States and territories of Australia













Australia (officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia) is a federation of six states, together with ten federal territories. The Australian mainland consists of five of the six federated states and three of the federal territories (the "internal" territories). The state of Tasmania is an island about 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of the mainland. The remaining seven territories are classified for some purposes as "external" territories. Aside from the Australian Antarctic Territory, which is Australia's claim to part of Antarctica, Australia is the world's sixth-largest country by total area.


All states and the two largest internal territories are partially self-governing, as well as being represented in the federal parliament; the other territories are administered by the federal government. Since 2015, federal control has also been extended to the formerly self-governing territory of Norfolk Island.[1] The third internal territory is the Jervis Bay Territory (JBT) which is on the coast of New South Wales south of Sydney and east of Canberra. Three of the external territories are inhabited; the others are uninhabited, apart from temporary-resident scientists.




Contents





  • 1 Geographic Australia


  • 2 States, territories, and external territories

    • 2.1 Proposed states


    • 2.2 Proposed external territories


    • 2.3 Defunct territories



  • 3 Background and overview

    • 3.1 Timeline



  • 4 Comparative terminology


  • 5 Governors and administrators of states and territories


  • 6 Premiers and chief ministers of states and territories


  • 7 State and territorial parliaments


  • 8 State and territory supreme courts


  • 9 State and territory police forces


  • 10 State and territory borders


  • 11 Statistics


  • 12 Distance table


  • 13 State and territory codes


  • 14 See also


  • 15 Notes


  • 16 References


  • 17 External links




Geographic Australia


The term geographic Australia is used by the Australian government to describe the area covered by demographic statistics such as national population figures. This area comprises Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in addition to the six states and three mainland territories; Norfolk Island is the only territory with a permanent population that is not part of geographic Australia.[2]



States, territories, and external territories


Australian states and territories


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A clickable map of Australia's states, mainland territories and their capitals

Category
Federated states (6)
Internal federal territories (3)
External federal territories (7)
LocationCommonwealth of Australia
Populations0 (Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Heard and McDonald Islands) – 7,704,300 (New South Wales)
Areas10 km2 (3.9 sq mi) (Coral Sea Islands) – 5,896,500 km2 (2,276,700 sq mi) (Australian Antarctic Territory)
Subdivisions
Local government areas
Cadastral divisions



Reference map for states and territories of Australia

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States and territories of Australia[n 1]

Flag
State/territory name
Abbrev

ISO[3]
Postal
Type

Capital
(or largest settlement)
Population[4][5]Area (km²)[6]
New South WalesNSWAU-NSWNSWStateSydney
7006770430000000000♠7,704,300
800,628
QueenslandQldAU-QLDQLDStateBrisbane
7006482700000000000♠4,827,000
1,723,936
South AustraliaSAAU-SASAStateAdelaide
7006170650000000000♠1,706,500
978,810
TasmaniaTasAU-TASTASStateHobart
7005518500000000000♠518,500
64,519
VictoriaVicAU-VICVICStateMelbourne
7006603910000000000♠6,039,100
227,010
Western AustraliaWAAU-WAWAState
Perth[n 2]

7006261370000000000♠2,613,700
2,526,786
Australian Capital TerritoryACTAU-ACTACTTerritoryCanberra
7005397397000000000♠397,397
2,280
[n 3]Jervis Bay TerritoryJBTJBTTerritory(Jervis Bay Village)
7002391000000000000♠391
72
Northern TerritoryNTAU-NTNTTerritoryDarwin
7005244000000000000♠244,000
1,335,742
[n 3]Ashmore and Cartier IslandsExternal(Offshore anchorage)
5000000000000000000♠0
199
[n 3]Australian Antarctic TerritoryAATAQ[n 4]ExternalDavis Station
7003100000000000000♠1,000[n 5]
5,896,500
Christmas IslandCXExternal[n 6]Flying Fish Cove
7003207200000000000♠2,072
135
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsCCExternal[n 6]West Island/Pulu Panjang
7002596000000000000♠596
14
[n 3]Coral Sea IslandsExternal(Willis Island)
7000400000000000000♠4[n 7]
10
[n 3]Heard Island and McDonald IslandsHIMIHMExternal(Atlas Cove)
5000000000000000000♠0
372
Norfolk IslandNFExternalKingston
7003230200000000000♠2,302
35

All states, (internal) territories and the external territory of Coral Sea Islands were part of Australia at federation and are constitutionally part of the Commonwealth. Northern Territory was part of South Australia, Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory were part of New South Wales, and Coral Sea Islands was part of Queensland. Ashmore and Cartier Islands was accepted by Australia in 1934[7] and annexed to Northern Territory prior to the adoption of the Statute of Westminster in 1942 and, as such, is deemed to form part of Australia proper.


Cocos (Keeling) Islands voted for integration in 1984. Together with Christmas Island, Commonwealth laws apply automatically to the territory unless expressly stated otherwise[8] and residents of both external territories are associated with Northern Territory for federal elections. They are, thus, constitutionally part of Australia.


Uninhabited Heard and McDonald Island is treated as constitutionally part of Australia by the central government.[9]


The constitutional status of the Australian Antarctic Territory is unclear, with successive governments treating it either as a separate territory (as in the United Kingdom and Norway) or an integral part of the state (as in New Zealand and France). As of 2018[update], the present government appears to take the view that it is not constitutionally part of Australia.[10]


Norfolk Island's status is controversial, with the present (as of 2018[update]) government taking measures to integrate the territory into Australia proper (including representation in parliament and compulsory voting). The Norfolk Islanders have not formally consented to this change in constitutional status and assert that they are not Australian.[11]



Proposed states



  • Northern Australia, currently Northern Territory


Proposed external territories



  • Lord Howe Island, currently part of New South Wales


  • Macquarie Island, currently part of Tasmania


Defunct territories


Australia has had three now-defunct territories in its history:


  • From 1926 to 1931, the Northern Territory was divided into Central Australia and North Australia, with the border at the 20th parallel south. Both territories were reincorporated as the Northern Territory at the end of this period.[12]

  • From 1923 to 1968, the United Nations Trust Territory of Nauru was under Australian administration, until independence as the Republic of Nauru.

  • From 1949 to 1975, the Territory of Papua and New Guinea was a territory of Australia, remaining so until the independence of the country of Papua New Guinea.


Background and overview


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The states originated as separate British colonies prior to Federation in 1901. The Colony of New South Wales was founded in 1788 and originally comprised much of the Australian mainland, as well as Lord Howe Island, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, and Van Diemen's Land, in addition to the area currently referred to as the state of New South Wales. During the 19th century, large areas were successively separated to form the Colony of Tasmania (initially established as a separate colony named Van Diemen's Land in 1825), the Colony of Western Australia (initially established as the smaller Swan River Colony in 1829), the Province of South Australia (1836), the Colony of New Zealand (1840),[13] the Victoria Colony (1851) and the Colony of Queensland (1859). Upon Federation, the six colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania became the founding states of the new Commonwealth of Australia.


Legislative powers of the states are protected by the Australian constitution, section 107, and under the principle of federalism Commonwealth legislation only applies to the states where permitted by the constitution. The territories, by contrast, are from a constitutional perspective directly subject to the Commonwealth Government; laws for territories are determined by the Australian Parliament.[14]


Most of the territories are directly administered by the Commonwealth Government, while two (the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory) have some degree of self-government although less than that of the states. In the self-governing territories, the Australian Parliament retains the full power to legislate, and can override laws made by the territorial institutions, which it has done on rare occasions. For the purposes of Australian (and joint Australia-New Zealand) intergovernmental bodies, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are treated as if they were states.


Each state has a governor, appointed by the Queen, which by convention she does on the advice of the state Premier. The Administrator of the Northern Territory, by contrast, is appointed by the Governor-General. The Australian Capital Territory has neither a Governor nor an Administrator, but the Governor-General exercises some powers that in other jurisdictions are exercised by the Governor of a state or Administrator of a territory, such as the power to dissolve the Legislative Assembly.


Jervis Bay Territory is the only non-self-governing internal territory. Until 1989, it was administered as if it were a part of the ACT, although it has always been a separate territory. Under the terms of the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915,[15] the laws of the ACT apply to the Jervis Bay Territory insofar as they are applicable and providing they are not inconsistent with an Ordinance.[16] Although residents of the Jervis Bay Territory are generally subject to laws made by the ACT Legislative Assembly, they are not represented in the Assembly. They are represented in the Parliament of Australia as part of the Electoral Division of Fraser in the ACT and by the ACT's two Senators. In other respects, the territory is administered directly by the Federal Government through the Territories portfolio.


The external territory of Norfolk Island possessed a degree of self-government from 1979 until 2015.


Each state has a bicameral parliament except Queensland, which abolished its upper house in 1922. The lower house is called the Legislative Assembly, except in South Australia and Tasmania, where it is called the House of Assembly. Tasmania is the only state to use proportional representation for elections to its lower house; all others elect members from single member constituencies, using preferential voting. The upper house is called the Legislative Council and is generally elected from multi-member constituencies using proportional representation. The three self-governing territories, the ACT, the Northern Territory, and Norfolk Island, each have unicameral Legislative Assemblies.


The head of government of each state is called the premier, appointed by the state's Governor. In normal circumstances, the Governor will appoint as premier whoever leads the party or coalition which exercises control of the lower house (in the case of Queensland, the only house) of the state Parliament. However, in times of constitutional crisis, the Governor can appoint someone else as Premier. The head of government of the self-governing internal territories is called the chief minister. The Northern Territory's chief minister, in normal circumstances whoever controls the Legislative Assembly, is appointed by the administrator.



Timeline


  • 1788 – British Empire establishes Colony of New South Wales across central and eastern mainland Australia, the island of Tasmania, both islands of New Zealand and Norfolk Island.

  • 1803 – The Coral Sea Islands are claimed by New South Wales

  • 1825 – The island of Tasmania becomes the independent colony of Van Diemen's Land. New South Wales extends its borders further west in mainland Australia.

  • 1829 – British Empire establishes Swan River Colony in western mainland Australia

  • 1832 – Swan River Colony is renamed the colony of Western Australia

  • 1841 – The islands of New Zealand become the independent colony of New Zealand. Much of eastern Antarctica is annexed by Britain as Victoria Land.

  • 1844 – New South Wales transfers Norfolk Island to Van Diemen's Land

  • 1846 – Northern central and eastern Australia briefly become the independent Colony of North Australia, then are returned to New South Wales.

  • 1851 – Southeastern mainland Australia becomes the independent colony of Victoria

  • 1856 – Van Diemen's Land is renamed the colony of Tasmania. Norfolk Island becomes the independent colony of Norfolk Island, however it is to be administered by the same Governor as New South Wales.

  • 1857 – Much of southern central mainland Australia becomes the independent colony of South Australia. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are annexed by Britain.

  • 1859 – Northeastern mainland Australia and Coral Sea Islands become the independent colony of Queensland

  • 1860 – A pocket of New South Wales territory remaining in southern central mainland Australia is transferred to South Australia

  • 1862 – Some of New South Wales' northern central mainland Australian territory is transferred to Queensland

  • 1863 – New South Wales' remaining northern central mainland Australian territory is transferred to South Australia

  • 1878 – Britain annexes Ashmore Island

  • 1883 – Queensland annexes southeastern New Guinea

  • 1884 – Southeastern New Guinea becomes the independent Territory of Papua

  • 1886 – The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are to be administered by the same Governor as the Straits Settlements

  • 1888 – Christmas Island is annexed by Britain and incorporated into the Straits Settlements

  • 1897 – Norfolk Island is officially reintegrated into New South Wales

  • 1901 – New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, Victoria and South Australia federate into the Commonwealth of Australia. Queensland transfers the Coral Sea Islands to the federal government, creating a federal external territory.

  • 1902 – Britain transfers Papua to Australia as an external territory

  • 1903 – The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are incorporated into the Straits Settlements

  • 1909 – Britain annexes Cartier Island

  • 1910 – Britain claims Heard Island and the McDonald Islands

  • 1911 – The state of South Australia transfers control of northern central mainland Australia to the federal government, creating the Northern Territory. A small pocket of New South Wales around the city of Canberra is transferred to the federal government (who are seated within it), creating the Federal Capital Territory.

  • 1913 – New South Wales transfers Norfolk Island to the federal government, making it a federal external territory

  • 1915 – A small pocket of New South Wales around Jervis Bay is transferred to the federal government and incorporated into the Federal Capital Territory

  • 1920 – Following the defeat of the German Empire in World War I, the League of Nations establishes an Australian mandate in northeastern New Guinea, it becomes the external Territory of New Guinea

  • 1923 – Another conquered German territory, the island of Nauru, is established as an Australian mandate and external territory by the League of Nations, this time as a co-mandate with Britain and New Zealand

  • 1927 – The Northern Territory is split into two territories – North Australia and Central Australia

  • 1930 – Remaining territory in eastern Antarctica is annexed by Britain as Enderby Land

  • 1931 – North Australia and Central Australia are reincorporated as the Northern Territory. Britain recognises Australia as possessors of the uninhabited Ashmore and Cartier Islands, making them an external federal territory.

  • 1933 – Britain transfers Victoria Land and Enderby Land to Australia, creating the Australian Antarctic Territory, with ongoing limited international recognition

  • 1938 – The Federal Capital Territory is renamed the Australian Capital Territory

  • 1942 – The Japanese Empire conquers Nauru from Australia, Britain and New Zealand as part of World War II. Japan also conquers much of the Straits Settlements, including Christmas Island. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are not conquered and are transferred to the Colony of Ceylong.

  • 1946 – The United Nations, the successor to the League of Nations, renews its mandate of New Guinea to Australia

  • 1947 – Following the defeat of Japan in World War II, the United Nations returns Nauru to Australia, Britain and New Zealand as a joint mandate. Christmas Island returns to Britain and is incorporated into the Colony of Singapore. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are also transferred to Singapore.

  • 1949 – Papua and New Guinea are incorporated into the singular Territory of Papua and New Guinea. Britain transfers Heard Island and the McDonald Islands to Australia, creating a federal external territory.

  • 1955 – Britain transfers the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to Australia, they become an external territory

  • 1958 – Britain transfers Christmas Island to Australia, it becomes an external territory

  • 1966 – The Republic of Nauru is established, ending Australian/British/New Zealander control of the island

  • 1975 – Papua and New Guinea becomes the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, ending British/Australian control

  • 1989 – Jervis Bay becomes independent of the ACT, becoming the Jervis Bay Territory


Comparative terminology
























































Entity
Type of entity
Tie to the Queen
Domestic administrator
Head of Government
Upper House of Parliament
Lower House of Parliament
Member of Parliament
Upper house
Lower house[note 1]

Commonwealth of Australia
Federal government
Direct
Governor-General
Prime Minister
Senate
House of Representatives
Senator
MP

South Australia

Federated state
Direct (established by the Australia Act 1986)
Governor
Premier
Legislative Council
House of Assembly
MLC
MHA

Tasmania

New South Wales
Legislative Assembly
MP

Victoria
MLA

Western Australia

Queensland
N/A (abolished 1922)
N/A
MP

Australian Capital Territory
Self-governing territory
Indirect (through Governor-General acting as "administrator")
Assembly and Chief minister
Chief minister
N/A
MLA

Northern Territory
Indirect (through Governor-General)
Administrator

Christmas Island
External territory
Mayor/shire president
Shire Council
Councillor

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Norfolk Island
Regional Council[note 2]
Note:

  1. ^ The abbreviation MP is an acceptable, and indeed more common, term for members of each lower house.


  2. ^ Between 1979 and 2015 Norfolk Island was a self-governing external territory with its own legislature, the Norfolk Legislative Assembly, until this was abolished by the Commonwealth Parliament.



Governors and administrators of states and territories

































Post
Incumbent
Appointed

Governor of New South Wales

His Excellency David Hurley

2 October 2014

Governor of Queensland

His Excellency Paul de Jersey

29 July 2014

Governor of South Australia

His Excellency Hieu Van Le

1 September 2014

Governor of Tasmania

Her Excellency Kate Warner

10 December 2014

Governor of Victoria

Her Excellency Linda Dessau

1 July 2015

Governor of Western Australia

His Excellency Kim Beazley

1 May 2018

Administrator of the Northern Territory

Her Honour Vicki O'Halloran

31 October 2017

Administrator of Norfolk Island

His Honour Eric Hutchinson

1 April 2017

Administrator of Australian Indian Ocean Territories
(Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands)

Her Honour Natasha Griggs

5 October 2017


Premiers and chief ministers of states and territories















































Post
Incumbent
Political party
Appointed

Premier of New South Wales

Gladys Berejiklian MP

Liberal

23 January 2017

Premier of Queensland

Annastacia Palaszczuk MP

Labor

14 February 2015

Premier of South Australia

Steven Marshall MHA

Liberal

19 March 2018

Premier of Tasmania

Will Hodgman MP

Liberal

31 March 2014

Premier of Victoria

Daniel Andrews MP

Labor

4 December 2014

Premier of Western Australia

Mark McGowan MLA

Labor

17 March 2017

Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory

Andrew Barr MLA

Labor

11 December 2014

Chief Minister of the Northern Territory

Michael Gunner MLA

Labor

31 August 2016

Mayor of Norfolk Island Council
Councillor Robin Adams


6 July 2016

Presidents of Australian Indian Ocean Territories:
President of the Shire of Christmas Island

President of the Shire of Cocos Council



Councillor Foo Kee Heng

Councillor Balmut Pirus





18 October 2011
May 2013



State and territorial parliaments



  • Parliament of New South Wales

  • Parliament of Queensland

  • Parliament of South Australia

  • Parliament of Tasmania

  • Parliament of Victoria

  • Parliament of Western Australia

  • Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

  • Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly


State and territory supreme courts



  • Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory

  • Supreme Court of New South Wales

  • Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

  • Supreme Court of Queensland

  • Supreme Court of South Australia

  • Supreme Court of Tasmania

  • Supreme Court of Victoria

  • Supreme Court of Western Australia

  • Supreme Court of Norfolk Island


State and territory police forces




  • Australian Capital Territory Police (performed by Australian Federal Police)

  • New South Wales Police

  • Northern Territory Police

  • Queensland Police

  • South Australia Police

  • Tasmania Police

  • Victoria Police

  • Western Australia Police


State and territory borders



  • Australian Capital Territory border

  • New South Wales borders

  • Northern Territory borders

  • Queensland borders

  • South Australian borders

  • Tasmanian borders

  • Victorian borders

  • Western Australia border


Statistics



























































































































State / territory
Abbreviation
Land area[6][17]
  • Population

  • (2016 census)


Population density

  • % of population

  • in capital


Notes
km2sq miRank
NumberRank
/km2/sq miRank
%Rank
 Australian Capital Territory ACT2,280
880
7000800000000000000♠8

7005395200000000000♠395,200

7000700000000000000♠7
167.6
434
7000100000000000000♠1
99.6%
7000100000000000000♠1
[18]

 New South Wales
NSW800,628
309,124
7000500000000000000♠5

7006770430000000000♠7,704,300

7000100000000000000♠1
9.62
24.9
7000300000000000000♠3
63.0%
7000500000000000000♠5
[19]

 Northern Territory
NT1,335,742
515,733
7000300000000000000♠3

7005244000000000000♠244,000

7000800000000000000♠8
0.18
0.47
7000800000000000000♠8
54.0%
7000600000000000000♠6
[20]

 Queensland
QLD1,723,936
665,615
7000200000000000000♠2

7006482700000000000♠4,827,000

7000300000000000000♠3
2.79
7.2
7000500000000000000♠5
46.0%
7000700000000000000♠7
[21]

 South Australia
SA978,810
377,920
7000400000000000000♠4

7006170650000000000♠1,706,500

7000500000000000000♠5
1.74
4.5
7000600000000000000♠6
73.5%
7000200000000000000♠2
[22]

 Tasmania
TAS64,519
24,911
7000700000000000000♠7

7005518500000000000♠518,500

7000600000000000000♠6
7.58
19.6
7000400000000000000♠4
41.0%
7000800000000000000♠8
[23]

 Victoria
VIC227,010
87,650
7000600000000000000♠6

7006603910000000000♠6,039,100

7000200000000000000♠2
26.56
68.8
7000200000000000000♠2
71.0%
7000400000000000000♠4
[24]

 Western Australia
WA2,526,786
975,598
7000100000000000000♠1

7006261370000000000♠2,613,700

7000400000000000000♠4
1.03
2.7
7000700000000000000♠7
73.4%
7000300000000000000♠3
[25]


Distance table












































































































































Australian distance table

Adelaide
2673
Albany
15333588
Alice Springs
15783633443
Uluru
2045434930383254
Brisbane
24831943248312233317
Broome
335256562457290017162496
Cairns
1196384637062751126132752568
Canberra
30224614148919323463180328824195
Darwin
10013674253425791944363632519184023
Hobart
321937871686212936601045307943928274220
Kununurra
278350872505294897628407401999293026823127
Mackay
731340422642309167431242981648375360939502412
Melbourne
2742510612091652182918341248256116343075183112962805
Mount Isa
2781409369637414457238957643954420537823378519535124905
Perth
1412397038302875100133732495286403411424516192687224004078Sydney

Distance in kilometres from the corresponding city on the X-Y axis.



State and territory codes



































































































































State/territory
Abbrev.

Call signs
Postal

Telephone numbers in Australia

Time zone

AM/FM
TV

Amateur
Abbrev.
Postcode
Std

Summer
Australian Capital Territory
ACT
1xx(x)[nb 1]xx(x)Cn[nb 1]VK1xx[nb 1]ACT
02nn,[nb 2] 26nn, 29nn+61 2 62xx xxxx
+61 2 61xx xxxx
+10+11
New South Wales
NSW
2xx(x)xx(x)NnVK2xx
NSW
1nnn,[nb 2] 2nnn
+61 2 xxxx xxxx[nb 3]
+10 (+​9 12)+11
Victoria
Vic
3xx(x)xx(x)VnVK3xx
VIC
3nnn, 8nnn[nb 2]+61 3 xxxx xxxx[nb 3]+10+11
Queensland
Qld
4xx(x)xx(x)QnVK4xx
QLD
4nnn, 9nnn[nb 2]+61 7 xxxx xxxx+10
South Australia
SA
5xx(x)xx(x)SnVK5xx
SA
5nnn+61 8 8xxx xxxx
+61 8 7xxx xxxx
+​9 12
+​10 12
Western Australia
WA
6xx(x)xx(x)WnVK6xx
WA
6nnn+61 8 9xxx xxxx
+61 8 6xxx xxxx
+8
Tasmania
Tas
7xx(x)xx(x)TnVK7xx
TAS
7nnn+61 3 6xxx xxxx+10+11
Northern Territory
NT
8xx(x)xx(x)DnVK8xx
NT
08nn+61 8 89xx xxxx+​9 12
External territories
Norfolk Island

2xx(x)xx(x)NnVK2xx
NSW
2899+672 3 xx xxx+11
Christmas Island

6xx(x)xx(x)WnVK9xx
WA
6798+61 8 9164 xxxx+7
Cocos Island

6xx(x)xx(x)WnVK9xx
WA
6799+61 8 9162 xxxx+​6 12
Australian Antarctic Territory
AAT
noneVK0xx
TAS
+672 1
+6 to +8

Macquarie Island

none
+10+11


  1. ^ abc A number of broadcast stations in the ACT have call signs allocated as if ACT were part of New South Wales.


  2. ^ abcd This is used for some PO box and large users only.


  3. ^ ab Some exceptions apply to numbers in this state's number range.



See also




  • ISO 3166-2:AU, the ISO codes for the states and territories of Australia.

  • Australian regional rivalries

  • List of Australian demonyms

  • List of proposed states of Australia


Notes




  1. ^ Unless provided, references and details on data provided in the table can be found within the individual state and territory articles.


  2. ^ Perth was defined as the capital by statute in 2016: City of Perth Act 2016 (WA) in AustLII.


  3. ^ abcde The national Flag of Australia is used in territories which have no flag of their own.


  4. ^ Under the definitions in ISO 3166-1, the AAT is covered by the Antarctican ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code "AQ".


  5. ^ No permanent population, research station with fluctuating staff numbers.


  6. ^ ab Part of geographic Australia


  7. ^ No permanent population, weather monitoring station generally with four staff.




References




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  2. ^ Pink, Brian (2010). "Definition of Australia". Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) (Report). Australian Bureau of Statistics. p. 5.


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