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Australia also has ten federal territories, [5] out of which three are internal territories: the Australian Capital Territory, the Jervis Bay Territory, and the Northern Territory [5] on the Australian mainland; and seven are external territories: the Ashmore and Cartier Islands, the Australian Antarctic Territory, [a] Christmas Island, the ...
See also the Bureau of Meteorology's Western Australia regions map. [8] The Western Australian system of regions defined by the Government of Western Australia for purposes of economic development administration, which excludes the Perth metropolitan area, is a series of nine regions. The nine defined regions are: Gascoyne; Goldfields–Esperance
Western Australia is the largest state, covering just under one third of the Australian landmass, followed by Queensland, South Australia, and New South Wales. Australia also has several minor territories; the federal government administers a separate area within New South Wales, the Jervis Bay Territory , as a naval base and seaport for the ...
English: Map showing the territory governed by the states and territories of the Australian state. Note that Jervis Bay Territory is not marked out. Non-contiguous parts of a state/territory's area are "grouped" together with the main area of the state/territory, so any state/territory can be coloured in completion with one click anywhere on the state/territory's area.
The Commonwealth of Australia comprises the mainland of the Australian continent, the major island of Tasmania, other nearby islands, and various external territories. [1] Neighbouring countries are Indonesia , East Timor , and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands , Vanuatu , and New Caledonia to the north-east, and New Zealand to ...
1891 German map of south-eastern Australia showing many of the divisions. Some other states were also divided into land divisions and land districts; in the nineteenth century, land districts sometimes served as the region name for parts of the state where counties had not been proclaimed yet.
South Australia’s eastern border was supposed to follow the 141st meridian, but the first surveyors measured incorrectly. [2] A 70-year border dispute followed, and eventually resulted in the disjointedness of MacCabe Corner, with Victoria using the original incorrect calculation, and New South Wales using the new and correct one. [3]
The Australian Capital Territory and Western Australia have a higher HDI value than Switzerland (0.967), the highest-ranked country in the world. As of 2022, the Australian Capital Territory has the equal fourth highest HDI rating of any sub-national region in the world, behind only the Canton of Zurich and the Akershus and Oslo region in ...