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For the purposes of Australian (and joint Australia-New Zealand) intergovernmental bodies, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are treated as if they were states. Each state has a governor , appointed by the monarch (currently King Charles III ), which by convention he does on the advice of the state premier. [ 50 ]
no change to map: 11 September 1975 The Republic of the North Solomons declared the independence of the region surrounding Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea. [83] 16 September 1975 Papua New Guinea became independent as the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, [84] rendering the dispute with the Republic of the North Solomons moot. 1 ...
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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.
{{Image label begin | image = Australia location map recolored.png | alt = Australia map. Western Australia in the west third with capital Perth, Northern Territory in the north center with capital Darwin, Queensland in the northeast with capital Brisbane, South Australia in the south with capital Adelaide, New South Wales in the northern southeast with capital Sydney, and Victoria in the far ...
A map of territory governed by Australian states Originally uploaded by User:Sterio in png format, drawn as an SVG image by Editor at Large Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License , Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation ...
The Australian states were founded as British colonies, and executive power was held by a governor (or sometimes a lieutenant-governor) appointed by the British government (see Governors of the Australian states). From the 1820s the power of the governors was gradually transferred to legislative bodies, at first appointed, later partly elected ...
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