Australia were 229 for three in their first innings, trailing West Indies by 176 runs, at stumps on the second day of their third and final Test on Saturday.
Brad Hodge was unbeaten on 13 with Mike Hussey yet to score after Justin Langer (99), Ricky Ponting (56) and Matthew Hayden (47) lost their wickets.
West Indies had earlier made 405 in their first innings with Brian Lara contributing 226 to break Allan Border's world record for the most Test runs.
Lara started the day on 202, needing a further 12 runs to pass Border, and reached the milestone with a single off Glenn McGrath to a standing ovation at Adelaide Oval.
Scorecard
West Indies 1st innings (Overnight: 352-7)
W. Hinds c Hayden b Lee 10
D. Smith c Hayden b Lee 7
R. Sarwan c Symonds b Lee 16
B. Lara b McGrath 226
S. Chanderpaul c Gilchrist b Symonds 25
D. Bravo c Ponting b MacGill 34
D. Smith c Symonds b MacGill 14
D. Ramdin lbw b McGrath 27
D. Powell lbw b McGrath 14
F. Edwards c Hayden b Warne 10
C. Collymore not out 5
Extras (b-2 lb-5 nb-9 w-1) 17
Total (all out, 111.2 overs) 405
Fall of wickets: 1-16 2-19 3-53 4-121 5-237 6-263 7-333 8-381 9-388 10-405
Bowling: G. McGrath 30 - 3 - 106 - 3 (nb-3), B. Lee 28 - 3 - 111 - 3 (nb-6 w-1), A. Symonds 16 - 5 - 44 - 1, S. Warne 19.2 - 2 - 77 - 1, S. MacGill 18 - 3 - 60 - 2
Australia 1st innings
J. Langer c Ramdin b Edwards 99
M. Hayden c Chanderpaul b Bravo 47
R. Ponting lbw b Bravo 56
B. Hodge not out 13
M. Hussey not out 0
Extras (lb-2 nb-11 w-1) 14
Total (for 3 wickets, 61 overs) 229
Fall of wickets: 1-97 2-211 3-228
To bat: A. Symonds, A. Gilchrist, S. Warne, B. Lee, S. MacGill, G. McGrath
Bowling: F. Edwards 10 - 1 - 63 - 1 (nb-10), D. Powell 11 - 0 - 46 - 0, C. Collymore 16 - 1 - 43 - 0, D. Bravo 13 - 3 - 42 - 2 (w-1), D. Smith 7 - 1 - 25 - 0, W. Hinds 4 - 1 - 8 - 0
