The Matildas have been drawn against Olympic champions Canada, first-timers Ireland, and Nigeria in next year's home World Cup, giving Sam Kerr's team a tricky but navigable task to the knockout rounds.
The challenge is now known to Australia and the other 28 confirmed qualifiers for the 2023 tournament after a lavish draw ceremony in New Zealand on Saturday.
While Canada will provide a stern test, Tony Gustavsson's Matildas will back themselves to get through against world No.24 Ireland and world No.45 Nigeria.
Their opening night opponents in Sydney will be the Irish, who qualified earlier this month for their first Women's World Cup.
Australia will be hoping for better luck then their last meeting - a shock 3-2 loss in Dublin last year for Kerr's 100th cap.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and a host of football luminaries packed Auckland's Aotea Centre on Saturday night.
After speeches, pomp, montages and even dance, USA two-time World Cup-winning coach Jill Ellis brought the trophy to the stage - before the path to that trophy was revealed.
As top seeds, Australia avoided the six top-ranked countries, led by the two-time reigning world champions and world No.1 USA.
The most interest was therefore in who would come out of pot two to face Australia, with Brazilian legend Gilberto Silva drawing out Canada - the highest-ranked opponent available.
The Maple Leafs, world No.7s, won gold at the Tokyo Games and narrowly lost their continental championship to the USA 1-0 in July.
As well as discovering their opponents, fans of other nations learned which country they will be based from for the tournament.
For the co-hosted event, expanding to 32 nations for the first time, four groups are based in Australia - including the Matildas - and four are headed to New Zealand, including the Football Ferns.
Groups D, F, and H - headed by England, France and Germany - are off to Australia, while groups C, E and G, with Spain, the USA and Sweden as top seeds, will play their group-stage matches in New Zealand.
The biggest group stage clash will take place in Wellington, with USA drawn against the Netherlands in Group E, meaning Wellington will host a World Cup final rematch in the group stage.
Co-hosts New Zealand have a tough ask, pitted against highly ranked European nations Norway and Switzerland, as well as Alen Stajcic-coached Philippines.
Expatriate populations of China, South Korea and Brazil will also be pleased to learn they are based in Australia, as will FIFA as they look to maximise ticket sales.
The governing body has set a goal of 1.5 million tickets sold, with 200,000 already gone after they went on sale last week.
The draw will be complete in February when New Zealand host a playoff tournament involving 10 teams fighting for three spots.
Earlier on Saturday, Infantino chaired the bi-annual meeting of the FIFA Council, the first such meeting in Oceania.
In a press conference following the gathering, he took aim at broadcasters for their below-par bids to screen the 2023 tournament, which he said were "100 times less" than bids for the male event.
FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP 2023 DRAW
A - New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Switzerland
B - Australia, Ireland, Nigeria, Canada
C - Spain, Costa Rica, Zambia, Japan
D - England, Playoff B, Denmark, China
E - USA, Vietnam, Netherlands, Playoff A
F - France, Jamaica, Brazil, Playoff C
G - Sweden, South Africa, Italy, Argentina
H - Germany, Morocco, Colombia, South Korea.
