Statistics for Australian geography by letter: X

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What happened to the thylacine (Tasmanian tiger, pictured above) in 1936	Extinction	100%
Area that straddles the NSW/Qld border, and takes its name from an American state that had a border dispute with Mexico	Texas	70%
Small town named after one of the trio of explorers who pioneered the route through the Blue Mountains	Blaxland	60%
A suburb that serves as a transport and business hub in Melbourne's east, and a suburb in Sydney's Hills district	Box Hill	50%
A coastal grass species, and also the common name for a spiny inland grass	Spinifex	40%
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	30%
Inner suburb of Sydney with a light industrial history	Alexandria	20%
Coastline in far southern Tasmania, across the water from Duck Hole and Stinking Bay	Cox Bight	20%
Group of about 100 islands in Bass Strait, the largest being Flinders Island and Cape Barren Island	Furneaux Group	20%
Bay on the Coral Sea between Ingham and Townsville	Halifax Bay	20%
A town and inlet in the Shoalhaven area of NSW, and the name of a county when Western Australia had counties	Sussex	20%
National park on the south coast of Western Australia, named after a French admiral	D'Entrecasteaux National Park	10%
Small island very close to the Pilbara coast	Dixon Island	10%
Small peninsula, nature reserve and marine reserve south of Hobart	Tinderbox Bay	10%