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<div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.2</span> <span>External territories</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_territories-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Former_territories" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Former_territories"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Former territories</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Former_territories-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Internal" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Internal"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1</span> <span>Internal</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Internal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.2</span> <span>External</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Papua_and_New_Guinea_(1883–1975)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Papua_and_New_Guinea_(1883–1975)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.2.1</span> <span>Papua and New Guinea (1883–1975)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Papua_and_New_Guinea_(1883–1975)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nauru_(1920–1968)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nauru_(1920–1968)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.2.2</span> <span>Nauru (1920–1968)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nauru_(1920–1968)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Statistics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Statistics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Statistics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Statistics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Background_and_overview" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Background_and_overview"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Background and overview</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Background_and_overview-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Background and overview subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Background_and_overview-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Timeline" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Timeline"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Timeline</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Timeline-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Comparative_terminology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Comparative_terminology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Comparative terminology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Comparative_terminology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Politics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Politics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Politics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Governors_and_administrators" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Governors_and_administrators"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Governors and administrators</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Governors_and_administrators-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Premiers_and_chief_ministers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Premiers_and_chief_ministers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Premiers and chief ministers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Premiers_and_chief_ministers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Parliaments" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Parliaments"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Parliaments</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Parliaments-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Supreme_courts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Supreme_courts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Supreme courts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Supreme_courts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Police_forces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Police_forces"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Police forces</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Police_forces-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-State_and_territory_codes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#State_and_territory_codes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>State and territory codes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-State_and_territory_codes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australisc_r%C4%ABce" title="Australisc rīce – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Australisc rīce" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%88%D8%A3%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%87%D8%A7" title="ولايات أستراليا وأقاليمها – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ولايات أستراليا وأقاليمها" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negara_wagian_miwah_wawengkon_ring_Ostrali" title="Negara wagian miwah wawengkon ring Ostrali – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Negara wagian miwah wawengkon ring Ostrali" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savezne_dr%C5%BEave_i_teritorije_Australije" title="Savezne države i teritorije Australije – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Savezne države i teritorije Australije" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stado%C3%B9_Aostralia" title="Stadoù Aostralia – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Stadoù Aostralia" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australsk%C3%A9_st%C3%A1ty_a_teritoria" title="Australské státy a teritoria – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Australské státy a teritoria" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taleithiau_a_thiriogaethau_Awstralia" title="Taleithiau a thiriogaethau Awstralia – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Taleithiau a thiriogaethau Awstralia" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australiens_delstater_og_territorier" title="Australiens delstater og territorier – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Australiens delstater og territorier" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A4%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7" title="ويلايات ؤسطراليا – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="ويلايات ؤسطراليا" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesstaaten,_Territorien_und_Au%C3%9Fengebiete_Australiens" title="Bundesstaaten, Territorien und Außengebiete Australiens – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bundesstaaten, Territorien und Außengebiete Australiens" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B5%CF%82_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%91%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Πολιτείες και Επικράτειες της Αυστραλίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πολιτείες και Επικράτειες της Αυστραλίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%ADstraliaj_%C5%9Dtatoj_kaj_teritorioj" title="Aŭstraliaj ŝtatoj kaj teritorioj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Aŭstraliaj ŝtatoj kaj teritorioj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7_%D9%88_%D9%82%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="ایالت‌ها و قلمروهای استرالیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ایالت‌ها و قلمروهای استرالیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tats_et_territoires_de_l%27Australie" title="États et territoires de l'Australie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="États et territoires de l'Australie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A0itean_agus_fearainn_Astr%C3%A0ilia" title="Stàitean agus fearainn Astràilia – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Stàitean agus fearainn Astràilia" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%BC%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%84%EC%9D%98_%EC%A3%BC%EC%99%80_%EC%A4%80%EC%A3%BC" title="오스트레일리아의 주와 준주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="오스트레일리아의 주와 준주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%BE%D5%BD%D5%BF%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80_%D6%87_%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AC_%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AE%D6%84%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Ավստրալիայի նահանգներ և այլ տարածքներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ավստրալիայի նահանգներ և այլ տարածքներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%91%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="ऑस्ट्रेलिया के राज्य और क्षेत्र – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ऑस्ट्रेलिया के राज्य और क्षेत्र" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savezne_dr%C5%BEave_i_teritoriji_u_Australiji" title="Savezne države i teritoriji u Australiji – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Savezne države i teritoriji u Australiji" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negara_bagian_dan_wilayah_di_Australia" title="Negara bagian dan wilayah di Australia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Negara bagian dan wilayah di Australia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stati_e_territori_dell%27Australia" title="Stati e territori dell'Australia – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Stati e territori dell'Australia" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%95%D7%94%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%94" title="המדינות והטריטוריות של אוסטרליה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="המדינות והטריטוריות של אוסטרליה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_at_territoryu_ning_Australia" title="States at territoryu ning Australia – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="States at territoryu ning Australia" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98_%E1%83%93%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="ავსტრალიის შტატები და ტერიტორიები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ავსტრალიის შტატები და ტერიტორიები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majimbo_na_maeneo_ya_Australia" title="Majimbo na maeneo ya Australia – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Majimbo na maeneo ya Australia" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australijos_valstijos_ir_teritorijos" title="Australijos valstijos ir teritorijos – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Australijos valstijos ir teritorijos" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stat_e_territori_de_l%27Australia" title="Stat e territori de l'Australia – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Stat e territori de l'Australia" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%98%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Сојузни држави и територии на Австралија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Сојузни држави и територии на Австралија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%93%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%86_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%99%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%82" title="ഓസ്ട്രേലിയയിലെ സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളും ടെറിട്ടറികളും – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഓസ്ട്രേലിയയിലെ സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളും ടെറിട്ടറികളും" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%91%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6" title="ऑस्ट्रेलियाची राज्ये व प्रदेश – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ऑस्ट्रेलियाची राज्ये व प्रदेश" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98_%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98" title="ავსტრალიაშ შტატეფი დო ტერიტორიეფი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ავსტრალიაშ შტატეფი დო ტერიტორიეფი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negeri_dan_wilayah_di_Australia" title="Negeri dan wilayah di Australia – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Negeri dan wilayah di Australia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_staten_en_territoria_van_Australi%C3%AB" title="Lijst van staten en territoria van Australië – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Lijst van staten en territoria van Australië" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%81%AE%E5%B7%9E%E3%81%A8%E7%89%B9%E5%88%A5%E5%9C%B0%E5%9F%9F" title="オーストラリアの州と特別地域 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="オーストラリアの州と特別地域" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australias_delstater_og_territorier" title="Australias delstater og territorier – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Australias delstater og territorier" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estats_e_territ%C3%B2ris_d%27Austr%C3%A0lia" title="Estats e territòris d'Austràlia – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Estats e territòris d'Austràlia" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%87_%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C_%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%87_%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%96%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B0" title="ਆਸਟਰੇਲੀਆ ਦੇ ਰਾਜ ਅਤੇ ਰਾਜਖੇਤਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਆਸਟਰੇਲੀਆ ਦੇ ਰਾਜ ਅਤੇ ਰਾਜਖੇਤਰ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%BA_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%BA_%D8%AA%DB%92_%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%DB%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="آسٹریلیا دیاں ریاستاں تے علاقہ جات – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="آسٹریلیا دیاں ریاستاں تے علاقہ جات" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estados_e_territ%C3%B3rios_da_Austr%C3%A1lia" title="Estados e territórios da Austrália – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Estados e territórios da Austrália" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_an_territories_o_Australie" title="States an territories o Australie – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="States an territories o Australie" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nj%C3%ABsit%C3%AB_shtet%C3%ABrore_n%C3%AB_Australi" title="Njësitë shtetërore në Australi – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Njësitë shtetërore në Australi" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%95%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A7%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%9A%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%9A_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD_%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%84_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%81" title="ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ ප්‍රාන්ත සහ ප්‍රදේශ – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ ප්‍රාන්ත සහ ප්‍රදේශ" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="States and territories of Australia" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0t%C3%A1ty_a_terit%C3%B3ri%C3%A1_Austr%C3%A1lie" title="Štáty a teritóriá Austrálie – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Štáty a teritóriá Austrálie" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%95%D8%AA%DB%95%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="ویلایەتەکانی ئوسترالیا – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ویلایەتەکانی ئوسترالیا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5_%D0%B8_%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5_%D0%90%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5" title="Државе и територије Аустралије – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Државе и територије Аустралије" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C5%BEave_i_teritorije_Australije" title="Države i teritorije Australije – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Države i teritorije Australije" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_osavaltiot_ja_territoriot" title="Australian osavaltiot ja territoriot – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Australian osavaltiot ja territoriot" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australiens_delstater_och_territorier" title="Australiens delstater och territorier – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Australiens delstater och territorier" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a 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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Second level of government in Australia</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the second level of government in Australia. 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For the third level, see <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Australia" title="Local government in Australia">Local government in Australia</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent" style="float: right; width: ;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #F0F0F0; vertical-align: middle">States and territories of Australia</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Australia_states_and_territories_labelled.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Australia_states_and_territories_labelled.svg/220px-Australia_states_and_territories_labelled.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Australia_states_and_territories_labelled.svg/330px-Australia_states_and_territories_labelled.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Australia_states_and_territories_labelled.svg/440px-Australia_states_and_territories_labelled.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="791" data-file-height="790" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="#States_and_territories">16</a> (6 <a href="#States">states</a>, 3 <a href="#Internal_territories">internal territories</a>, and 7 <a href="#External_territories">external territories</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Populations</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Smallest state:<div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a><br />541,071</li></ul></div>Largest state:<div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> <br />8,166,369</li></ul></div>Smallest territories:<div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashmore_and_Cartier_Islands" title="Ashmore and Cartier Islands">Ashmore and Cartier Islands</a><br />0 (uninhabited)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands" title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands">Heard Island and McDonald Islands</a><br />0 (uninhabited)</li></ul></div>Largest territory:<div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a><br />431,215</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Areas</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Smallest state:<div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a><br />68,401 km<sup>2</sup> (26,410 sq mi)</li></ul></div>Largest state:<div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a><br />2,527,013 km<sup>2</sup> (975,685 sq mi)</li></ul></div>Smallest territory:<div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a><br />14 km<sup>2</sup> (5.4 sq mi)</li></ul></div>Largest territories:<div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a><br />1,347,791 km<sup>2</sup> (520,385 sq mi)</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic Territory</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-AAT_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />5,896,500 km<sup>2</sup> (2,276,700 sq mi)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Subdivisions</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Australia" title="Local government in Australia">Local government areas and unincorporated areas</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>states and territories</b> are the second level of government of <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-parl_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The states are partially <a href="/wiki/Sovereignty" title="Sovereignty">sovereign</a>, <a href="/wiki/Administrative_division" title="Administrative division">administrative divisions</a> that are <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_administrative_division" title="Autonomous administrative division">self-governing</a> <a href="/wiki/Polity" title="Polity">polities</a>, having ceded some sovereign rights to the federal government.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have their own <a href="/wiki/State_constitutions_in_Australia" title="State constitutions in Australia">constitutions</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parliaments_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Parliaments of the Australian states and territories">legislatures</a>, <a href="/wiki/Premiers_and_chief_ministers_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Premiers and chief ministers of the Australian states and territories">executive governments</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Australia#State_and_territory_courts_and_tribunals" title="Judiciary of Australia">judiciaries</a> and <a href="/wiki/State_police#Australia" title="State police">law enforcement agencies</a> that administer and deliver <a href="/wiki/Public_policy" title="Public policy">public policies</a> and programs. Territories can be <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_administrative_division" title="Autonomous administrative division">autonomous</a> and administer local policies and programs much like the states in practice, but are still legally subordinate to the federal government.<sup id="cite_ref-diffst_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-diffst-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Australia has six <a href="/wiki/Federated_state" title="Federated state">federated states</a>: <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Lord_Howe_Island" title="Lord Howe Island">Lord Howe Island</a>), <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Macquarie_Island" title="Macquarie Island">Macquarie Island</a>), <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(state)" title="Victoria (state)">Victoria</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a>. Australia also has ten <a href="/wiki/Federal_territory" title="Federal territory">federal territories</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-actsinterpretationact_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-actsinterpretationact-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> out of which three are <i>internal territories</i>: the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Jervis_Bay_Territory" title="Jervis Bay Territory">Jervis Bay Territory</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a><sup id="cite_ref-actsinterpretationact_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-actsinterpretationact-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on the <a href="/wiki/Mainland_Australia" title="Mainland Australia">Australian mainland</a>; and seven are <i>external territories</i>: the <a href="/wiki/Ashmore_and_Cartier_Islands" title="Ashmore and Cartier Islands">Ashmore and Cartier Islands</a>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic Territory</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-AAT_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Island" title="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea_Islands" title="Coral Sea Islands">Coral Sea Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands" title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands">Heard Island and McDonald Islands</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a><sup id="cite_ref-actsinterpretationact_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-actsinterpretationact-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that are offshore <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">dependent territories</a>. Every state and internal territory (except the Jervis Bay Territory) is <a href="/wiki/Self-governance" title="Self-governance">self-governing</a> with its own independent <a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">executive government</a>, <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislature</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">judicial system</a>, while the rest only have <a href="/wiki/Local_government" title="Local government">local government</a> status overseen by <a href="/wiki/Australian_Government#Departments" title="Australian Government">federal departments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-diffst_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-diffst-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:extterr_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:extterr-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>State and territory governments may legislate on matters concerning their citizens, subject to the limits of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Australia" title="Constitution of Australia">federal constitution</a> (notably <a href="/wiki/Section_51_of_the_Constitution_of_Australia" title="Section 51 of the Constitution of Australia">section 51</a> and <a href="/wiki/Section_109_of_the_Constitution_of_Australia" title="Section 109 of the Constitution of Australia">section 109</a>). Each state and internal territory (except Jervis Bay Territory) has its own <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislature</a>, although the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Australia" title="Parliament of Australia">Federal Parliament</a> can override territorial legislation. The federal <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Australia" title="High Court of Australia">High Court of Australia</a> acts as a final <a href="/wiki/Appellate_court" title="Appellate court">court of appeal</a> for all matters, and has the authority to override any state judiciary.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While all states and internal territories have their own judicial system (subject to appeal to the High Court), most external territories are subject to the judiciary and legislature of either a state or internal territory.<sup id="cite_ref-:extterr_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:extterr-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Excluding the Heard Island and McDonald Islands and the Australian Antarctic Territory (which are governed by the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Climate_Change,_Energy,_the_Environment_and_Water" title="Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water">Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water</a>), the external territories are governed by the federal <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Infrastructure,_Transport,_Regional_Development,_Communications_and_the_Arts" title="Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts">Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island_Legislative_Assembly" title="Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly">Norfolk Island had its own legislature</a> from 1979 to 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-norfolk_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-norfolk-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Each state is a successor to a historical <a href="#Background_and_overview">British colony</a>, and each has its own constitution. The <a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a> (ACT) and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a><sup id="cite_ref-ntstat_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ntstat-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for the most part operate indistinguishably from the states (for example, both have representation in the Parliament since 1948 and in the Senate since 1975),<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:parlmrep_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:parlmrep-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> even though they do not have constitutional status as states and territorial legislation can be overridden. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <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=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><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/Geography_of_Australia" title="Geography of Australia">Geography of Australia</a></div> <p>Surrounded by the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Ocean" title="Southern Ocean">Southern</a> oceans, Australia is separated from <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Southeast_Asia" title="Maritime Southeast Asia">Maritime Southeast Asia</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Arafura_Sea" title="Arafura Sea">Arafura Sea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Timor_Sea" title="Timor Sea">Timor Sea</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Torres_Strait" title="Torres Strait">Torres Strait</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Island_Melanesia" title="Island Melanesia">Island Melanesia</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea" title="Coral Sea">Coral Sea</a>, and from <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Tasman_Sea" title="Tasman Sea">Tasman Sea</a>. The world's <a href="/wiki/Australia_(continent)" title="Australia (continent)">smallest continent</a>, Australia is also <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">the sixth-largest country by land area</a> and sometimes considered <a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_by_area" title="List of islands by area">the world's largest island</a>. Australia has a <a href="/wiki/Mainland_Australia" title="Mainland Australia">mainland</a> coastline of 32,994 kilometres (20,502 mi)<sup id="cite_ref-gsa_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gsa-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and claims an <a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone_of_Australia" title="Exclusive economic zone of Australia">exclusive economic zone</a> of about 8,200,000 square kilometres (3,200,000 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Borders">Borders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Borders"><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/Territorial_evolution_of_Australia" title="Territorial evolution of Australia">Territorial evolution of Australia</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory#Creation_of_the_territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black%E2%80%93Allan_Line" title="Black–Allan Line">New South Wales borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory_borders" title="Northern Territory borders">Northern Territory borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_borders" title="Queensland borders">Queensland borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Australian_borders" title="South Australian borders">South Australian borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boundary_Islet" title="Boundary Islet">Tasmanian borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Australia%E2%80%93Victoria_border_dispute" title="South Australia–Victoria border dispute">Victorian borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_borders" title="Western Australian borders">Western Australian borders</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="States_and_territories">States and territories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: States and territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Table"></span> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aus_Population_-_States.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Aus_Population_-_States.png/499px-Aus_Population_-_States.png" decoding="async" width="499" height="342" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Aus_Population_-_States.png/749px-Aus_Population_-_States.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Aus_Population_-_States.png/998px-Aus_Population_-_States.png 2x" data-file-width="1470" data-file-height="1008" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>At <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Australia" title="Federation of Australia">Federation</a> in 1901, what is now the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a> was within South Australia, what are now the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jervis_Bay_Territory" title="Jervis Bay Territory">Jervis Bay Territory</a> were within New South Wales, and the <a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea_Islands" title="Coral Sea Islands">Coral Sea Islands</a> were part of Queensland. <a href="/wiki/Ashmore_and_Cartier_Islands" title="Ashmore and Cartier Islands">Ashmore and Cartier Islands</a> was accepted by Australia in 1934<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was annexed to the Northern Territory prior to adoption of the <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_1931" title="Statute of Westminster 1931">Statute of Westminster</a> in 1942, deemed effective from 1939; it has thus become part of Australia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="States">States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <caption style="text-align:center;background:#BFD7FF">States of Australia<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th class="unsortable"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_flags#States_and_territories" title="List of Australian flags">Flag</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="110">State </th> <th scope="col" width="030">Postal </th> <th scope="col" width="030"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:AU" title="ISO 3166-2:AU">ISO</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_capital_cities" title="List of Australian capital cities">Capital</a> </th> <th>Population<br />(June 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-ABSQPOP_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABSQPOP-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Area (km<sup>2</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-GAarea_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GAarea-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Population Density (/km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th>No. of Reps. in <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">Aus House</a><sup id="cite_ref-Commonwealth_Parliament_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Commonwealth_Parliament-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Governors_of_the_Australian_states#Current_state_governors" title="Governors of the Australian states">Governor</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Premiers_and_Chief_Ministers_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories#Current_state_premiers" class="mw-redirect" title="Premiers and Chief Ministers of the Australian states and territories">Premier</a><br />(Party) </th> <th>State Government </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_New_South_Wales" title="Flag of New South Wales"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/100px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/150px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/200px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a></b></td> <td>NSW</td> <td>AU-NSW</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7006848435700000000♠">8,484,357</span></td> <td style="text-align:right">800,150 </td> <td>10.49 </td> <td>47 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beazley" title="Margaret Beazley">Margaret Beazley</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #F00011"> </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Minns" title="Chris Minns">Chris Minns</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Government_of_New_South_Wales" title="Government of New South Wales">Government of New South Wales</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Victoria_(state)" title="Flag of Victoria (state)"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/150px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/200px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(state)" title="Victoria (state)">Victoria</a></b></td> <td>VIC</td> <td>AU-VIC</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7006698135200000000♠">6,981,352</span></td> <td style="text-align:right">227,416 </td> <td>30.18 </td> <td>38 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Gardner" title="Margaret Gardner">Margaret Gardner</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #F00011"> </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Jacinta_Allan" title="Jacinta Allan">Jacinta Allan</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_State_Government" title="Victoria State Government">Victorian Government</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Queensland" title="Flag of Queensland"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/120px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/250px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a></b></td> <td>QLD</td> <td>AU-QLD</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7006558632200000000♠">5,586,322</span></td> <td style="text-align:right">1,729,742 </td> <td>3.18 </td> <td>30 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Jeannette_Young" title="Jeannette Young">Jeannette Young</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #080CAB"> </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/David_Crisafulli" title="David Crisafulli">David Crisafulli</a> (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_National_Party_of_Queensland" title="Liberal National Party of Queensland">Liberal National</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Government" title="Queensland Government">Queensland Government</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Western_Australia" title="Flag of Western Australia"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/120px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/250px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a></b></td> <td>WA</td> <td>AU-WA</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7006296515900000000♠">2,965,159</span></td> <td style="text-align:right">2,527,013 </td> <td>1.15 </td> <td>16 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Dawson_(governor)" title="Chris Dawson (governor)">Chris Dawson</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #F00011"> </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Cook_(politician)" title="Roger Cook (politician)">Roger Cook</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Western_Australia" title="Government of Western Australia">Government of Western Australia</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_South_Australia" title="Flag of South Australia"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/100px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/150px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/200px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a></b></td> <td>SA</td> <td>AU-SA</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7006187802900000000♠">1,878,029</span></td> <td style="text-align:right">984,321 </td> <td>1.89 </td> <td>10 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Frances_Adamson" title="Frances Adamson">Frances Adamson</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #F00011"> </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Malinauskas" title="Peter Malinauskas">Peter Malinauskas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Government_of_South_Australia" title="Government of South Australia">Government of South Australia</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Tasmania" title="Flag of Tasmania"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/100px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/150px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/200px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a></b></td> <td>TAS</td> <td>AU-TAS</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Hobart" title="Hobart">Hobart</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7005575366000000000♠">575,366</span></td> <td style="text-align:right">68,401 </td> <td>8.89 </td> <td>5 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Baker" title="Barbara Baker">Barbara Baker</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #080CAB"> </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Rockliff" title="Jeremy Rockliff">Jeremy Rockliff</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_Government" title="Tasmanian Government">Tasmanian Government</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Territories">Territories</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Internal_territories">Internal territories</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Internal territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <caption style="text-align:center;background:#BFD7FF">Internal territories of Australia<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th class="unsortable"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_flags#States_and_territories" title="List of Australian flags">Flag</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="110">Territory </th> <th scope="col" width="030.0">Postal </th> <th scope="col" width="030"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:AU" title="ISO 3166-2:AU">ISO</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_capital_cities" title="List of Australian capital cities">Capital</a><br />(or <i>largest settlement</i>) </th> <th>Population<br />(June 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-ABSQPOP_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABSQPOP-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Area (km<sup>2</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-GAarea_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GAarea-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Population Density (/km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th>No. of Reps. in <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">Aus House</a><sup id="cite_ref-Commonwealth_Parliament_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Commonwealth_Parliament-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Governors_of_the_Australian_states#Current_administrators_of_the_territories" title="Governors of the Australian states">Administrator</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Premiers_and_Chief_Ministers_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories#Current_chief_ministers_of_the_territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Premiers and Chief Ministers of the Australian states and territories">Chief Minister</a><br />(Party) </th> <th>Territory Government </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Flag of Australian Capital Territory"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/150px-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/200px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a></b></td> <td>ACT</td> <td>AU-ACT</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7005474132000000000♠">474,132</span></td> <td style="text-align:right">2,358 </td> <td>198.97 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>None<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background-color: #F00011"> </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Barr" title="Andrew Barr">Andrew Barr</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Government of the Australian Capital Territory">ACT Government</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Northern_Territory" title="Flag of Northern Territory"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg/200px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a></b></td> <td>NT</td> <td>AU-NT</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Darwin,_Northern_Territory" title="Darwin, Northern Territory">Darwin</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7005255100000000000♠">255,100</span></td> <td style="text-align:right">1,347,791 </td> <td>0.19 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Heggie" title="Hugh Heggie">Hugh Heggie</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #f8981d"> </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Lia_Finocchiaro" title="Lia Finocchiaro">Lia Finocchiaro</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Country_Liberal_Party" title="Country Liberal Party">Country Liberal</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory_Government" title="Northern Territory Government">Northern Territory Government</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td><i>None</i></td> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Jervis_Bay_Territory" title="Jervis Bay Territory">Jervis Bay Territory</a></b></td> <td>ACT</td> <td>-</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Jervis_Bay_Village" title="Jervis Bay Village">Jervis Bay Village</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7002405000000000000♠">405</span></td> <td style="text-align:right">67 </td> <td>6.04 </td> <td><i>(Part of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Fenner" title="Division of Fenner">Division of Fenner</a>)</i> </td> <td>None<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="2">None </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="External_territories">External territories</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <caption style="text-align:center;background:#BFD7FF">External territories of Australia<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="110" class="unsortable"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_flags#States_and_territories" title="List of Australian flags">Flag</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="110">Territory </th> <th scope="col" width="030">Postal </th> <th scope="col" width="030"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:AU" title="ISO 3166-2:AU">ISO</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_capital_cities" title="List of Australian capital cities">Capital</a><br />(<i>or largest settlement</i>) </th> <th>Population<br />(Jun 2018)<sup id="cite_ref-ABSQPOP_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABSQPOP-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Area (km<sup>2</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-GAarea_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GAarea-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Population Density (/km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th>Seats in House of Representatives </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Governors_of_the_Australian_states#Current_administrators_of_the_territories" title="Governors of the Australian states">Administrator</a> </th> <th>Shire President or Mayor </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island" title="Flag of Norfolk Island"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/100px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/150px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/200px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="920" data-file-height="460" /></a></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a></b> </td> <td>NSW</td> <td>NF</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Norfolk_Island" title="Kingston, Norfolk Island">Kingston</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7003260100000000000♠">2,601</span></td> <td style="text-align:right">35 </td> <td>74 </td> <td><i>(Part of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Bean" title="Division of Bean">Division of Bean</a>)</i> </td> <td>George Plant </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robin_Adams_(politician)" title="Robin Adams (politician)">Robin Adams</a> (mayor)<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Christmas_Island" title="Flag of Christmas Island"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/100px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/150px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/200px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Island" title="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a></b> </td> <td>WA</td> <td>CX</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Flying_Fish_Cove" title="Flying Fish Cove">Flying Fish Cove</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7003193800000000000♠">1,938</span></td> <td style="text-align:right">135 </td> <td>14 </td> <td><i>(Part of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Lingiari" title="Division of Lingiari">Division of Lingiari</a>)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Farzian_Zainal" title="Farzian Zainal">Farzian Zainal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Thomson_(Christmas_Island_administrator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gordon Thomson (Christmas Island administrator)">Gordon Thompson</a> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg/150px-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/200px-Flag_of_the_Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a></b> </td> <td>WA</td> <td>CC</td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/West_Island,_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands">West Island</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7002547000000000000♠">547</span></td> <td style="text-align:right">14 </td> <td>39 </td> <td><i>(Part of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Lingiari" title="Division of Lingiari">Division of Lingiari</a>)</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Farzian_Zainal" title="Farzian Zainal">Farzian Zainal</a> </td> <td>Aindil Minkom<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td><i>None</i></td> <td style="text-align:left"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic Territory</a></b></i><sup id="cite_ref-AAT_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAT-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>TAS</td> <td>AQ<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:left">None<br /><i>(<a href="/wiki/Davis_Station" title="Davis Station">Davis Station</a>)</i></td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7001600000000000000♠">60</span><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="text-align:right">5,896,500 </td> <td>0.0000102 </td> <td>– </td> <td>None </td> <td>None </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td><i>None</i></td> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea_Islands" title="Coral Sea Islands">Coral Sea Islands</a></b> </td> <td>QLD</td> <td>–</td> <td style="text-align:left">None<br /><i>(<a href="/wiki/Willis_Island" title="Willis Island">Willis Island</a>)</i></td> <td style="text-align:right">4<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>j<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="text-align:right">780,000<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>k<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>0.000005 </td> <td>– </td> <td>None </td> <td>None </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td><i>None</i></td> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Ashmore_and_Cartier_Islands" title="Ashmore and Cartier Islands">Ashmore and Cartier Islands</a></b></td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td style="text-align:left">None<br /><i>(<a href="/wiki/Anchorage_(maritime)" title="Anchorage (maritime)">offshore anchorage</a>)</i></td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span></td> <td style="text-align:right">199 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>– </td> <td>None </td> <td>None </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center"> <td><i>None</i></td> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands" title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands">Heard Island and McDonald Islands</a></b> </td> <td>TAS</td> <td>HM</td> <td style="text-align:left">None<br /><i>(<a href="/wiki/Atlas_Cove" title="Atlas Cove">Atlas Cove</a>)</i></td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠">0</span></td> <td style="text-align:right">372 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>– </td> <td>None </td> <td>None </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Each external territory is regulated by an Act of the federal Parliament. These Acts contain the majority of provisions determining the legal and political structure applying in that external territory. Under s 122 of the Australian Constitution the federal Parliament has plenary power to make laws for all territories including all external territories.<sup id="cite_ref-section122_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-section122-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Cocos (Keeling) Islands <a href="/wiki/1984_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands_status_referendum" title="1984 Cocos (Keeling) Islands status referendum">voted for integration</a> in 1984. Together with Christmas Island, these two territories comprise the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Indian_Ocean_Territories" title="Australian Indian Ocean Territories">Australian Indian Ocean Territories</a>. Commonwealth laws apply automatically to the territories unless expressly stated otherwise<sup id="cite_ref-:extterr_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:extterr-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and residents of both external territories are associated with Northern Territory for federal elections. They are, thus, constitutionally part of Australia. </p><p>The Heard Island and McDonald Islands, although uninhabited, are treated as constitutionally part of Australia by the central government.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Norfolk Island's status is controversial, with the present (as of 2018<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>) government taking measures to integrate the territory into Australia proper (including representation in parliament and compulsory voting). The Norfolk Islanders have not formally consented to this change in constitutional status and assert that they are not Australian.<sup id="cite_ref-norfolk_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-norfolk-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable collapsible"> <caption class="nowrap">Integration of territories with small populations </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Territory</th> <th rowspan="2">Ref.</th> <th rowspan="2">Subject to laws of</th> <th rowspan="2">Subject to courts of</th> <th colspan="2">Part of electorate of </th></tr> <tr> <th>for <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">House</a></th> <th>for <a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Island" title="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a><sup id="ref_a" class="reference"><a href="#cnote_a">[a]</a></sup></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Lingiari" title="Division of Lingiari">Division of Lingiari</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jervis_Bay_Territory" title="Jervis Bay Territory">Jervis Bay Territory</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a><sup id="ref_a" class="reference"><a href="#cnote_a">[a]</a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Fenner" title="Division of Fenner">Division of Fenner</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a><sup id="ref_b" class="reference"><a href="#cnote_b">[b]</a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a><sup id="ref_a" class="reference"><a href="#cnote_a">[a]</a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a><sup id="ref_a" class="reference"><a href="#cnote_a">[a]</a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Division_of_Bean" title="Division of Bean">Division of Bean</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashmore_and_Cartier_Islands" title="Ashmore and Cartier Islands">Ashmore and Cartier Islands</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a></td> <td rowspan="4" colspan="2"><i>(no permanent population)</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic Territory</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands" title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands">Heard Island and McDonald Islands</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea_Islands" title="Coral Sea Islands">Coral Sea Islands</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <div style=""><ol class="references" style="list-style-type:disc;"> <li id="cnote_a"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#ref_a_1">^</a></b></span> <div style="display:inline;" class="reference-text">a) Residents of the territory are not represented in the parliament or assembly that makes these laws, or in the government that appoints judges to these courts.</div></li> <li id="cnote_b"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#ref_b_1">^</a></b></span> <div style="display:inline;" class="reference-text">b) Laws passed by the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island_Legislative_Assembly" title="Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly">Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly</a> while it existed from 1979 to 2015 remain in effect unless modified or repealed by the federal government.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_territories">Former territories</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Former territories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Internal">Internal</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Internal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two internal territories established by the Australian federal government under Section 122 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Australia" title="Constitution of Australia">Constitution of Australia</a> no longer exist: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Australia_(territory)" title="Central Australia (territory)">Central Australia</a> (1926–1931), consisting of the area of the current <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a> south of the <a href="/wiki/20th_parallel_south" title="20th parallel south">20th parallel south</a><sup id="cite_ref-ling_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ling-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Australia_(territory)" class="mw-redirect" title="North Australia (territory)">North Australia</a> (1926–1931), consisting of the area of the current Northern Territory north of the 20th parallel south<sup id="cite_ref-ling_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ling-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="External">External</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two present-day <a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceanic</a> countries, <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a> (PNG) and <a href="/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru">Nauru</a>, were administered by the federal government of Australia as <i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i> or <i><a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">de jure</a></i> external territories for differing periods between 1902 and 1975. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Papua_and_New_Guinea_(1883–1975)"><span id="Papua_and_New_Guinea_.281883.E2.80.931975.29"></span>Papua and New Guinea (1883–1975)</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Papua and New Guinea (1883–1975)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Papua" title="Territory of Papua">Territory of Papua</a>: <ul><li>1883–1902: A <i>de facto</i> part of <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a> (<i>de jure</i> British territory in 1888–1900)</li> <li>1902–1949: An external territory of Australia</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territory_of_New_Guinea" title="Territory of New Guinea">Territory of New Guinea</a>: 1920–1949, under a <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations_mandate" title="League of Nations mandate">League of Nations mandate</a>. The territory was previously known as <a href="/wiki/German_New_Guinea" title="German New Guinea">German New Guinea</a> between 1884 and 1914; it was formally under Australian military occupation in 1914–1920).</li></ul> <p>Following <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Papua_and_New_Guinea_Act_1949" title="Papua and New Guinea Act 1949">Papua and New Guinea Act 1949</a></i> placed the Territory of New Guinea in an "administrative union" with the Territory of Papua, and the combined <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Papua_and_New_Guinea" title="Territory of Papua and New Guinea">Territory of Papua and New Guinea</a> was created. However, both territories remained technically distinct for some administrative and legal purposes, until 1975, when the combined entity eventually was given independence as Papua New Guinea. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nauru_(1920–1968)"><span id="Nauru_.281920.E2.80.931968.29"></span>Nauru (1920–1968)</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Nauru (1920–1968)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nauru was previously under the <a href="/wiki/German_colonial_empire" title="German colonial empire">German colonial empire</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/German_New_Guinea" title="German New Guinea">German New Guinea</a>. Following <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, the Australian government received a <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a> <a href="/wiki/History_of_Nauru" title="History of Nauru">mandate for Nauru</a>. After World War II, the Territory of Papua, Territory of New Guinea and Nauru were all controlled by the Australian government as <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_trust_territories" title="United Nations trust territories">United Nations trust territories</a>. Nauru was granted independence in 1968. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The majority of Australians live in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_states_of_Australia" title="Eastern states of Australia">eastern coastal mainland states</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a>, which collectively forms 79% of the entire population of Australia (more than three-quarters of all Australians). Most of the major <a href="/wiki/Center_of_population" title="Center of population">population centres</a> are located east and south of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Dividing_Range" title="Great Dividing Range">Great Dividing Range</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Coastal_plain" title="Coastal plain">coastal plains</a> and their associated <a href="/wiki/Hinterland" title="Hinterland">hinterland</a> regions. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center"> <th rowspan="2">State / territory </th> <th colspan="3">Mainland area<sup id="cite_ref-GAarea_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GAarea-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="3">Total land area<sup id="cite_ref-GAarea_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GAarea-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="3">Marine area<sup id="cite_ref-GAarea_21-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GAarea-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="3">Total area </th></tr> <tr> <th>km<sup>2</sup></th> <th>sq mi</th> <th>Rank </th> <th>km<sup>2</sup></th> <th>sq mi</th> <th>Rank </th> <th>km<sup>2</sup></th> <th>sq mi</th> <th>Rank </th> <th>km<sup>2</sup></th> <th>sq mi</th> <th>Rank </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">801,137 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">309,321</td> <td>5</td> <td style="text-align:right;">801,150 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">309,330</td> <td>5</td> <td style="text-align:right;">8,802 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,398</td> <td>7</td> <td style="text-align:right;">809,952 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">312,724</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(state)" title="Victoria (state)">Victoria</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">227,038 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">87,660</td> <td>6</td> <td style="text-align:right;">227,444 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">87,817</td> <td>6</td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,213 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,943</td> <td>6</td> <td style="text-align:right;">237,657 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">91,760</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/40px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" 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" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,723,030 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">665,270</td> <td>2</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,792,742 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">692,182</td> <td>2</td> <td style="text-align:right;">121,994 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">47,102</td> <td>1</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,914,736 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">739,284</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" 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" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,523,924 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">974,493</td> <td>1</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,527,013 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">975,685</td> <td>1</td> <td style="text-align:right;">115,740 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">44,690</td> <td>2</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,642,753 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,020,373</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">979,651 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">378,245</td> <td>4</td> <td style="text-align:right;">984,321 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">380,048</td> <td>4</td> <td style="text-align:right;">60,032 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">23,178</td> <td>4</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,044,353 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">403,227</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">64,519 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">24,911</td> <td>7</td> <td style="text-align:right;">68,401 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">26,410</td> <td>7</td> <td style="text-align:right;">22,357 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">8,632</td> <td>5</td> <td style="text-align:right;">90,758 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">35,042</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/35px-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/46px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,358 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">910</td> <td>8</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,358 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">910</td> <td>8</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>8</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,358 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">910</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,334,404 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">515,216</td> <td>3</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,347,791 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">520,385</td> <td>3</td> <td style="text-align:right;">71,839 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">27,737</td> <td>3</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,419,630 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">548,120</td> <td>3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center"> <th rowspan="2">State / territory </th> <th rowspan="2">Abbreviation </th> <th colspan="3">Land area<sup id="cite_ref-GAarea_21-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GAarea-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Population</li><li>(<a href="/wiki/2021_Australian_census" title="2021 Australian census">2021 census</a>)</li></ul></div> </th> <th colspan="3">Population density </th> <th colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>% of population</li><li>in capital</li></ul></div> </th> <th rowspan="2">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th>km<sup>2</sup></th> <th>sq mi</th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Number</th> <th>Rank </th> <th>/km<sup>2</sup></th> <th>/sq mi</th> <th>Rank </th> <th>%</th> <th>Rank </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_South_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a></td> <td align="center">NSW</td> <td style="text-align:right;">801,150 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">309,330 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000500000000000000♠">5</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7006807216300000000♠">8,072,163</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000100000000000000♠">1</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;">9.62 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">24.9 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000300000000000000♠">3</span></td> <td>63.0%</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000500000000000000♠">5</span></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Victoria_%28Australia%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(state)" title="Victoria (state)">Victoria</a></td> <td align="center">VIC</td> <td style="text-align:right;">227,444 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">87,817 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000600000000000000♠">6</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7006650349100000000♠">6,503,491</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000200000000000000♠">2</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;">26.56 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">68.8 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000200000000000000♠">2</span></td> <td>71.0%</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000400000000000000♠">4</span></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Queensland.svg/40px-Flag_of_Queensland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" 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" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a></td> <td align="center">QLD</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,729,742 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">667,857 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000200000000000000♠">2</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7006515613800000000♠">5,156,138</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000300000000000000♠">3</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.79 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000500000000000000♠">5</span></td> <td>46.0%</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000700000000000000♠">7</span></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Western_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" 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" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a></td> <td align="center">WA</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,527,013 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">975,685 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000100000000000000♠">1</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7006266002600000000♠">2,660,026</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000400000000000000♠">4</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.03 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.7 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000700000000000000♠">7</span></td> <td>73.4%</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000300000000000000♠">3</span></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_South_Australia.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a></td> <td align="center">SA</td> <td style="text-align:right;">984,321 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">380,048</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000400000000000000♠">4</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7006178151600000000♠">1,781,516</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000500000000000000♠">5</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.74 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.5</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000600000000000000♠">6</span></td> <td>73.5%</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000200000000000000♠">2</span></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Flag_of_Tasmania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Tasmania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a></td> <td align="center">TAS</td> <td style="text-align:right;">68,401 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">26,410</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000700000000000000♠">7</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005557571000000000♠">557,571</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000600000000000000♠">6</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.58 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">19.6</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000400000000000000♠">4</span></td> <td>41.0%</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000800000000000000♠">8</span></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg/35px-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/46px-Flag_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a></td> <td align="center">ACT</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,358 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">910 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000800000000000000♠">8</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005453890000000000♠">453,890</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000700000000000000♠">7</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;">167.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">434 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000100000000000000♠">1</span></td> <td>99.6%</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000100000000000000♠">1</span></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Northern_Territory.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a></td> <td align="center">NT</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,347,791 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">520,385 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000300000000000000♠">3</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005232605000000000♠">232,605</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000800000000000000♠">8</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.18 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.47 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000800000000000000♠">8</span></td> <td>54.0%</td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000600000000000000♠">6</span></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_overview">Background and overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Background and overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Australia_history.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Australia_history.gif/330px-Australia_history.gif" decoding="async" width="330" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Australia_history.gif/500px-Australia_history.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Australia_history.gif/660px-Australia_history.gif 2x" data-file-width="795" data-file-height="595" /></a><figcaption></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/History_of_Australia" title="History of Australia">History of Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_Australia" title="Territorial evolution of Australia">Territorial evolution of Australia</a></div> <p>The states originated as separate <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">British</a> colonies prior to <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Australia" title="Federation of Australia">Federation</a> in 1901.<sup id="cite_ref-parl_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_South_Wales" title="Colony of New South Wales">Colony of New South Wales</a> was founded in 1788 and originally comprised much of the Australian mainland, as well as <a href="/wiki/Lord_Howe_Island" title="Lord Howe Island">Lord Howe Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_Zealand" title="Colony of New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Van_Diemen%27s_Land" title="Van Diemen's Land">Van Diemen's Land</a>, in addition to the area currently referred to as the state of New South Wales. During the 19th century, large areas were successively separated to form the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Tasmania" title="Colony of Tasmania">Colony of Tasmania</a> (initially established as a separate colony named <a href="/wiki/Van_Diemen%27s_Land" title="Van Diemen's Land">Van Diemen's Land</a> in 1825), the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Western_Australia#British_Colony" title="History of Western Australia">Colony of Western Australia</a> (initially established as the smaller <a href="/wiki/Swan_River_Colony" title="Swan River Colony">Swan River Colony</a> in 1829), the <a href="/wiki/History_of_South_Australia#The_Proclamation_of_South_Australia_.281836.29" title="History of South Australia">Province of South Australia</a> (1836), the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_Zealand" title="Colony of New Zealand">Colony of New Zealand</a> (1840),<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)#Colonial_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria Colony</a> (1851) and the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Queensland" title="Colony of Queensland">Colony of Queensland</a> (1859). Upon federation, the six colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania became the founding states of the new Commonwealth of Australia. The two territory governments (the Australian Capital Territory [ACT] and the Northern Territory [NT]), were created by legislation of the Federal Parliament—the NT in 1978 and the ACT in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-parl_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The legislative powers of the states are protected by the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Australia" title="Constitution of Australia">Australian constitution</a>, section 107,<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and under the principle of <a href="/wiki/Federalism_in_Australia" title="Federalism in Australia">federalism</a>, Commonwealth legislation only applies to the states where permitted by the constitution. The territories, by contrast, are from a constitutional perspective directly subject to the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Australia">Commonwealth government</a>; laws for territories are determined by the Australian Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-section122_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-section122-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most of the territories are directly administered by the Commonwealth government, while two (the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory) have some degree of self-government although less than that of the states.<sup id="cite_ref-diffst_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-diffst-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the self-governing territories, the Australian Parliament retains the full power to legislate, and can override laws made by the territorial institutions, which it has done on rare occasions.<sup id="cite_ref-diffst_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-diffst-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the purposes of Australian (and joint Australia-New Zealand) intergovernmental bodies, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are treated as if they were states. </p><p>Each state has a <a href="/wiki/Governors_of_the_Australian_states" title="Governors of the Australian states">governor</a>, appointed by <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Australia" title="Monarchy of Australia">the monarch</a> (currently King <a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a>), which by convention he does on the advice of the state premier.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Administrator of the Northern Territory, by contrast, is appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia" title="Governor-General of Australia">governor-general</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Australian Capital Territory has neither a governor nor an administrator. Instead, since the enacted of the <i>Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cth)</i>, the functions of the head of the Executive – commissioning government, proroguing parliament and enacting legislation – are exercised by the Assembly itself and by the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory">chief minister</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jervis_Bay_Territory" title="Jervis Bay Territory">Jervis Bay Territory</a> is the only non-self-governing internal territory. Until 1989, it was administered as if it were a part of the ACT, although it has always been a separate territory. Under the terms of the <i>Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the laws of the ACT apply to the Jervis Bay Territory insofar as they are applicable and providing they are not inconsistent with an ordinance.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although residents of the Jervis Bay Territory are generally subject to laws made by the ACT Legislative Assembly, they are not represented in the assembly. They are represented in the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Australia" title="Parliament of Australia">Parliament of Australia</a> as part of the Electoral <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Fenner" title="Division of Fenner">Division of Fenner</a> (named the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Fraser_(Australian_Capital_Territory)" title="Division of Fraser (Australian Capital Territory)">Division of Fraser</a> until 2016) in the ACT and by the ACT's two senators. In other respects, the territory is administered directly by the Federal Government through the Territories portfolio.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The external territory of <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a> possessed a degree of self-government from 1979 until 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-norfolk_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-norfolk-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Each state has a <a href="/wiki/Bicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral">bicameral</a> parliament, except Queensland, which abolished its upper house in 1922.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-parl_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lower house is called the "legislative assembly", except in South Australia and Tasmania, where it is called the "house of assembly". Tasmania is the only state to use <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a> for elections to its lower house; all others elect members from single member constituencies, using <a href="/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting" title="Instant-runoff voting">preferential voting</a>. The upper house is called the "legislative council" and is generally elected from multi-member constituencies using proportional representation. Along with Queensland, the three self-governing territories, the ACT, the Northern Territory, and Norfolk Island, each have <a href="/wiki/Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">unicameral</a> legislative assemblies.<sup id="cite_ref-parl_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The legislative assembly for the ACT is the only parliament with responsibility for both state/territory and local government functions.<sup id="cite_ref-parl_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parl-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The head of government of each state is called the "premier", appointed by the state's governor.<sup id="cite_ref-governorst_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-governorst-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In normal circumstances, the governor will appoint as premier whoever leads the party or coalition which exercises control of the lower house (in the case of Queensland, the only house) of the state parliament. However, in times of <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_crisis" title="Constitutional crisis">constitutional crisis</a>, the governor can appoint someone else as premier.<sup id="cite_ref-governorst_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-governorst-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The head of government of the self-governing internal territories is called the "chief minister". The Northern Territory's chief minister, in normal circumstances whoever controls the legislative assembly, is appointed by the administrator. </p><p>The term <i>interstate</i> is used within Australia to refer to a number of events, transactions, registrations, travel, etc. which occurs across borders or outside of the particular state or territory of the user of the term. Examples of use include motor vehicle registration,<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> travel,<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> applications to educational institutions out of one's home state.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are very few urban areas bifurcated by state or territory borders. The Queensland-New South Wales border runs through <a href="/wiki/Coolangatta" title="Coolangatta">Coolangatta</a> (Queensland) and <a href="/wiki/Tweed_Heads,_New_South_Wales" title="Tweed Heads, New South Wales">Tweed Heads</a> (New South Wales) and splits <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Airport" title="Gold Coast Airport">Gold Coast Airport</a>. <a href="/wiki/Oaks_Estate" class="mw-redirect" title="Oaks Estate">Oaks Estate</a>, a contiguous residential of <a href="/wiki/Queanbeyan" title="Queanbeyan">Queanbeyan</a>, was excised out of New South Wales when the Australian Capital Territory was established in 1909. Some <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban Centres and Localities</a> reported by the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics" title="Australian Bureau of Statistics">Australian Bureau of Statistics</a> include some agglomerations of cities spreading across state borders, including <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast,_Queensland" title="Gold Coast, Queensland">Gold Coast</a>–Tweed Heads, <a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a>–Queanbeyan, <a href="/wiki/Albury,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Albury, New South Wales">Albury</a>–<a href="/wiki/Wodonga,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Wodonga, Victoria">Wodonga</a> (New South Wales-Victoria) and <a href="/wiki/Mildura,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Mildura, Victoria">Mildura</a>–<a href="/wiki/Wentworth,_New_South_Wales" title="Wentworth, New South Wales">Wentworth</a> (Victoria-New South Wales) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Timeline">Timeline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Timeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1788 – <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> establishes the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_South_Wales" title="Colony of New South Wales">Colony of New South Wales</a> across central and eastern mainland Australia, the island of Tasmania, both islands of New Zealand and Norfolk Island.</li> <li>1803 – The <a href="/wiki/Coral_Sea_Islands" title="Coral Sea Islands">Coral Sea Islands</a> are claimed by New South Wales.</li> <li>1825 – The island of Tasmania becomes the independent colony of <a href="/wiki/Van_Diemen%27s_Land" title="Van Diemen's Land">Van Diemen's Land</a>. New South Wales extends its borders further west in mainland Australia.</li> <li>1829 – The British Empire establishes the <a href="/wiki/Swan_River_Colony" title="Swan River Colony">Swan River Colony</a> in western mainland Australia.</li> <li>1832 – Swan River Colony is renamed the "colony of <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a>".</li> <li>1836 – The Colony of <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a> is established.</li> <li>1841 – The islands of New Zealand become the independent <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_Zealand" title="Colony of New Zealand">colony of New Zealand</a>. Much of eastern Antarctica is annexed by Britain as <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Land" title="Victoria Land">Victoria Land</a>.</li> <li>1844 – New South Wales transfers Norfolk Island to Van Diemen's Land.</li> <li>1846 – Northern central and eastern Australia briefly become the independent Colony of North Australia, then are returned to New South Wales.<figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Exploration_map_of_Australia,_Tallis,_1851.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Exploration_map_of_Australia%2C_Tallis%2C_1851.jpg/220px-Exploration_map_of_Australia%2C_Tallis%2C_1851.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Exploration_map_of_Australia%2C_Tallis%2C_1851.jpg/330px-Exploration_map_of_Australia%2C_Tallis%2C_1851.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Exploration_map_of_Australia%2C_Tallis%2C_1851.jpg/440px-Exploration_map_of_Australia%2C_Tallis%2C_1851.jpg 2x" data-file-width="13172" data-file-height="11583" /></a><figcaption>Map of Australia, 1851</figcaption></figure></li> <li>1851 – Southeastern mainland Australia becomes the independent colony of <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>.</li> <li>1856 – Van Diemen's Land is renamed the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Tasmania" title="Colony of Tasmania">colony of Tasmania</a>. Norfolk Island becomes the independent colony of Norfolk Island, however it is to be administered by the same governor as New South Wales.</li> <li>1857 – Much of southern central mainland Australia becomes the independent colony of <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a> are annexed by Britain.</li> <li>1859 – Northeastern mainland Australia and Coral Sea Islands become the independent <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Queensland" title="Colony of Queensland">colony of Queensland</a>.</li> <li>1860 – A pocket of New South Wales territory remaining in southern central mainland Australia is transferred to South Australia.</li> <li>1862 – Some of New South Wales' northern central mainland Australian territory is transferred to Queensland.</li> <li>1863 – New South Wales' remaining northern central mainland Australian territory is transferred to South Australia.</li> <li>1878 – Britain annexes Ashmore Island.</li> <li>1883 – Queensland annexes southeastern New Guinea.</li> <li>1884 – Southeastern New Guinea becomes the independent <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Papua" title="Territory of Papua">Territory of Papua</a>.</li> <li>1886 – The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are to be administered by the same governor as the <a href="/wiki/Straits_Settlements" title="Straits Settlements">Straits Settlements</a>.</li> <li>1888 – <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Island" title="Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a> is annexed by Britain and incorporated into the Straits Settlements.</li> <li>1897 – Norfolk Island is officially reintegrated into New South Wales.</li> <li>1901 – New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia, Victoria and South Australia federate into the Commonwealth of Australia. Queensland transfers the Coral Sea Islands to the federal government, creating a federal external territory.</li> <li>1902 – Britain transfers Papua to Australia as an external territory.</li> <li>1903 – The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are incorporated into the Straits Settlements.</li> <li>1909 – Britain annexes Cartier Island.</li> <li>1910 – Britain claims <a href="/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands" title="Heard Island and McDonald Islands">Heard Island and the McDonald Islands</a>.</li> <li>1911 – The state of South Australia transfers control of northern central mainland Australia to the federal government, creating the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a>. A small pocket of New South Wales around the city of <a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a> is transferred to the federal government (who are seated within it), creating the Federal Capital Territory.</li> <li>1913 – New South Wales transfers <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a> to the federal government, making it a federal external territory.</li> <li>1915 – A small pocket of New South Wales around <a href="/wiki/Jervis_Bay" title="Jervis Bay">Jervis Bay</a> is transferred to the federal government and incorporated into the Federal Capital Territory.</li> <li>1920 – Following the defeat of the <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a> in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a> establishes an Australian mandate in northeastern New Guinea, it becomes the external <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_New_Guinea" title="Territory of New Guinea">Territory of New Guinea</a>.</li> <li>1923 – Another conquered German territory, the island of Nauru, is established as an Australian mandate and external territory by the League of Nations, this time as a co-mandate with Britain and New Zealand.</li> <li>1927 – The Northern Territory is split into two territories – North Australia and <a href="/wiki/Central_Australia_(territory)" title="Central Australia (territory)">Central Australia</a>.</li> <li>1930 – The remaining territory in eastern Antarctica is annexed by Britain as <a href="/wiki/Enderby_Land" title="Enderby Land">Enderby Land</a>.</li> <li>1931 – North Australia and Central Australia are reincorporated as the Northern Territory. Britain recognises Australia as possessors of the uninhabited <a href="/wiki/Ashmore_and_Cartier_Islands" title="Ashmore and Cartier Islands">Ashmore and Cartier Islands</a>, making them an external federal territory.</li> <li>1933 – Britain transfers Victoria Land and Enderby Land to Australia, creating the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic Territory</a>, with ongoing limited international recognition.</li> <li>1938 – The Federal Capital Territory is renamed the "<a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a>".</li> <li>1942 – The <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Empire">Japanese Empire</a> conquers Nauru from Australia, Britain and New Zealand as part of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Japan also conquers much of the Straits Settlements, including Christmas Island. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are not conquered and are transferred to the <a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">Colony of Ceylon</a>.</li> <li>1946 – The United Nations, the successor to the League of Nations, renews its mandate of New Guinea to Australia.</li> <li>1947 – Following the defeat of Japan in World War II, the United Nations returns Nauru to Australia, Britain and New Zealand as a joint mandate. Christmas Island returns to Britain and is incorporated into the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Singapore" title="Colony of Singapore">Colony of Singapore</a>. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are also transferred to Singapore.</li> <li>1949 – Papua and New Guinea are incorporated into the singular <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Papua_and_New_Guinea" title="Territory of Papua and New Guinea">Territory of Papua and New Guinea</a>. Britain transfers Heard Island and the McDonald Islands to Australia, creating a federal external territory.</li> <li>1955 – Britain transfers the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to Australia, they become an external territory.</li> <li>1958 – Britain transfers Christmas Island to Australia, it becomes an external territory.</li> <li>1966 – The <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Nauru" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Nauru">Republic of Nauru</a> is established, ending Australian-British-New Zealander control of the island.</li> <li>1975 – Papua and New Guinea becomes the <a href="/wiki/Independent_State_of_Papua_New_Guinea" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent State of Papua New Guinea">Independent State of Papua New Guinea</a>, ending British-Australian control.</li> <li>1978 – Northern Territory gains self-government with certain Commonwealth control.</li> <li>1979 – Norfolk Island gains self-government with certain Commonwealth control.</li> <li>1989 – The Australian Capital Territory gains self-government with certain Commonwealth control. Jervis Bay becomes independent of the ACT, becoming the <a href="/wiki/Jervis_Bay_Territory" title="Jervis Bay Territory">Jervis Bay Territory</a>.</li> <li>2015 – Norfolk Island loses self-government with full Commonwealth control.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comparative_terminology">Comparative terminology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Comparative terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Entity </th> <th rowspan="2">Type of entity </th> <th rowspan="2">Tie to the monarch </th> <th rowspan="2">Domestic administrator </th> <th rowspan="2">Head of government </th> <th rowspan="2">Upper House of Parliament </th> <th rowspan="2">Lower House of Parliament </th> <th colspan="2">Member of Parliament </th></tr> <tr> <th>Upper house </th> <th>Lower house<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Australia" title="Parliament of Australia">Commonwealth of Australia</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Federal government </td> <td style="text-align:center">Direct </td> <td style="text-align:center">Governor-general </td> <td style="text-align:center">Prime minister </td> <td style="text-align:center">Senate </td> <td style="text-align:center">House of Representatives </td> <td style="text-align:center">Senator </td> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><abbr title="Member of Parliament">MP</abbr> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_South_Australia" title="Parliament of South Australia">South Australia</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Federated_state" title="Federated state">Federated state</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align:center">Direct (established by the <i><a href="/wiki/Australia_Act_1986" title="Australia Act 1986">Australia Act 1986</a></i>) </td> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align:center">Governor </td> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align:center">Premier </td> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center">Legislative Council </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center">House of Assembly </td> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"><abbr title="Member of the Legislative Council">MLC</abbr> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Tasmania" title="Parliament of Tasmania">Tasmania</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_New_South_Wales" title="Parliament of New South Wales">New South Wales</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align:center">Legislative Assembly </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Victoria" title="Parliament of Victoria">Victoria</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Western_Australia" title="Parliament of Western Australia">Western Australia</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><abbr title="Member of the Legislative Assembly">MLA</abbr> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Queensland" title="Parliament of Queensland">Queensland</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">N/A (abolished 1922) </td> <td rowspan="6" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td style="text-align:center">MP </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory_Legislative_Assembly" title="Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly">Australian Capital Territory</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center">Self-governing territory </td> <td style="text-align:center">Indirect (through the governor-general acting as "administrator") </td> <td style="text-align:center">Assembly and chief minister </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center">Chief minister </td> <td rowspan="5" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center">MLA </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory_Legislative_Assembly" title="Northern Territory Legislative Assembly">Northern Territory</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="text-align:center">Indirect (through the governor-general) </td> <td rowspan="4" style="text-align:center">Administrator </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Christmas_Island" title="Shire of Christmas Island">Christmas Island</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center">External territory </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center">Shire president </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center">Shire Council </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center">Councillor </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><a href="/wiki/Shire_of_Cocos" class="mw-redirect" title="Shire of Cocos">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #ececec; color: black; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left;" class="table-rh"><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island" title="Norfolk Island">Norfolk Island</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Mayor </td> <td style="text-align:center">Regional Council<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" colspan="9">Note: <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-71">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The abbreviations MLA and MHA were previously the acceptable term for members of lower houses in states that now use MP.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-72">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Between 1979 and 2015 Norfolk Island was a self-governing external territory with its own legislature, the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island_Legislative_Assembly" title="Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly">Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly</a>, until this was abolished by the Commonwealth Parliament.</span> </li> </ol></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Politics"><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:States_of_Australia_(governing_political_parties).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/States_of_Australia_%28governing_political_parties%29.svg/220px-States_of_Australia_%28governing_political_parties%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/States_of_Australia_%28governing_political_parties%29.svg/330px-States_of_Australia_%28governing_political_parties%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/States_of_Australia_%28governing_political_parties%29.svg/440px-States_of_Australia_%28governing_political_parties%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="692" /></a><figcaption>Map showing the jurisdictions of Australia and their governing political parties as of October 2024. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#cd1f26; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Labor</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#17407e; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Liberal / CLP</div></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Governors_and_administrators">Governors and administrators</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Governors and administrators"><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/Governors_of_the_Australian_states" title="Governors of the Australian states">Governors of the Australian states</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Post </th> <th>Incumbent </th> <th>Appointed </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_South_Wales" title="Governor of New South Wales">Governor of New South Wales</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Beazley, Margaret !"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beazley" title="Margaret Beazley">Margaret Beazley</a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-05-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">2 May 2019</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Victoria" title="Governor of Victoria">Governor of Victoria</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Gardner" title="Margaret Gardner">Margaret Gardner</a> </td> <td>9 August 2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Queensland" title="Governor of Queensland">Governor of Queensland</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Young !"><a href="/wiki/Jeannette_Young" title="Jeannette Young">Jeannette Young</a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-11-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1 November 2021</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Western_Australia" title="Governor of Western Australia">Governor of Western Australia</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Dawson, Chris !"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Dawson_(governor)" title="Chris Dawson (governor)">Chris Dawson</a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002022-07-15-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">15 July 2022</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_South_Australia" title="Governor of South Australia">Governor of South Australia</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Warner !"><a href="/wiki/Frances_Adamson" title="Frances Adamson">Frances Adamson</a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-10-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">7 October 2021</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tasmania" title="Governor of Tasmania">Governor of Tasmania</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Warner !"><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Baker" title="Barbara Baker">Barbara Baker</a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-06-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">16 June 2021</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Administrator_of_the_Northern_Territory" title="Administrator of the Northern Territory">Administrator of the Northern Territory</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Heggie !"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Heggie" title="Hugh Heggie">Hugh Heggie</a></span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-02-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">2 February 2023</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Administrator_of_Norfolk_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrator of Norfolk Island">Administrator of Norfolk Island</a> </td> <td>George Plant </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-05-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">26 May 2023</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Administrator_of_the_Australian_Indian_Ocean_Territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories">Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Farzian_Zainal" title="Farzian Zainal">Farzian Zainal</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-05-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">26 May 2023</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Premiers_and_chief_ministers">Premiers and chief ministers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Premiers and chief ministers"><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/Premiers_and_chief_ministers_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Premiers and chief ministers of the Australian states and territories">Premiers and chief ministers of the Australian states and territories</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Post </th> <th>Incumbent </th> <th colspan="2">Political party </th> <th>Appointed </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_New_South_Wales" title="Premier of New South Wales">Premier of New South Wales</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Minns, Chris"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Minns" title="Chris Minns">Chris Minns</a></span></span></span> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament#Australia" title="Member of parliament">MP</a></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color: #F00011"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(New_South_Wales_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)">Labor</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-03-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">25 March 2023</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Victoria" title="Premier of Victoria">Premier of Victoria</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Allan, Jacinta"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jacinta_Allan" title="Jacinta Allan">Jacinta Allan</a></span></span></span> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament#Australia" title="Member of parliament">MP</a></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color: #F00011"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Victorian_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)">Labor</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-09-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">27 September 2023</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Queensland" title="Premier of Queensland">Premier of Queensland</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Crisafulli, David"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/David_Crisafulli" title="David Crisafulli">David Crisafulli</a></span></span></span> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament#Australia" title="Member of parliament">MP</a></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color: #1456F1"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_National_Party_of_Queensland" title="Liberal National Party of Queensland">Liberal National</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-10-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">28 October 2024</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Western_Australia" title="Premier of Western Australia">Premier of Western Australia</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Cook, Roger"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Roger_Cook_(politician)" title="Roger Cook (politician)">Roger Cook</a></span></span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Western Australian Legislative Assembly">MLA</a></span> </td> <td style="background-color: #F00011"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Western_Australian_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)">Labor</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-06-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">8 June 2023</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_South_Australia" title="Premier of South Australia">Premier of South Australia</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Malinauskas, Peter"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Malinauskas" title="Peter Malinauskas">Peter Malinauskas</a></span></span></span> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament#Australia" title="Member of parliament">MP</a></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color: #F00011"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(South_Australian_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)">Labor</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002022-03-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">21 March 2022</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Tasmania" title="Premier of Tasmania">Premier of Tasmania</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Rockliff, Jeremy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Rockliff" title="Jeremy Rockliff">Jeremy Rockliff</a></span></span></span> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament#Australia" title="Member of parliament">MP</a></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color: #080CAB"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Tasmanian_Division)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division)">Liberal</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002022-04-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">8 April 2022</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory">Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Barr, Andrew"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Barr" title="Andrew Barr">Andrew Barr</a></span></span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory_Legislative_Assembly" title="Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly">MLA</a> </span> </td> <td style="background-color: #F00011"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Australian_Capital_Territory_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch)">Labor</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002014-12-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">11 December 2014</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_the_Northern_Territory" title="Chief Minister of the Northern Territory">Chief Minister of the Northern Territory</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Finocchiaro, Lia"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lia_Finocchiaro" title="Lia Finocchiaro">Lia Finocchiaro</a></span></span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory_Legislative_Assembly" title="Northern Territory Legislative Assembly">MLA</a></span> </td> <td style="background-color: #f8981d"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Country_Liberal_Party" title="Country Liberal Party">Country Liberal</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-08-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">28 August 2024</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliaments">Parliaments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Parliaments"><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/Parliaments_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Parliaments of the Australian states and territories">Parliaments of the Australian states and territories</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_New_South_Wales" title="Parliament of New South Wales">Parliament of New South Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Victoria" title="Parliament of Victoria">Parliament of Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Queensland" title="Parliament of Queensland">Parliament of Queensland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Western_Australia" title="Parliament of Western Australia">Parliament of Western Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_South_Australia" title="Parliament of South Australia">Parliament of South Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Tasmania" title="Parliament of Tasmania">Parliament of Tasmania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory_Legislative_Assembly" title="Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly">Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory_Legislative_Assembly" title="Northern Territory Legislative Assembly">Northern Territory Legislative Assembly</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Supreme_courts">Supreme courts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Supreme courts"><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/Australian_court_hierarchy" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian court hierarchy">Australian court hierarchy</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_New_South_Wales" title="Supreme Court of New South Wales">Supreme Court of New South Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Victoria" title="Supreme Court of Victoria">Supreme Court of Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Queensland" title="Supreme Court of Queensland">Supreme Court of Queensland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Western_Australia" title="Supreme Court of Western Australia">Supreme Court of Western Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_South_Australia" title="Supreme Court of South Australia">Supreme Court of South Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Tasmania" title="Supreme Court of Tasmania">Supreme Court of Tasmania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory">Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Northern_Territory" title="Supreme Court of the Northern Territory">Supreme Court of the Northern Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Norfolk_Island" title="Supreme Court of Norfolk Island">Supreme Court of Norfolk Island</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Police_forces">Police forces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Police forces"><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/Law_enforcement_in_Australia" title="Law enforcement in Australia">Law enforcement in Australia</a></div> <ul><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/Victoria_Police" title="Victoria Police">Victoria Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Police_Service" title="Queensland Police Service">Queensland Police Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia_Police_Force" title="Western Australia Police Force">Western Australia Police Force</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/ACT_Policing" title="ACT Policing">Australian Capital Territory Policing</a> (performed by <a href="/wiki/Australian_Federal_Police" title="Australian Federal Police">Australian Federal Police</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory_Police_Force" title="Northern Territory Police Force">Northern Territory Police Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Norfolk_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Law enforcement in Norfolk Island">Law enforcement in Norfolk Island</a>, also provided by Australian Federal Police</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_and_territory_codes">State and territory codes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: State and territory codes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">State/territory </th> <th rowspan="2">Abbrev. </th> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">Call signs</a> </th> <th colspan="2">Postal </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:120px"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Australia" title="Telephone numbers in Australia">Telephone numbers in Australia</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:#efefef"> <th style="width:60px"><a href="/wiki/AM_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="AM radio">AM</a>/<a href="/wiki/FM_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="FM radio">FM</a> </th> <th style="width:60px">TV </th> <th style="width:60px"><a href="/wiki/Amateur_radio" title="Amateur radio">Amateur</a> </th> <th style="width:60px">Abbrev. </th> <th style="width:60px">Postcode </th> <th style="width:60px">Std </th> <th style="width:60px"><a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">Summer</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>New South Wales </td> <td>NSW </td> <td>2xx(x)</td> <td>xx(x)Nn</td> <td>VK2xx </td> <td>NSW </td> <td>1nnn,<sup id="cite_ref-PO&c_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PO&c-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2nnn</td> <td><span class="nowrap">+61 2 xxxx xxxx</span><sup id="cite_ref-exceptions_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-exceptions-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>+10 (+<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">9<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> +<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac">10<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-NSWTime_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSWTime-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>+11 (+<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac">10<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-NSWSummerTime_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSWSummerTime-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Victoria </td> <td>Vic </td> <td>3xx(x)</td> <td>xx(x)Vn</td> <td>VK3xx </td> <td>VIC </td> <td>3nnn, 8nnn<sup id="cite_ref-PO&c_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PO&c-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>+61 3 xxxx xxxx<sup id="cite_ref-exceptions_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-exceptions-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>+10</td> <td>+11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Queensland </td> <td>Qld </td> <td>4xx(x)</td> <td>xx(x)Qn</td> <td>VK4xx </td> <td>QLD </td> <td>4nnn, 9nnn<sup id="cite_ref-PO&c_73-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PO&c-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>+61 7 xxxx xxxx</td> <td colspan="2">+10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Western Australia </td> <td>WA </td> <td>6xx(x)</td> <td>xx(x)Wn</td> <td>VK6xx </td> <td>WA </td> <td>6nnn</td> <td>+61 8 9xxx xxxx<br />+61 8 6xxx xxxx</td> <td colspan="2">+8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>South Australia </td> <td>SA </td> <td>5xx(x)</td> <td>xx(x)Sn</td> <td>VK5xx </td> <td>SA </td> <td>5nnn</td> <td>+61 8 8xxx xxxx<br />+61 8 7xxx xxxx</td> <td>+<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac">9<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span></td> <td>+<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac">10<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tasmania </td> <td>Tas </td> <td>7xx(x)</td> <td>xx(x)Tn</td> <td>VK7xx </td> <td>TAS </td> <td>7nnn</td> <td>+61 3 6xxx xxxx</td> <td>+10</td> <td>+11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Australian Capital Territory </td> <td>ACT </td> <td>1xx(x)<sup id="cite_ref-ACT_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACT-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>xx(x)Cn<sup id="cite_ref-ACT_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACT-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>VK1xx<sup id="cite_ref-ACT_77-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACT-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>ACT </td> <td>02nn,<sup id="cite_ref-PO&c_73-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PO&c-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 26nn, 29nn</td> <td>+61 2 62xx xxxx<br />+61 2 61xx xxxx</td> <td>+10</td> <td>+11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Northern Territory </td> <td>NT </td> <td>8xx(x)</td> <td>xx(x)Dn</td> <td>VK8xx </td> <td>NT </td> <td>08nn</td> <td>+61 8 89xx xxxx</td> <td colspan="2">+<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac">9<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">External territories </th></tr> <tr> <td>Christmas Island </td> <td> </td> <td>6xx(x)</td> <td>xx(x)Wn</td> <td>VK9xx </td> <td>WA </td> <td>6798</td> <td>+61 8 9164 xxxx</td> <td colspan="2">+7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Norfolk Island </td> <td> </td> <td>2xx(x)</td> <td>xx(x)Nn</td> <td>VK2xx </td> <td>NSW </td> <td>2899</td> <td>+672 3 xx xxx</td> <td>+11</td> <td>+12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cocos Island </td> <td> </td> <td>6xx(x)</td> <td>xx(x)Wn</td> <td>VK9xx </td> <td>WA </td> <td>6799</td> <td>+61 8 9162 xxxx</td> <td colspan="2">+<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac">6<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Australian Antarctic Territory </td> <td>AAT </td> <td colspan="2">none </td> <td>VK0xx </td> <td>TAS </td> <td>7151</td> <td>+672 1 </td> <td colspan="2">+6 to +8 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="10" style="text-align:left"><div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-PO&c-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PO&c_73-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PO&c_73-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PO&c_73-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PO&c_73-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">This is used for some PO box and large users only.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-exceptions-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-exceptions_74-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-exceptions_74-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Some exceptions apply to numbers in this state's <a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Australia#Geographic_numbers" title="Telephone numbers in Australia">number range</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NSWTime-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NSWTime_75-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The state of New South Wales observes Australian Eastern Standard Time except for <a href="/wiki/Broken_Hill" title="Broken Hill">Broken Hill</a> and the surrounding region, which observes Australian Central Standard Time and Lord Howe Island which is 30 minutes ahead of Australian Eastern Standard Time.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NSWSummerTime-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NSWSummerTime_76-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Broken Hill and surrounding region observe Australian Central Summer Time. Lord Howe Island adopts Australian Eastern Summer Time.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ACT-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ACT_77-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ACT_77-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ACT_77-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">A number of broadcast stations in the ACT have call signs allocated as if ACT were part of New South Wales.</span> </li> </ol></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <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=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=24" 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 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forms of place names">List of adjectival and demonymic forms of Australian states and territories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_states_and_territories_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of Australian states and territories by Human Development Index">List of Australian states and territories by Human Development Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposals_for_new_Australian_states" title="Proposals for new Australian states">Proposals for new Australian states</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=States_and_territories_of_Australia&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-AAT-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AAT_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AAT_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AAT_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The <i><a href="/wiki/Australian_Antarctic_Territory" title="Australian Antarctic Territory">Australian Antarctic Territory</a></i> covers nearly 5.9 million square kilometres, about 42% of <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a>, but this claim is only recognised by <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica" title="Territorial claims in Antarctica">Antarctic territorial claims</a> are generally <a href="/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty_System" title="Antarctic Treaty System">unrecognised</a> by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">international community</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Unless provided, references and details on data provided in the table can be found within the individual state and territory articles.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Perth was defined as the capital by statute in 2016: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/wa/consol_act/copa2016155">City of Perth Act 2016 (WA)</a> in <a href="/wiki/Australasian_Legal_Information_Institute" title="Australasian Legal Information Institute">AustLII</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Unless provided, references and details on data provided in the table can be found within the individual state and territory articles.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Crown represented by the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia" title="Governor-General of Australia">Governor-General of Australia</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Administered by the Commonwealth.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Unless provided, references and details on data provided in the table can be found within the individual state and territory articles.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Under the definitions in ISO 3166-1, the AAT is covered by the <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctican</a> ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code "AQ".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">No permanent population, research station with fluctuating staff numbers.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">No permanent population, weather monitoring station generally with four staff.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Most of which is <a href="/wiki/Ocean" 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Australian_history" title="Timeline of Australian history">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Australian_history" title="Bibliography of Australian history">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistory_of_Australia" title="Prehistory of Australia">Prehistory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archaeology_of_Australia" title="Archaeology of Australia">Archaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_land_exploration_of_Australia" title="European land exploration of Australia">European exploration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_Australia" title="Territorial evolution of Australia">Territorial evolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Australia_(1788%E2%80%931850)" title="History of Australia (1788–1850)">1788–1850</a></li> <li><a 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