| PAPUANEWGUINEA | Island country in the SW Pacific administered by Australia from 1945 to 1975 (5,3,6) |
| GUAM | Largest and southernmost island of the Marianas in the western Pacific, administered by the US since 1950 (4) |
| CHIFLEY | Which Labor politician was Prime Minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949 and began the Snowy Mountai |
| SOLOMONISLANDS | Independent state in the SW Pacific whose capital is Honiara |
| VANUATU | Island country in the SW Pacific known until 1980 as the New Hebrides (7) |
| TUVALU | Which country in the SW Pacific was formerly called the Ellice Islands? (6) |
| KIRIBATI | What country in the southwest Pacific consists of the Gilbert, Phoenix and Line island groups? (8) |
| NAURU | Smallest island country in the world, in the SW Pacific just south of the equator (5) |
| AUSTRALIA | Island country in the SW Pacific (9) |
| NEWGUINEA | Island in the SW Pacific that houses the Indonesian province of West Irian Jaya (3,6) |
| RAROTONGA | Largest of the Cook Islands in the SW Pacific; site of the capital, Avarua (9) |
| TONGA | Island country east of Fiji in the SW Pacific; capital, Nuku'alofa (5) |
| NEWCALEDONIA | Island in the SW Pacific, east of Australia, whose capital is Noumea |
| HOCKEY | Team ball game won at the 2004 Olympics by Australia in the men's event and Germany in the women's event (6) |
| CENTURION | The British army's main battle tank from 1945 to the 1960s, replaced by the Chieftain (9) |
| TUTUILA | Largest island of American Samoa, in the SW Pacific NE of Tonga (7) |
| MACARTHUR | General Douglas who was the supreme commander of the Allied forces in the southwest Pacific during W |
| FIJI | An independent island republic in the SW Pacific (4) |
| SPAIN | Country ruled by General Franco from 1936 to 1975 (5) |
| AMERICASCUP | Yachting trophy won by Australia II in Newport in 1983 (8,3) |
