Test your knowledge of Australian placenames with this month’s puzzle.
Mining toponyms
The clues reveal placenames of towns where mining is, or has been, carried out. Clues marked with a question mark (?) have a cryptic element. Disregard spelling.
- (WA) A Russian dancer.
- (NT) Renter’s river.
- (QLD) Roosevelt’s Christian name.
- (VIC) Extra fit?
- (NSW) Stormy narrow elevation
- (TAS) Lights in a paddock
- (SA) This follows the wedding
- (QLD) On this hill Miss Minnelli is incomplete?
- (NSW) Loftiest rise
- (NT) Strong drink in a tropical forest
- (NT) Native bird
- (VIC) Alter self?
- (SA) Metal door accessory
- (WA) This large hill will attract you
- (WA) Fresh male?
- (NSW) Neutral-coloured elevations
- (WA) Cold sentry No.5 in the alphabet?
- (QLD) Blue rock
- (VIC) The value of this tree
- (WA) A costly cat
Answers can be found in the March 2014 Issue of the Placenames Australia