Australia Word Search
Australia is both a country and the smallest continent, and most of its people live close to the coast. Inland it turns dry and red, with animals that live nowhere else.
Australia word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- brisbane
- dingo
- emu
- kangaroo
- koala
- melbourne
- outback
- perth
- sydney
- wombat
Australia word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- adelaide
- brisbane
- canberra
- dingo
- emu
- kangaroo
- koala
- melbourne
- outback
- perth
- queensland
- sydney
- tasmania
- uluru
- wombat
Australia word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- adelaide
- boomerang
- brisbane
- canberra
- coral reef
- dingo
- emu
- kangaroo
- koala
- kookaburra
- melbourne
- outback
- perth
- platypus
- queensland
- sydney
- tasmania
- uluru
- wallaby
- wombat
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Words in the Australia word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- sydney
- Australia's largest city, known for its opera house and harbor.
- kangaroo
- A hopping marsupial that carries its young in a pouch.
- koala
- A tree dwelling marsupial that feeds on eucalyptus leaves.
- emu
- A tall flightless bird, second in height only to the ostrich.
- outback
- The dry, thinly settled interior of the Australian continent.
- dingo
- A wild dog that has lived in Australia for thousands of years.
- wombat
- A stocky burrowing marsupial with square shaped droppings.
- melbourne
- A large southern city and the capital of Victoria state.
- perth
- A city on the west coast, far from other large cities.
- brisbane
- The capital of Queensland, built along a winding river.
- canberra
- Australia's capital city, planned and built for that purpose.
- adelaide
- The capital of South Australia, known for its parklands.
- tasmania
- An island state south of the mainland across Bass Strait.
- queensland
- A northeastern state with warm weather and long beaches.
- uluru
- A huge red sandstone rock rising from the central desert.
- platypus
- An egg laying mammal with a bill and webbed feet.
- wallaby
- A marsupial much like a kangaroo but noticeably smaller.
- kookaburra
- A kingfisher bird whose call sounds like loud laughter.
- boomerang
- A curved throwing stick first made by Aboriginal Australians.
- coral reef
- A ridge built by tiny sea animals, huge off Queensland.
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