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The continent of Australia, the world's smallest <a href="/wiki/Continent" title="Continent">continent</a>, is in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Hemisphere" title="Southern Hemisphere">Southern Hemisphere</a> and borders both the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>. The Commonwealth of Australia comprises the mainland of the Australian continent, the major island of <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a>, other nearby islands, and various <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">external territories</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_World_Factbook_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA_World_Factbook-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Neighbouring countries are <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" class="mw-redirect" title="East Timor">East Timor</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a> to the north, the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vanuatu" title="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia" title="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a> to the north-east, and <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> to the south-east. </p><p>The Australian mainland has been inhabited for at least 50,000 years by <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal Australians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After sporadic visits by fishermen from the north and then European discovery by <a href="/wiki/Dutch_people" title="Dutch people">Dutch</a> explorers in 1606,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the eastern half of Australia was later claimed by the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">British</a> in 1770 and initially settled through <a href="/wiki/Penal_transportation" title="Penal transportation">penal transportation</a> as part of the colony of <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, commencing on 26 January 1788. As the population grew and new areas were explored, another five largely <a href="/wiki/Self-governance" title="Self-governance">self-governing</a> <a href="/wiki/Crown_colony" title="Crown colony">Crown colonies</a> were established during the 19th century. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-2"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="General_reference">General reference</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: General reference"><span>edit</span></a><span 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in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span></span>-/</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/6\/6c\/En-Australia.oga\/En-Australia.oga.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"En-Australia.oga"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" 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href="/wiki/List_of_adjectival_and_demonymic_forms_of_place_names#Countries_and_nations" title="List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names">Adjectival</a>(s): <a href="/wiki/Australian_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Australian (disambiguation)">Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_adjectival_and_demonymic_forms_of_place_names#Countries_and_nations" title="List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names">Demonym</a>(s): Aussie (colloquially)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etymology" title="Etymology">Etymology</a>: <a href="/wiki/Name_of_Australia" title="Name of Australia">Name of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_rankings_of_Australia" title="International rankings of Australia">International rankings of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISO_country_codes" class="mw-redirect" title="ISO country codes">ISO country codes</a>: AU, AUS, 036</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISO_region_codes" class="mw-redirect" title="ISO region codes">ISO region codes</a>: See <a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:AU" title="ISO 3166-2:AU">ISO 3166-2:AU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> <a href="/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain" title="Country code top-level domain">country code top-level domain</a>: <a href="/wiki/.au" title=".au">.au</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Topography_of_australia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Topography_of_australia.jpg/220px-Topography_of_australia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Topography_of_australia.jpg/330px-Topography_of_australia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Topography_of_australia.jpg/440px-Topography_of_australia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5200" data-file-height="4858" /></a><figcaption>An enlargeable topographic map of <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Australia-climate-map_MJC01.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Australia-climate-map_MJC01.png/250px-Australia-climate-map_MJC01.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Australia-climate-map_MJC01.png/330px-Australia-climate-map_MJC01.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Australia-climate-map_MJC01.png/500px-Australia-climate-map_MJC01.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="905" /></a><figcaption>Climatic zones in Australia based on <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen classification</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Australian_Map_Extremities.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Australian_Map_Extremities.svg/200px-Australian_Map_Extremities.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Australian_Map_Extremities.svg/300px-Australian_Map_Extremities.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Australian_Map_Extremities.svg/400px-Australian_Map_Extremities.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Extreme points of mainland Australia</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Australia_(continent)" title="Australia (continent)">Australia (continent)</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Australia" title="Geography of Australia">Geography of Australia</a> </p> <ul><li>Australia is: <ul><li>a <a href="/wiki/Continent" title="Continent">continent</a></li> <li>a <a href="/wiki/Country" title="Country">country</a> <ul><li>a <a href="/wiki/Nation_state" title="Nation state">nation state</a></li> <li>a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realm</a></li> <li>a <a href="/wiki/Megadiverse_countries" title="Megadiverse countries">megadiverse country</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Location: <ul><li>Australia is a region or subregion of: <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/World" title="World">World</a> (Australia is a <a href="/wiki/Continent" title="Continent">continent</a> on the planet <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Hemisphere" title="Southern Hemisphere">Southern Hemisphere</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Hemisphere" title="Eastern Hemisphere">Eastern Hemisphere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australasia" title="Australasia">Australasia</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Australia lies between: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Pacific_Ocean" class="mw-redirect" title="South Pacific Ocean">South Pacific Ocean</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Ocean" title="Southern Ocean">Southern Ocean</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zones</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Eastern_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Eastern Standard Time">Australian Eastern Standard Time</a> (AEST) (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B10" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+10">UTC+10</a>), <a href="/wiki/Australian_Eastern_Summer_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Eastern Summer Time">Australian Eastern Summer Time</a> (AEDT) (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B11" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+11">UTC+11</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Central_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Central Standard Time">Australian Central Standard Time</a> (ACST) (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B09:30" title="UTC+09:30">UTC+09:30</a>), <a href="/wiki/Australian_Central_Summer_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Central Summer Time">Australian Central Summer Time</a> (ACDT) (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B10:30" title="UTC+10:30">UTC+10:30</a>),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Western_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Western Standard Time">Australian Western Standard Time</a> (AWST) (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B08" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+08">UTC+08</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Extreme points of Australia">Extreme points of Australia</a> (mainland) <ul><li>Northernmost Point – <a href="/wiki/Cape_York_Peninsula" title="Cape York Peninsula">Cape York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a> (10°41' S)</li> <li>Southernmost Point – <a href="/wiki/South_Point_(Wilsons_Promontory)" title="South Point (Wilsons Promontory)">South Point</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wilsons_Promontory" title="Wilsons Promontory">Wilsons Promontory</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a> (39°08' S)</li> <li>Westernmost Point – <a href="/wiki/Steep_Point" title="Steep Point">Steep Point</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a> (113°09' E)</li> <li>Easternmost Point – <a href="/wiki/Cape_Byron" title="Cape Byron">Cape Byron</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> (153°38' E)</li> <li>Highest Point – <a href="/wiki/Mount_Kosciuszko" title="Mount Kosciuszko">Mount Kosciuszko</a> 2,228 m (7,310 ft)</li> <li>Lowest Point – <a href="/wiki/Lake_Eyre" title="Lake Eyre">Lake Eyre</a> −15 m (−49 ft)</li></ul></li> <li>Land boundaries: <i>none</i></li> <li>Coastline: 25,760 km</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Population_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Population of Australia">Population of Australia</a>: 25,694,393 people <sup id="cite_ref-ABS_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (December 2020) – <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population" title="List of countries and dependencies by population">54th most populous country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Area_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Area of Australia">Area of Australia</a>: 7,741,220 km<sup>2</sup> (2,988,900 sq mi) – <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">6th largest country</a></li> <li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlas_of_Australia" class="extiw" title="commons:Atlas of Australia">Atlas of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveying_in_Australia" title="Surveying in Australia">Surveying in Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environment">Environment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Australia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Australia.jpg/220px-Australia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Australia.jpg/330px-Australia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Australia.jpg/440px-Australia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1046" data-file-height="962" /></a><figcaption>An enlargeable satellite image of <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_Australia" title="Environment of Australia">Environment of Australia</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Australia" title="Climate of Australia">Climate of Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bushfires_in_Australia" title="Bushfires in Australia">Bushfires in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Australia" title="Climate change in Australia">Climate change in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Effects_of_global_warming_on_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Effects of global warming on Australia">Effects of global warming on Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_Australia" title="List of ecoregions in Australia">Ecoregions of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Australia" title="Environmental issues in Australia">Environmental issues in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Australia" title="Renewable energy in Australia">Renewable energy in Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geothermal_power_in_Australia" title="Geothermal power in Australia">Geothermal power in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_power_in_Australia" title="Solar power in Australia">Solar power in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wind_power_in_Australia" title="Wind power in Australia">Wind power in Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Australia" title="Geology of Australia">Geology of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Australia" title="Protected areas of Australia">National parks of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Australia" title="Protected areas of Australia">Protected areas of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Wildlife of Australia">Wildlife of Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_Australia" title="Flora of Australia">Flora of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Australia" title="Fauna of Australia">Fauna of Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Australia" title="List of birds of Australia">Birds of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_Australia" title="List of mammals of Australia">Mammals of Australia</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerycaption">Iconic wildlife of Australia</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koala_climbing_tree.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A koala."><img alt="A koala." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Koala_climbing_tree.jpg/120px-Koala_climbing_tree.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Koala_climbing_tree.jpg/250px-Koala_climbing_tree.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1132" data-file-height="1113" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A <a href="/wiki/Koala" title="Koala">koala</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kangaroo-in-flight_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A kangaroo."><img alt="A kangaroo." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Kangaroo-in-flight_cropped.jpg/120px-Kangaroo-in-flight_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Kangaroo-in-flight_cropped.jpg/180px-Kangaroo-in-flight_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Kangaroo-in-flight_cropped.jpg/240px-Kangaroo-in-flight_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="474" data-file-height="278" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A <a href="/wiki/Kangaroo" title="Kangaroo">kangaroo</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SaltwaterCrocodile(%27Maximo%27).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Saltwater crocodile is the largest species of crocodile in the world."><img alt="The Saltwater crocodile is the largest species of crocodile in the world." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/SaltwaterCrocodile%28%27Maximo%27%29.jpg/120px-SaltwaterCrocodile%28%27Maximo%27%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/SaltwaterCrocodile%28%27Maximo%27%29.jpg/250px-SaltwaterCrocodile%28%27Maximo%27%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Saltwater_crocodile" title="Saltwater crocodile">Saltwater crocodile</a> is the largest species of crocodile in the world.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emoe.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="An emu."><img alt="An emu." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Emoe.jpg/116px-Emoe.jpg" decoding="async" width="116" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Emoe.jpg/174px-Emoe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Emoe.jpg/232px-Emoe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="567" data-file-height="586" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">An <a href="/wiki/Emu" title="Emu">emu</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chlamydosaurus_kingii.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Frill-necked lizard."><img alt="Frill-necked lizard." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Chlamydosaurus_kingii.jpg/120px-Chlamydosaurus_kingii.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Chlamydosaurus_kingii.jpg/180px-Chlamydosaurus_kingii.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Chlamydosaurus_kingii.jpg/240px-Chlamydosaurus_kingii.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1179" data-file-height="771" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Frill-necked_lizard" class="mw-redirect" title="Frill-necked lizard">Frill-necked lizard</a>.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Geographic_features">Geographic features</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geographic features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Landforms_of_Australia" title="Category:Landforms of Australia">Category:Landforms of Australia</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Australia" title="List of islands of Australia">Islands of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Australia" title="List of lakes of Australia">Lakes of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Australia" title="List of mountains in Australia">Mountains of Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Australia" title="List of volcanoes in Australia">Volcanoes in Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Australia" title="List of rivers of Australia">Rivers of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_valleys_of_Australia" title="List of valleys of Australia">Valleys of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_waterfalls_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of waterfalls of Australia">Waterfalls of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Oceania" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Oceania">World Heritage Sites in Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regions">Regions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of regions in Australia">Regions of Australia</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_Australia" title="List of ecoregions in Australia">Ecoregions in Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Multi-state_regions">Multi-state regions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Multi-state regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barkly_Tableland" title="Barkly Tableland">Barkly Tableland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_Country" title="Capital Country">Capital Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_states_of_Australia" title="Eastern states of Australia">Eastern states of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="East Coast of Australia">East Coast of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Eyre_basin" title="Lake Eyre basin">Lake Eyre basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray%E2%80%93Darling_basin" title="Murray–Darling basin">Murray–Darling basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Australia" title="Northern Australia">Northern Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nullarbor_Plain" title="Nullarbor Plain">The Nullarbor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outback" title="Outback">Outback</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Australia" title="Southern Australia">Southern Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div role="img" class="floatright noresize" style="width: 400px; font-size: 85%; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Australia_location_map_recolored.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Australia map. Western Australia in the west third with capital Perth, Northern Territory in the north centre with capital Darwin, Queensland in the northeast with capital Brisbane, South Australia in the south with capital Adelaide, New South Wales in the northern southeast with capital Sydney, and Victoria in the far southeast with capital Melbourne. Tasmania, with capital Hobart, is off the coast of Victoria, across the Bass Strait. The Indian Ocean is to the west and northwest, the South Pacific Ocean to the east, the Southern Ocean to the south, and the Tasman Sea to the southeast. The Great Australian Bight to the south and the Gulf of Carpentaria to the north are the major bays. The Timor and Arafura Seas are off the north coast, and the Great Barrier Reef guards the northeast coast from the Coral Sea." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Australia_location_map_recolored.png/400px-Australia_location_map_recolored.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="288" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Australia_location_map_recolored.png/600px-Australia_location_map_recolored.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Australia_location_map_recolored.png/800px-Australia_location_map_recolored.png 2x" data-file-width="2190" data-file-height="1577" /></a></span> <div style="position:absolute; left:98px; top:128px"><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western<br />Australia</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:182px; top:88px"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern<br />Territory</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:192px; top:156px"><a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South<br />Australia</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:255px; top:112px"><a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:282px; top:178px"><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New<br />South<br />Wales</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:322px; top:212px"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian<br />Capital<br />Territory</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:265px; top:224px"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(state)" title="Victoria (state)">Victoria</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:274px; top:266px"><a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:14px; top:44px"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean"><span style="font-style: italic; color: #48A3B5;">Indian Ocean</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:146px; top:13px"><a href="/wiki/Timor_Sea" title="Timor Sea"><span style="font-style: italic; color: #48A3B5;">Timor<br />Sea</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:227px; top:35px"><a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Carpentaria" title="Gulf of Carpentaria"><span style="font-style: italic; color: #48A3B5;">Gulf of<br />Carpentaria</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:176px; top:0px"><a href="/wiki/Arafura_Sea" title="Arafura Sea"><span style="font-style: italic; color: #48A3B5;">Arafura Sea</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:164px; top:195px"><a href="/wiki/Great_Australian_Bight" title="Great Australian Bight"><span style="font-style: italic; color: #48A3B5;">Great<br />Australian<br />Bight</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:344px; top:247px"><a href="/wiki/Tasman_Sea" title="Tasman Sea"><span style="font-style: italic; color: #48A3B5;">Tasman<br />Sea</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:274px; top:249px"><a href="/wiki/Bass_Strait" title="Bass Strait"><span style="font-style: italic; color: #48A3B5;">Bass Strait</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:327px; top:32px"><a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea" title="Coral Sea"><span style="font-style: italic; color: #48A3B5;">Coral<br />Sea</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:70px; top:187px"><a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">●</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:238px; top:209px"><a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">●</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:284px; top:230px"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">●</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:314px; top:212px"><a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">●</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:329px; top:201px"><a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">●</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:345px; top:146px"><a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">●</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:304px; top:274px"><a href="/wiki/Hobart" title="Hobart">●</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:181.2px; top:22.2px"><a href="/wiki/Darwin,_Northern_Territory" title="Darwin, Northern Territory">●</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:361px; top:75px"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">South Pacific Ocean|<span style="font-style: italic; color: #48A3B5;">South<br />Pacific<br />Ocean</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:62px; top:267px"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Ocean" title="Southern Ocean"><span style="font-style: italic; color: #48A3B5;">Southern Ocean</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:301px; top:52px"><a href="/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef" title="Great Barrier Reef"><span style="font-style: italic; color: #48A3B5;">Great<br />Barrier<br />Reef</span></a></div> </div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Australian_external_territories.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Australian_external_territories.png/350px-Australian_external_territories.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Australian_external_territories.png/525px-Australian_external_territories.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Australian_external_territories.png 2x" data-file-width="644" data-file-height="376" /></a><figcaption>Australian external territories</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">States and territories of Australia</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="States">States</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/25px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/38px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/50px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Victoria_(Australia).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/25px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/38px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Queensland.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/40px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/60px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/60px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_South_Australia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Tasmania.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/25px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/38px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/50px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Territories">Territories</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading6"><h6 id="Mainland_territories">Mainland territories</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Mainland territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, 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id="External_territories">External territories</h6><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Australia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/25px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/38px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/50px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ashmore_and_Cartier_Islands" title="Ashmore and Cartier Islands">Ashmore and Cartier Islands</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Australia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/25px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/38px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/50px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic Territory</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/25px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/38px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/50px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="920" data-file-height="460" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/25px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/38px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/50px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Island" title="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Australia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/25px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/38px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/50px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea_Islands_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Coral Sea Islands Territory">Coral Sea Islands Territory</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Australia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/25px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/38px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/50px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands" title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands">Heard and McDonald Islands</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Municipalities">Municipalities</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Australia" title="Local government in Australia">Local government in Australia</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Australia" title="List of cities in Australia">Cities of Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demography">Demography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Australia" title="Demographics of Australia">Demographics of Australia</a> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center; background: #cccccc"> <td width="24%">State/territory </td> <td width="15%">Land area (km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td width="4%">Rank </td> <td width="15%">Population (2012)<sup id="cite_ref-ABS_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td width="4%">Rank </td> <td width="15%">Population density (/km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td width="4%">Rank </td> <td width="15%">% of population in capital</td> <td width="4%">Rank </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/25px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/38px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/50px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> </td> <td>800,642</td> <td>5th </td> <td>7,348,900</td> <td>1st</td> <td>9.18</td> <td>3rd</td> <td>63.5%</td> <td>5th </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Victoria_(Australia).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/25px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/38px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a> </td> <td>227,416</td> <td>6th </td> <td>5,679,600</td> <td>2nd</td> <td>24.97</td> <td>2nd</td> <td>74.8%</td> <td>4th </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Queensland.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/40px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/60px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a> </td> <td>1,730,648</td> <td>2nd </td> <td>4,610,900</td> <td>3rd</td> <td>2.66</td> <td>5th</td> <td>47.5%</td> <td>7th </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/60px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a> </td> <td>2,529,875</td> <td>1st </td> <td>2,472,700</td> <td>4th</td> <td>0.98</td> <td>7th</td> <td>76.7%</td> <td>3rd </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_South_Australia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a> </td> <td>983,482</td> <td>4th </td> <td>1,662,200</td> <td>5th</td> <td>1.69</td> <td>6th</td> <td>76.8%</td> <td>2nd </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Tasmania.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/25px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/38px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/50px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a> </td> <td>68,401</td> <td>7th </td> <td>512,400</td> <td>6th</td> <td>7.49</td> <td>4th</td> <td>42.3%</td> <td>8th </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a> </td> <td>2,358</td> <td>8th </td> <td>379,600</td> <td>7th</td> <td>160.98</td> <td>1st</td> <td>98.7%</td> <td>1st </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a> </td> <td>1,349,129</td> <td>3rd </td> <td>236,900</td> <td>8th</td> <td>0.18</td> <td>8th</td> <td>55.6%</td> <td>6th </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>List all suburbs in Australia </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Adelaide_suburbs" title="List of Adelaide suburbs">List of Adelaide suburbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Adelaide_obsolete_suburb_names" title="List of Adelaide obsolete suburb names">List of Adelaide obsolete suburb names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Albany_suburbs" title="List of Albany suburbs">List of Albany suburbs</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Brisbane_suburbs" title="List of Brisbane suburbs">List of Brisbane suburbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bunbury_suburbs" title="List of Bunbury suburbs">List of Bunbury suburbs</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Canberra_suburbs" title="List of Canberra suburbs">List of Canberra suburbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Central_Coast,_New_South_Wales_suburbs" title="List of Central Coast, New South Wales suburbs">List of Central Coast, New South Wales suburbs</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Darwin_suburbs" title="List of Darwin suburbs">List of Darwin suburbs</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Gold_Coast_suburbs" title="List of Gold Coast suburbs">List of Gold Coast suburbs</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hobart_suburbs" title="List of Hobart suburbs">List of Hobart suburbs</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Karratha_suburbs" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Karratha suburbs">List of Karratha suburbs</a></i></li></ul> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mackay_suburbs" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Mackay suburbs">List of Mackay suburbs</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mandurah_suburbs" title="List of Mandurah suburbs">List of Mandurah suburbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Melbourne_suburbs" title="List of Melbourne suburbs">List of Melbourne suburbs</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_suburbs_in_Greater_Newcastle,_New_South_Wales" title="List of suburbs in Greater Newcastle, New South Wales">List of suburbs in Greater Newcastle, New South Wales</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Perth_suburbs" title="List of Perth suburbs">List of Perth suburbs</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rockhampton_suburbs" title="List of Rockhampton suburbs">List of Rockhampton suburbs</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sunshine_Coast_Region_suburbs" title="List of Sunshine Coast Region suburbs">List of Sunshine Coast Region suburbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sydney_suburbs" title="List of Sydney suburbs">List of Sydney suburbs</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Suburbs_of_Thuringowa_City" title="Suburbs of Thuringowa City">Suburbs of Thuringowa City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Townsville_suburbs" title="List of Townsville suburbs">List of Townsville suburbs</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wagga_Wagga_suburbs_and_localities" title="List of Wagga Wagga suburbs and localities">List of Wagga Wagga suburbs and localities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_suburbs_(Melbourne)" title="Western suburbs (Melbourne)">Western suburbs (Melbourne)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Wollongong_suburbs" title="List of Wollongong suburbs">List of Wollongong suburbs</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Government and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Australian_states_political.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Australian_states_political.gif/220px-Australian_states_political.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Australian_states_political.gif/330px-Australian_states_political.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Australian_states_political.gif/440px-Australian_states_political.gif 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election">1984</a> – <a href="/wiki/1987_Australian_federal_election" title="1987 Australian federal election">1987</a> – <a href="/wiki/1990_Australian_federal_election" title="1990 Australian federal election">1990</a> – <a href="/wiki/1993_Australian_federal_election" title="1993 Australian federal election">1993</a> – <a href="/wiki/1996_Australian_federal_election" title="1996 Australian federal election">1996</a> – <a href="/wiki/1998_Australian_federal_election" title="1998 Australian federal election">1998</a> – <a href="/wiki/2001_Australian_federal_election" title="2001 Australian federal election">2001</a> – <a href="/wiki/2004_Australian_federal_election" title="2004 Australian federal election">2004</a> – <a href="/wiki/2007_Australian_federal_election" title="2007 Australian federal election">2007</a> – <a href="/wiki/2010_Australian_federal_election" title="2010 Australian federal election">2010</a> – <a href="/wiki/2013_Australian_federal_election" title="2013 Australian federal election">2013</a> – <a href="/wiki/2016_Australian_federal_election" title="2016 Australian federal election">2016</a> – <a href="/wiki/2019_Australian_federal_election" title="2019 Australian federal election">2019</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/2022_Australian_federal_election" title="2022 Australian federal election">2022</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system_of_Australia" title="Electoral system of Australia">Australian electoral system</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Compulsory_voting" title="Compulsory voting">Compulsory voting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranked_voting_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranked voting systems">Preferential voting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Australia" title="Human rights in Australia">Human rights in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Australia" title="List of political parties in Australia">Political parties in Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal Party of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Australian Labor Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">National Party of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Democrats" title="Australian Democrats">Australian Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens" title="Australian Greens">Australian Greens</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_political_controversies" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Australian political controversies">Political scandals of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_Australia" title="Republicanism in Australia">Republicanism in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Australia" title="Taxation in Australia">Taxation in Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_government">Federal government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Federal government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Australia">Government of Australia</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Branches_of_the_government">Branches of the government</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Branches of the government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Separation_of_powers_in_Australia" title="Separation of powers in Australia">Separation of powers in Australia</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Executive_branch">Executive branch</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Executive branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Head of state: <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Australia" title="Monarchy of Australia">King of Australia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">King Charles III</a>) <ul><li>Head of state's representative: <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia" title="Governor-General of Australia">Governor-General</a> (<a href="/wiki/David_Hurley" title="David Hurley">David Hurley</a>)</li></ul></li> <li>Head of government: <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia" title="Prime Minister of Australia">Prime Minister of Australia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anthony_Albanese" title="Anthony Albanese">Anthony Albanese</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Australia" title="Cabinet of Australia">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Executive_Council_(Australia)" title="Federal Executive Council (Australia)">Federal Executive Council</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Legislative_branch">Legislative branch</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Legislative branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Australia" title="Parliament of Australia">Parliament of Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_monarch" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian monarch">Australian monarch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Australian Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">Australian House of Representatives</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Leaders_of_the_Opposition" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition">Opposition Leader</a> (currently: <a href="/wiki/Peter_Dutton" title="Peter Dutton">Peter Dutton</a>)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Judicial_branch">Judicial branch</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Judicial branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Australia" title="Judiciary of Australia">Judiciary of Australia</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Australia" title="High Court of Australia">High Court of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_court_hierarchy" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian court hierarchy">Australian court hierarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Australia" title="Constitution of Australia">Constitution of Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Military">Military</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force" title="Australian Defence Force">Australian Defence Force</a> (ADF) </p> <ul><li>Command <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">Commander-in-chief</a>: <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia" title="Governor-General of Australia">Governor-General</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Australia" title="Monarchy of Australia">King</a>'s representative. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_(Australia)" title="Minister for Defence (Australia)">Minister for Defence of Australia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Richard_Marles" title="Richard Marles">Richard Marles</a>)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Forces <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army" title="Army">Army</a> of Australia: <a href="/wiki/Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">Navy</a> of Australia: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_force" title="Air force">Air force</a> of Australia: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_forces_of_Australia" title="Special forces of Australia">Special forces of Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia" title="Military history of Australia">Military history of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force_ranks" title="Australian Defence Force ranks">Australian Defence Force ranks</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_relations">Foreign relations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Foreign relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Australia" title="Foreign relations of Australia">Foreign relations of Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_history_of_Australia" title="Diplomatic history of Australia">Diplomatic history of Australia</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ANZUS" title="ANZUS">ANZUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="Australia–United States relations">Australia–United States relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93New_Zealand_relations" title="Australia–New Zealand relations">Australia–New Zealand relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93Indonesia_relations" title="Australia–Indonesia relations">Australia–Indonesia relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93China_relations" title="Australia–China relations">Australia–China relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Australia–Japan relations">Australia–Japan relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Australian_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Australian relations">Anglo-Australian relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_and_the_United_Nations" title="Australia and the United Nations">Australia and the United Nations</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_organisation_membership">International organisation membership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: International organisation membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Commonwealth of Australia is a member of the:<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_World_Factbook_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA_World_Factbook-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asian_Development_Bank" title="Asian Development Bank">Asian Development Bank</a> (ADB)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asia-Pacific_Economic_Cooperation" title="Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation">Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation</a> (APEC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Southeast_Asian_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="Association of Southeast Asian Nations">Association of Southeast Asian Nations</a> (ASEAN) (dialogue partner)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Southeast_Asian_Nations_Regional_Forum" class="mw-redirect" title="Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum">Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum</a> (ARF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_Group" title="Australia Group">Australia Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia-New_Zealand-United_States_Security_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty">Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty</a> (ANZUS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_for_International_Settlements" title="Bank for International Settlements">Bank for International Settlements</a> (BIS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Plan" title="Colombo Plan">Colombo Plan</a> (CP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Asia_Summit" title="East Asia Summit">East Asia Summit</a> (EAS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Bank_for_Reconstruction_and_Development" title="European Bank for Reconstruction and Development">European Bank for Reconstruction and Development</a> (EBRD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization" title="Food and Agriculture Organization">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> (FAO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Group_of_Twenty_Finance_Ministers_and_Central_Bank_Governors" class="mw-redirect" title="Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors">Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors</a> (G20)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MIKTA" title="MIKTA">Informal social partnership</a> (MIKTA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency" title="International Atomic Energy Agency">International Atomic Energy Agency</a> (IAEA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Bank_for_Reconstruction_and_Development" title="International Bank for Reconstruction and Development">International Bank for Reconstruction and Development</a> (IBRD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="International Chamber of Commerce">International Chamber of Commerce</a> (ICC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Civil_Aviation_Organization" title="International Civil Aviation Organization">International Civil Aviation Organization</a> (ICAO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Court" title="International Criminal Court">International Criminal Court</a> (ICCt)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Police_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="International Criminal Police Organization">International Criminal Police Organization</a> (Interpol)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Development_Association" title="International Development Association">International Development Association</a> (IDA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Energy_Agency" title="International Energy Agency">International Energy Agency</a> (IEA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_Red_Cross_and_Red_Crescent_Societies" title="International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies">International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies</a> (IFRCS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Finance_Corporation" title="International Finance Corporation">International Finance Corporation</a> (IFC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Hydrographic_Organization" title="International Hydrographic Organization">International Hydrographic Organization</a> (IHO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Labour_Organization" title="International Labour Organization">International Labour Organization</a> (ILO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Maritime_Organization" title="International Maritime Organization">International Maritime Organization</a> (IMO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Mobile_Satellite_Organization" title="International Mobile Satellite Organization">International Mobile Satellite Organization</a> (IMSO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund" title="International Monetary Fund">International Monetary Fund</a> (IMF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a> (IOC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Organization_for_Migration" title="International Organization for Migration">International Organization for Migration</a> (IOM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization" title="International Organization for Standardization">International Organization for Standardization</a> (ISO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Red_Cross_and_Red_Crescent_Movement" title="International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement">International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement</a> (ICRM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Telecommunication_Union" title="International Telecommunication Union">International Telecommunication Union</a> (ITU)</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Telecommunications_Satellite_Organization" title="International Telecommunications Satellite Organization">International Telecommunications Satellite Organization</a> (ITSO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Trade_Union_Confederation" title="International Trade Union Confederation">International Trade Union Confederation</a> (ITUC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inter-Parliamentary_Union" title="Inter-Parliamentary Union">Inter-Parliamentary Union</a> (IPU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multilateral_Investment_Guarantee_Agency" title="Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency">Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency</a> (MIGA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement" title="Non-Aligned Movement">Non-Aligned Movement</a> (NAM) (guest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Energy_Agency" title="Nuclear Energy Agency">Nuclear Energy Agency</a> (NEA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Suppliers_Group" title="Nuclear Suppliers Group">Nuclear Suppliers Group</a> (NSG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organisation_for_Economic_Co-operation_and_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development">Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development</a> (OECD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organisation_for_the_Prohibition_of_Chemical_Weapons" title="Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons">Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons</a> (OPCW)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Community" title="Pacific Community">Pacific Community</a> (SPC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islands_Forum" title="Pacific Islands Forum">Pacific Islands Forum</a> (PIF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paris_Club" title="Paris Club">Paris Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Court_of_Arbitration" title="Permanent Court of Arbitration">Permanent Court of Arbitration</a> (PCA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_Association_for_Regional_Cooperation" title="South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation">South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation</a> (SAARC) (observer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Pacific_Regional_Trade_and_Economic_Co-operation_Agreement" title="South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement">South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement</a> (Sparteca)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> (UN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Conference_on_Trade_and_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Conference on Trade and Development">United Nations Conference on Trade and Development</a> (UNCTAD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Educational,_Scientific,_and_Cultural_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization">United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization</a> (UNESCO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Refugees" title="United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees">United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees</a> (UNHCR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Integrated_Mission_in_Timor-Leste" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste">United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste</a> (UNMIT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_in_the_Sudan" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Mission in the Sudan">United Nations Mission in the Sudan</a> (UNMIS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Relief_and_Works_Agency_for_Palestine_Refugees_in_the_Near_East" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East">United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East</a> (UNRWA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Truce_Supervision_Organization" title="United Nations Truce Supervision Organization">United Nations Truce Supervision Organization</a> (UNTSO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union" title="Universal Postal Union">Universal Postal Union</a> (UPU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Customs_Organization" title="World Customs Organization">World Customs Organization</a> (WCO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Federation_of_Trade_Unions" title="World Federation of Trade Unions">World Federation of Trade Unions</a> (WFTU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Health_Organization" title="World Health Organization">World Health Organization</a> (WHO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization" title="World Intellectual Property Organization">World Intellectual Property Organization</a> (WIPO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Meteorological_Organization" title="World Meteorological Organization">World Meteorological Organization</a> (WMO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Tourism_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="World Tourism Organization">World Tourism Organization</a> (UNWTO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization" title="World Trade Organization">World Trade Organization</a> (WTO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Veterans_Federation" title="World Veterans Federation">World Veterans Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zangger_Committee" title="Zangger Committee">Zangger Committee</a> (ZC)</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_and_order">Law and order</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Law and order"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Law of Australia">Law of Australia</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_nationality_law" title="Australian nationality law">Citizenship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Australia" title="Cannabis in Australia">Cannabis in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Australia" title="Constitution of Australia">Constitution of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Australia" title="Crime in Australia">Crime in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Australia" title="Law enforcement in Australia">Law enforcement in Australia</a> <ul><li>National law enforcement agencies <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Border_Force" title="Australian Border Force">Australian Border Force</a> (ABF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Federal_Police" title="Australian Federal Police">Australian Federal Police</a> (AFP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Competition_%26_Consumer_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Competition & Consumer Commission">Australian Competition & Consumer Commission</a> (ACCC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Crime_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Crime Commission">Australian Crime Commission</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Securities_%26_Investments_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Securities & Investments Commission">Australian Securities & Investments Commission</a> (ASIC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Taxation_Office" title="Australian Taxation Office">Australian Taxation Office</a> (ATO)</li></ul></li> <li>Regional law enforcement agencies – the following policing agencies are regulated by their respective State or Territory Government and are highly visible: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Capital Territory Police">Australian Capital Territory Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Police_Force" title="New South Wales Police Force">New South Wales Police Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Territory Police">Northern Territory Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Police_Service" title="Queensland Police Service">Queensland Police Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Australia_Police" title="South Australia Police">South Australia Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tasmania_Police" title="Tasmania Police">Tasmania Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Police" title="Victoria Police">Victoria Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Australia Police">Western Australia Police</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_and_territory_governments">State and territory governments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: State and territory governments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governors_of_the_Australian_states" title="Governors of the Australian states">Governors of the Australian states</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliaments_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Parliaments of the Australian states and territories">Parliaments of the Australian states and territories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premiers_of_the_Australian_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Premiers of the Australian states">Premiers of the Australian states</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_New_South_Wales" title="Government of New South Wales">Government of New South Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Queensland">Government of Queensland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_South_Australia" title="Government of South Australia">Government of South Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Tasmania" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Tasmania">Government of Tasmania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Victoria (Australia)">Government of Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Western_Australia" title="Government of Western Australia">Government of Western Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Government of the Australian Capital Territory">Government of the Australian Capital Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Northern_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the Northern Territory">Government of the Northern Territory</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Local_government" title="Local government">Local government</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Australia" title="Local government in Australia">Local government in Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Australia_history.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Australia_history.gif/500px-Australia_history.gif" decoding="async" width="350" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Australia_history.gif/525px-Australia_history.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Australia_history.gif/700px-Australia_history.gif 2x" data-file-width="795" data-file-height="595" /></a><figcaption>Map showing the creation of the colonies/states and mainland territories.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Australia" title="History of Australia">History of Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Australian_history" title="Timeline of Australian history">Timeline of Australian history</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prehistory_of_Australia" title="Prehistory of Australia">Prehistory of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_archaeology" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian archaeology">Australian archaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_maritime_exploration_of_Australia" title="European maritime exploration of Australia">European exploration of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Australia_(1788%E2%80%931850)" title="History of Australia (1788–1850)">History of Australia (1788–1850)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Australia_(1851%E2%80%931900)" title="History of Australia (1851–1900)">History of Australia (1851–1900)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Australia_(1901%E2%80%931945)" title="History of Australia (1901–1945)">History of Australia (1901–1945)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Federation">Australian Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_in_World_War_I" title="Australia in World War I">Australia in World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_in_World_War_II" title="Australia in World War II">Australia in World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stolen_Generations" title="Stolen Generations">Stolen Generations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Australia_since_1945" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Australia since 1945">History of Australia since 1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_history_of_Australia" title="Constitutional history of Australia">Constitutional history of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_history_of_Australia" title="Immigration history of Australia">Immigration history of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Australia" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Australia">Postage stamps and postal history of Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_of_states">History of states</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: History of states"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_New_South_Wales" title="History of New South Wales">History of New South Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Northern_Territory" title="History of the Northern Territory">History of the Northern Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Queensland" title="History of Queensland">History of Queensland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_South_Australia" title="History of South Australia">History of South Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Tasmania" title="History of Tasmania">History of Tasmania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Victoria" title="History of Victoria">History of Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Western_Australia" title="History of Western Australia">History of Western Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Australia" title="Culture of Australia">Culture of Australia</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Australia" title="Architecture of Australia">Architecture of Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Western_Australia" title="Architecture of Western Australia">Architecture of Western Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_architectural_styles" title="Australian architectural styles">Australian architectural styles</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_art" title="Australian art">Australian art</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Australian_art" title="Indigenous Australian art">Indigenous Australian art</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Australia" title="Cinema of Australia">Cinema of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_cuisine" title="Australian cuisine">Australian cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dance_in_Australia" title="Dance in Australia">Dance in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_festivals_in_Australia" title="List of festivals in Australia">Festivals in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_folklore" title="Australian folklore">Australian folklore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humour_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Humour in Australia">Humour in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Australia" title="Languages of Australia">Languages of Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Aboriginal_languages" title="List of Australian Aboriginal languages">Australian Aboriginal languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_English" title="Australian Aboriginal English">Australian Aboriginal English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_English" title="Australian English">Australian English</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_literature" title="Australian literature">Australian literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Media of Australia">Media of Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_Australia" title="Television in Australia">Television in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Australia" title="Cinema of Australia">Cinema of Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Australia" title="Music of Australia">Music of Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Australian_music_charts" title="Template:Australian music charts">Australian music charts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_country_music" title="Australian country music">Australian country music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_hip_hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian hip hop">Australian hip hop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_jazz" title="Australian jazz">Australian jazz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian rock">Australian rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Australian_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Indigenous Australian music">Indigenous Australian music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_immigrant_communities_in_Australia" title="Music of immigrant communities in Australia">Music of immigrant communities in Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_symbols_of_Australia" title="National symbols of Australia">National symbols of Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Australia" title="Coat of arms of Australia">Coat of arms of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Australia" title="Flag of Australia">Flag of Australia</a></li> <li>National anthems: <ul><li>Official national anthem: <a href="/wiki/Advance_Australia_Fair" title="Advance Australia Fair">Advance Australia Fair</a></li> <li>Royal anthem: <a href="/wiki/God_Save_the_King" title="God Save the King">God Save the King</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_Australians" title="Lists of Australians">People of Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_diaspora" title="Australian diaspora">Australian diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_of_the_Year" title="Australian of the Year">Australian of the Year</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_Australia" title="Prostitution in Australia">Prostitution in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Australia" title="Public holidays in Australia">Public holidays in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Australia" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Australia">World Heritage Sites in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_of_Australia" title="Theatre of Australia">Theatre of Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy_and_infrastructure">Economy and infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Economy and infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Australia" title="Economy of Australia">Economy of Australia</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)" title="List of countries by GDP (nominal)">Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007)</a>: 14th (fourteenth)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Australia" title="Agriculture in Australia">Agriculture in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Australia" title="Telecommunications in Australia">Telecommunications in Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Internet_in_Australia" title="Internet in Australia">Internet in Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_Bank_of_Australia" title="Reserve Bank of Australia">Reserve Bank of Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_pizzerias_in_Australia" title="List of pizzerias in Australia">List of pizzerias in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_restaurant_chains_in_Australia" title="List of restaurant chains in Australia">List of restaurant chains in Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Currency" title="Currency">Currency of Australia</a>: <a href="/wiki/Australian_dollar" title="Australian dollar">Dollar</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">ISO 4217</a>: <a href="/wiki/Australian_dollar" title="Australian dollar">AUD</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_Australia" title="Economic history of Australia">Economic history of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Australia" title="Energy in Australia">Energy in Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Australia" title="Energy in Australia">Energy in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_policy_of_Australia" title="Energy policy of Australia">Energy policy of Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Effects_of_global_warming_on_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Effects of global warming on Australia">Effects of global warming on Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garnaut_Climate_Change_Review" title="Garnaut Climate Change Review">Garnaut Climate Change Review</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal_in_Australia" title="Coal in Australia">Coal in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbon_capture_and_storage_in_Australia" title="Carbon capture and storage in Australia">Carbon capture and storage in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geothermal_power_in_Australia" title="Geothermal power in Australia">Geothermal power in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solar_power_in_Australia" title="Solar power in Australia">Solar power in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wind_power_in_Australia" title="Wind power in Australia">Wind power in Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_care_in_Australia" title="Health care in Australia">Health care in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Median_household_income_in_Australia_and_New_Zealand" title="Median household income in Australia and New Zealand">Median household income in Australia and New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mining_in_Australia" title="Mining in Australia">Mining in Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coal_mining_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Coal mining in Australia">Coal mining in Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Securities_Exchange" title="Australian Securities Exchange">Australian Securities Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Australia" title="Tourism in Australia">Tourism in Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Australia" title="Visa policy of Australia">Visa policy of Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Australia" title="Transport in Australia">Transport in Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Australia" title="List of airports in Australia">Airports in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Australia" title="Rail transport in Australia">Rail transport in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Road_transport_in_Australia" title="Road transport in Australia">Road transport in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tunnels_in_Australia" title="List of tunnels in Australia">Tunnels in Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Australia" title="Water supply and sanitation in Australia">Water supply and sanitation in Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_economies">State economies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: State economies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_New_South_Wales" title="Economy of New South Wales">Economy of New South Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Queensland" title="Economy of Queensland">Economy of Queensland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_South_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Economy of South Australia">Economy of South Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Tasmania" title="Economy of Tasmania">Economy of Tasmania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Victoria_(state)" title="Economy of Victoria (state)">Economy of Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Western_Australia" title="Economy of Western Australia">Economy of Western Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Australia" title="Education in Australia">Education in Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lists_of_schools_in_Australia" title="Lists of schools in Australia">Lists of schools in Australia</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Homeschooling_and_distance_education_in_Australia" title="Homeschooling and distance education in Australia">Homeschooling and distance education in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_and_private_education_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Public and private education in Australia">Public and private education in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_in_Australia" title="List of universities in Australia">Universities in Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Group_of_Eight_(Australian_universities)" title="Group of Eight (Australian universities)">Group of Eight</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="States_education">States education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: States education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Education in New South Wales">Education in New South Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Queensland" title="Education in Queensland">Education in Queensland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_South_Australia" title="Education in South Australia">Education in South Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Tasmania" title="Education in Tasmania">Education in Tasmania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Victoria" title="Education in Victoria">Education in Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Western_Australia" title="Education in Western Australia">Education in Western Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_the_Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Education in the Australian Capital Territory">Education in the Australian Capital Territory</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion_and_belief_systems_in_Australia">Religion and belief systems in Australia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Religion and belief systems in Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_religion_and_mythology" title="Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology">Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_Australia" title="Irreligion in Australia">Irreligion in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Australia" title="Religion in Australia">Religion in Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Australia" title="Buddhism in Australia">Buddhism in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Australia" title="Christianity in Australia">Christianity in Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholicism_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism in Australia">Catholicism in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestantism_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestantism in Australia">Protestantism in Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Australia" title="Hinduism in Australia">Hinduism in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Australia" title="Islam in Australia">Islam in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judaism_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Judaism in Australia">Judaism in Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Australia" title="History of the Jews in Australia">History of the Jews in Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_Australia" title="Sikhism in Australia">Sikhism in Australia</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Australia" title="Sport in Australia">Sport in Australia</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_Olympics" title="Australia at the Olympics">Australia at the Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_Commonwealth_Games" title="Australia at the Commonwealth Games">Australia at the Commonwealth Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Australia" title="Football in Australia">Football in Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soccer_in_Australia" title="Soccer in Australia">Soccer in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_Australia" title="Australian rules football in Australia">Australian rules football in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Australia" title="Rugby union in Australia">Rugby union in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_in_Australia" title="Rugby league in Australia">Rugby league in Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_in_Australia" title="Basketball in Australia">Basketball in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricket_in_Australia" title="Cricket in Australia">Cricket in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_hockey_in_Australia" title="Field hockey in Australia">Field hockey in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_in_Australia" title="Golf in Australia">Golf in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motorsport_in_Australia" title="Motorsport in Australia">Motorsport in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netball_in_Australia" title="Netball in Australia">Netball in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pickleball_in_Australia" title="Pickleball in Australia">Pickleball in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skiing_in_Australia" title="Skiing in Australia">Skiing in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_in_Australia" title="Swimming in Australia">Swimming in Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_Australia" title="Swimming Australia">Swimming Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_records_in_swimming" title="List of Australian records in swimming">List of Australian records in swimming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_swimming_in_Australia" title="Women's swimming in Australia">Women's swimming in Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennis_in_Australia" title="Tennis in Australia">Tennis in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thoroughbred_racing_in_Australia" title="Thoroughbred racing in Australia">Australian horse racing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winter_sport_in_Australia" title="Winter sport in Australia">Winter sport in Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_Australia&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output 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