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Australian geography by letter: X

As very few words related to Australian geography start with X, the answers to these questions contain the letter x.
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Last updated: July 24, 2021
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Small town named after one of the trio of explorers who pioneered the route through the Blue Mountains
Blaxland
Area that straddles the NSW/Qld border, and takes its name from an American state that had a border dispute with Mexico
Texas
Town on North West Cape in the Indian Ocean that was established to service an American naval station, and is now a key destination for eco-tourism
Exmouth
National park on the south coast of Western Australia, named after a French admiral
D'Entrecasteaux National Park
Small island very close to the Pilbara coast
Dixon Island
Small peninsula, nature reserve and marine reserve south of Hobart
Tinderbox Bay
Coastline in far southern Tasmania, across the water from Duck Hole and Stinking Bay
Cox Bight
A suburb that serves as a transport and business hub in Melbourne's east, and a suburb in Sydney's Hills district
Box Hill
A coastal grass species, and also the common name for a spiny inland grass
Spinifex
Bay on the Coral Sea between Ingham and Townsville
Halifax Bay
Inner suburb of Sydney with a light industrial history
Alexandria
Group of about 100 islands in Bass Strait, the largest being Flinders Island and Cape Barren Island
Furneaux Group
What happened to the thylacine (Tasmanian tiger, pictured above) in 1936
Extinction
A town and inlet in the Shoalhaven area of NSW, and the name of a county when Western Australia had counties
Sussex
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