Western Australia Towns and Cities Quiz

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Perth is the capital of Western Australia and is also the largest city in the state. The city is located on the Swan River and was founded in 1829 by Admiral Sir James Stirling, a British naval officer and colonial administrator. St Georges Terrace, which is located in the city's CBD (Central Business District), contains some of the tallest skyscrapers in the city; these include the 51-storey Central Park that upon completion in 1992 became the tallest building in the city with a total height of 249 metres. Other skyscrapers along the street include Brookfield Place (234 metres), QV1 (163 metres) and St Martins Tower (140 metres).

Fremantle is located at the mouth of the Swan River and is Western Australia's largest general cargo port. Some of the visitor attractions within the city include the WA Maritime Museum and the WA Shipwrecks Museum as well as Fremantle Prison, which was a working jail until its closure in 1991 and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Albany is a port city located on the southern coast of the state. Patrick Taylor Cottage, which is located in the city, is the oldest surviving dwelling in Western Australia. In 1964 the building was opened as the city's first museum after it was saved from ruin and renovated by the Albany Historical Society.

Broome is a town in the north of the state and the coastal areas around the town are home to the majority of the state's cultured pearl harvesting farms.

Bunbury is a coastal city in the south-west of the state. It was the birthplace of explorer and politician Sir John Forrest who was the first Premier of Western Australia from 1890-1901.

Busselton is also located in the south-west of the state. The city is popular as a holiday destination and is perhaps best known for the Busselton Jetty, a wooden pier which with a total length of 1,841 metres (6,040 ft) is the longest wooden pier in the southern hemisphere.

Esperance is a deep-water port on the south coast of the state. The port had a Australian $54million upgrade in 2002 and is now able to handle Capesize and Panamax vessels which are some of the largest cargo ships in the world.

Exmouth is a town located on the North West Cape which is a peninsula in the north-west of the state. It is a popular tourist destination for people interested in diving and snorkelling, with Turquoise Bay and Oysters Stacks being two of the most frequented sites. The town is also home to two of Australia's Big Things, "The Big Prawn" and "The Big Whale Shark".

Geraldton is a port city in the Mid West region of the state. The city is home to the HMAS Sydney memorial. It commemorates the ship of the same name that sank with the loss of all 645 crewmen aboard in a 1941 World War 2 battle with the German ship Kormoran in Shark Bay off the coast of Western Australia.

Kalgoorlie-Boulder is a city located 595 km (370 mi) east of Perth at the eastern end of the Great Eastern Highway. The city was founded in 1893 when gold was discovered in the area and a gold rush ensued when multiple prospectors arrived in the area and settled there. Today mining is still the major industry in the city but it is not solely reliant on gold as there are significant deposits of nickel also in the area.

Margaret River is a town in the south-west of the state. The town itself and the area around the river of the same name is well known as a wine region. The area has a Mediterranean-style climate, and humidity levels ideal for grape growing that have been described as being similar to that of the Bordeaux region in France.

Port Hedland is located in the Pilbara region in the north of the state. The town has a natural deep anchorage harbour and is one of three large iron ore exporting ports in the the region along with Dampier and Port Walcott. The ore is moved to Port Hedland by rail from the mines via four private rail networks that are owned and operated by the mining companies. These companies and lines are as follows: BHP Group operate the Goldsworthy Railway & Mount Newman Railway lines, Fortescue Metals Group own the Fortescue Railway and Hancock Prospecting is the owner of the Roy Hill Infrastructure Railway. There is also a fifth rail line in the Pilbara region, the Rio Tinto Group's Hamersley & Robe River Railway, however the trains on this line deliver their ore to the ports at Dampier & Port Walcott.

The incorrect answers are all cities in the state of Queensland.