Of the 18 Australians in the singles main draws, all were disappointingly free to make BBQ plans for Australia Day.
As a collective, little could be expected from the young wildcard debutantes Priscilla Hon, Maddi Inglis and Kim Birrell, who all lost in straight sets, but have at least had a taste of the big time. The same goes for Tammi Patterson, who won her wildcard as the best-performed player on the local Pro Circuit, only to manage just five games against Ana Ivanovic. 
As for the rest, there were some brilliant efforts and tough examinations, as well as questionable classroom behaviour. The grades:
Distinction
Daria Gavrilova
Tired and emotional by the end of her first summer in the playground with the big kids, the newcomer was wildly popular and productive. What started at the Hopman Cup continued with defeats of Lucie Hradecka, dual Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and 28th seed Kristina Mladenovic before a cranky flame-out against Carla Suarez Navarro. A steep learning curve, but top marks.
Credit
Bernard Tomic
The No.16 played to his seeding by reaching the fourth round for the third consecutive year, beating Denis Istomin, Simone Bolelli and John Millman (average ranking 71st). So did what he had to do, then did a little bit more against No.2 seed Andy Murray than he had before, but still without winning a set.
Omar Jasika
The 18-year-old wildcard started his senior grand slam education as his good friend Nick Kyrgios had done, by beating a more seasoned opponent - Illya   Marchenko - in the first round. It all ended in the second for the 2014 US Open junior champion, but not dishonourably, with a 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 loss to ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
John Millman
From sleeping at airports and train stations to Saturday night live on Rod Laver Arena against the national No.1, Millman achieved his best grand slam result by defeating Gilles Muller in round two. He competed well against Tomic.
Pass
Sam Groth
Came in underdone after rehabilitating from   October foot surgery, but managed to eke out a four-set defeat of Frenchman Adrian Mannarino to become the first Australian to stray into the rifle sights of that ruthless Aussie-slayer Murray.
Nick Kyrgios
Results alone earned the 20-year-old a pass mark, as he answered the first two questions posed by Pablo Carreno Busta and Pablo Cuevas before encountering a Tomas Berdych puzzle he could not solve.
Can do better
Sam Stosur
The 25th seed extended her home slam misery with a 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) loss to free-swinging qualifier Kristyna Pliskova on day one. There is no logical reason why she should continually fail a test simply because of where she is sitting it.
James Duckworth
Some special consideration here for the added difficulty of pupil taking on master, but the wildcard playoff winner would have expected better than a straight sets send-off that, in the end, was his.
Alja Tomljanovic
On a scholarship as the resident who plays as an Australian at the majors while awaiting full citizenship, so she squeezes onto the report card just four times a year. After what was an interrupted build-up, Tomljanovic could not pinch a set from an opponent, Kateryna Bondarenko, who is ranked 25 places higher.