	Mulga	6%
The Woiworrung and most commonly used name for the yam daisy, a significant source of food for Indigenous people until yields and access were destroyed by grazing and agriculture	Murnong	6%

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