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1859 – Northeastern mainland Australia and Coral Sea Islands become the independent colony of Queensland. 1860 – A pocket of New South Wales territory remaining in southern central mainland Australia is transferred to South Australia. 1862 – Some of New South Wales' northern central mainland Australian territory is transferred to Queensland.
Mainland Australia is the main landmass of the Australian continent, excluding the Aru Islands, New Guinea, Tasmania, and other Australian offshore islands.The landmass also constitutes the mainland of the territory governed by the Commonwealth of Australia, and the term, along with continental Australia, can be used in a geographic sense to exclude surrounding continental islands and external ...
Lord Howe Island, a small oceanic island in the Tasman Sea, 600 kilometres (370 mi) east of the Australian mainland; it is the most remote island of Australia to not fall under external territory status Ball's Pyramid; Admiralty Group; Manning River estuary: Cabbage Tree Island; Dumaresq Island; Mitchell's Island; Oxley Island; Merriman Island ...
The two major mainland territories are the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. 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 ...
Australia's states and territories. Australia has six states—New South Wales (NSW), Victoria (Vic), Queensland (Qld), Western Australia (WA), South Australia (SA) and Tasmania (Tas)—and two mainland self-governing territories—the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and the Northern Territory (NT). [204]
The continent of Australia, the world's smallest continent, is in the Southern Hemisphere and borders both the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The Commonwealth of Australia comprises the mainland of the Australian continent, the major island of Tasmania, other nearby islands, and various external territories. [1]
Planimetric centre of gravity for continental Australia – Lambert Gravitational Centre, Northern Territory Furthest point from the coastline – Between Papunya and Lake Lewis , Northern Territory ( 23°02′S 132°10′E / 23.033°S 132.167°E / -23.033; 132.167
Satellite photo of Australia Tallow Beach, Byron Bay, New South Wales. The coastline of Australia comprises the coasts of mainland Australia and Tasmania.It nominally includes a part of all Australian states and territories; the otherwise landlocked Australian Capital Territory has a coastal enclave at Jervis Bay Territory.