Possible Clues:

• Commonwealth has small area left in part of Europe
• Land American gangster in different places in courts
• Koala's home
• Where they've been mourning the Ashes!
• Where Geraint Jones learned his cricket
• Country trails winding through Gold Coast's centre
• Country investing a lot upfront in another
• Down Under
• Area currently affected by global warming?
• A US lariat can be found in this country, strangely