A clickable map of Australia's states, mainland territories and their capitals
Category Location Commonwealth of Australia Populations 0 (Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Heard and McDonald Islands) – 7,704,300 (New South Wales) Areas 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi) (Coral Sea Islands) – 5,896,500 km2 (2,276,700 sq mi) (Australian Antarctic Territory) Subdivisions 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 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 Administrative divisions Local Government Area unincorporated area
Reference map for states and territories of Australia
States and territories of Australia[n 1] State/territory name Abbrev [3] Postal Type Population[4] [5] Area (km²)[6] New South Wales NSW AU-NSW NSW State Sydney 7006770430000000000♠ 7,704,300800,628 Queensland Qld AU-QLD QLD State Brisbane 7006482700000000000♠ 4,827,0001,723,936 South Australia SA AU-SA SA State Adelaide 7006170650000000000♠ 1,706,500978,810 Tasmania Tas AU-TAS TAS State Hobart 7005518500000000000♠ 518,50064,519 Victoria Vic AU-VIC VIC State Melbourne 7006603910000000000♠ 6,039,100227,010 Western Australia WA AU-WA WA State [n 2] 7006261370000000000♠ 2,613,7002,526,786 Australian Capital Territory ACT AU-ACT ACT Territory Canberra 7005397397000000000♠ 397,3972,280 [n 3] Jervis Bay Territory JBT JBT Territory (Jervis Bay Village) 7002391000000000000♠ 39172 Northern Territory NT AU-NT NT Territory Darwin 7005244000000000000♠ 244,0001,335,742 [n 3] Ashmore and Cartier Islands External (Offshore anchorage) 5000000000000000000♠ 0199 [n 3] Australian Antarctic Territory AAT AQ[n 4] External Davis Station 7003100000000000000♠ 1,000[n 5] 5,896,500 Christmas Island CX External[n 6] Flying Fish Cove 7003207200000000000♠ 2,072135 Cocos (Keeling) Islands CC External[n 6] West Island/Pulu Panjang 7002596000000000000♠ 59614 [n 3] Coral Sea Islands External (Willis Island) 7000400000000000000♠ 4[n 7] 10 [n 3] Heard Island and McDonald Islands HIMI HM External (Atlas Cove) 5000000000000000000♠ 0372 Norfolk Island NF External Kingston 7003230200000000000♠ 2,30235
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 Proposed external territories 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 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] Federal government Direct Governor-General Prime Minister Senate House of Representatives Senator MP Direct (established by the Australia Act 1986 ) Governor Premier Legislative Council House of Assembly MLC MHA Legislative Assembly MP MLA N/A (abolished 1922) N/A MP Self-governing territory Indirect (through Governor-General acting as "administrator") Assembly and Chief minister Chief minister N/A MLA Indirect (through Governor-General) Administrator External territory Mayor/shire president Shire Council Councillor Regional Council[note 2] Note: ^ The abbreviation MP is an acceptable, and indeed more common, term for members of each lower house. ^ 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 Main article: Governors of the Australian states
Post Incumbent Appointed His Excellency David Hurley 2 October 2014 His Excellency Paul de Jersey 29 July 2014 His Excellency Hieu Van Le 1 September 2014 Her Excellency Kate Warner 10 December 2014 Her Excellency Linda Dessau 1 July 2015 His Excellency Kim Beazley 1 May 2018 Her Honour Vicki O'Halloran 31 October 2017 His Honour Eric Hutchinson 1 April 2017 Her Honour Natasha Griggs 5 October 2017
Premiers and chief ministers of states and territories Main article: Premiers of the Australian states
Post Incumbent Political party Appointed Gladys Berejiklian MP 23 January 2017 Annastacia Palaszczuk MP 14 February 2015 Steven Marshall MHA 19 March 2018 Will Hodgman MP 31 March 2014 Daniel Andrews MP 4 December 2014 Mark McGowan MLA 17 March 2017 Andrew Barr MLA 11 December 2014 Michael Gunner MLA 31 August 2016 Councillor Robin Adams 6 July 2016 President of the Shire of Christmas Island President of the Shire of Cocos Council Councillor Foo Kee Heng Balmut Pirus
18 October 2011 May 2013
State and territorial parliaments Main article: Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
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 Main article: Australian court hierarchy
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 Main article: Law enforcement in Australia
New South Wales Police Northern Territory Police Queensland Police South Australia Police Tasmania Police Victoria Police Western Australia Police State and territory borders Main article: Territorial evolution of Australia
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 density % of population in capital Notes km2 sq mi Rank Number Rank /km2 /sq mi Rank % Rank ACT 2,280 880 7000800000000000000♠ 87005395200000000000♠ 395,2007000700000000000000♠ 7167.6 434 7000100000000000000♠ 199.6% 7000100000000000000♠ 1[18] NSW 800,628 309,124 7000500000000000000♠ 57006770430000000000♠ 7,704,3007000100000000000000♠ 19.62 24.9 7000300000000000000♠ 363.0% 7000500000000000000♠ 5[19] NT 1,335,742 515,733 7000300000000000000♠ 37005244000000000000♠ 244,0007000800000000000000♠ 80.18 0.47 7000800000000000000♠ 854.0% 7000600000000000000♠ 6[20] QLD 1,723,936 665,615 7000200000000000000♠ 27006482700000000000♠ 4,827,0007000300000000000000♠ 32.79 7.2 7000500000000000000♠ 546.0% 7000700000000000000♠ 7[21] SA 978,810 377,920 7000400000000000000♠ 47006170650000000000♠ 1,706,5007000500000000000000♠ 51.74 4.5 7000600000000000000♠ 673.5% 7000200000000000000♠ 2[22] TAS 64,519 24,911 7000700000000000000♠ 77005518500000000000♠ 518,5007000600000000000000♠ 67.58 19.6 7000400000000000000♠ 441.0% 7000800000000000000♠ 8[23] VIC 227,010 87,650 7000600000000000000♠ 67006603910000000000♠ 6,039,1007000200000000000000♠ 226.56 68.8 7000200000000000000♠ 271.0% 7000400000000000000♠ 4[24] WA 2,526,786 975,598 7000100000000000000♠ 17006261370000000000♠ 2,613,7007000400000000000000♠ 41.03 2.7 7000700000000000000♠ 773.4% 7000300000000000000♠ 3[25]
Distance table Australian distance table 2673 1533 3588 1578 3633 443 2045 4349 3038 3254 2483 1943 2483 1223 3317 3352 5656 2457 2900 1716 2496 1196 3846 3706 2751 1261 3275 2568 3022 4614 1489 1932 3463 1803 2882 4195 1001 3674 2534 2579 1944 3636 3251 918 4023 3219 3787 1686 2129 3660 1045 3079 4392 827 4220 2783 5087 2505 2948 976 2840 740 1999 2930 2682 3127 731 3404 2264 2309 1674 3124 2981 648 3753 609 3950 2412 2742 5106 1209 1652 1829 1834 1248 2561 1634 3075 1831 1296 2805 2781 409 3696 3741 4457 2389 5764 3954 4205 3782 3378 5195 3512 4905 1412 3970 3830 2875 1001 3373 2495 286 4034 1142 4516 1926 872 2400 4078 Sydney
Distance in kilometres from the corresponding city on the X-Y axis.
State and territory codes State/territory Abbrev. Postal TV Abbrev. Postcode Std 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 +10 +11 New South Wales NSW 2xx(x) xx(x)Nn VK2xx NSW 1nnn,[nb 2] 2nnn +61 2 xxxx xxxx [nb 3] +10 (+9 1 ⁄2 ) +11 Victoria Vic 3xx(x) xx(x)Vn VK3xx VIC 3nnn, 8nnn[nb 2] +61 3 xxxx xxxx[nb 3] +10 +11 Queensland Qld 4xx(x) xx(x)Qn VK4xx QLD 4nnn, 9nnn[nb 2] +61 7 xxxx xxxx +10 South Australia SA 5xx(x) xx(x)Sn VK5xx SA 5nnn +61 8 8xxx xxxx +9 1 ⁄2 +10 1 ⁄2 Western Australia WA 6xx(x) xx(x)Wn VK6xx WA 6nnn +61 8 9xxx xxxx +8 Tasmania Tas 7xx(x) xx(x)Tn VK7xx TAS 7nnn +61 3 6xxx xxxx +10 +11 Northern Territory NT 8xx(x) xx(x)Dn VK8xx NT 08nn +61 8 89xx xxxx +9 1 ⁄2 External territories Norfolk Island 2xx(x) xx(x)Nn VK2xx NSW 2899 +672 3 xx xxx +11 Christmas Island 6xx(x) xx(x)Wn VK9xx WA 6798 +61 8 9164 xxxx +7 Cocos Island 6xx(x) xx(x)Wn VK9xx WA 6799 +61 8 9162 xxxx +6 1 ⁄2 Australian Antarctic Territory AAT none VK0xx TAS +672 1 +6 to +8 none +10 +11 ^ a b c A number of broadcast stations in the ACT have call signs allocated as if ACT were part of New South Wales. ^ a b c d This is used for some PO box and large users only. ^ a b Some exceptions apply to numbers in this state's number range.
See also Australia portal Australian regional rivalries List of Australian demonyms List of proposed states of Australia Notes ^ Unless provided, references and details on data provided in the table can be found within the individual state and territory articles. ^ Perth was defined as the capital by statute in 2016: City of Perth Act 2016 (WA) in AustLII. ^ a b c d e The national ^ Under the definitions in ISO 3166-1, the AAT is covered by the Antarctican ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code "AQ". ^ No permanent population, research station with fluctuating staff numbers. ^ a b Part of geographic Australia ^ No permanent population, weather monitoring station generally with four staff. References ^ Strom, Marcus (1 June 2016). "Norfolk Island elects council that supports self-determination". 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The Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport. Retrieved 17 January 2013 . Although the Jervis Bay Territory is not part of the Australian Capital Territory, the laws of the ACT apply, insofar as they are applicable and, providing they are not inconsistent with an Ordinance, in the Territory by virtue of the 'Jervis Bay Acceptance Act 1915' ^ http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information/dimensions/area-of-australia-states-and-territories ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Australian Capital Territory". 2016 Census QuickStats . Retrieved 2 July 2017 . ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "New South Wales". 2016 Census QuickStats . Retrieved 2 July 2017 . ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Northern Territory". 2016 Census QuickStats . Retrieved 2 July 2017 . ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Queensland". 2016 Census QuickStats . 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