Consider the following statements with regard to Australia : 1. The Coral Sea separates the Great Barrier Reef from the South Pacific. 2. The Great Dividing Range extends from Melbourne to Perth in Australia. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Statement 1 is incorrect — the Great Barrier Reef lies WITHIN the Coral Sea (off the northeast coast of Australia), not separated from the South Pacific by it; the Coral Sea is itself part of the South Pacific. Statement 2 is also incorrect — the Great Dividing Range runs along the eastern coast of Australia, from Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland through New South Wales to Victoria (ending near Melbourne). It does NOT extend westward to Perth, which is on the west coast. Hence neither statement is correct.