| Administrative-territorial division : Australian Capital Territory |
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The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and its smallest self-governing territory. It is an inland enclave in New South Wales, situated in bushland.
The ACT was conceived during the federation conventions of the late 1800s as neutral location for a new National Capital. The Australian Constitution provided that following Federation in 1901,... |
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| Administrative-territorial division : New South Wales |
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New South Wales is in the south-east part of the Australian continent and is the most populous and heavily industrialised State in Australia, with a highly urbanised population.
The capital of New South Wales is Sydney, the site of the country's oldest European settlement and its largest and most cosmopolitan city, with ethnic communities from more than 100 countries. The city's icons include... |
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| Administrative-territorial division : Northern Territory |
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The Northern Territory covers about one-sixth of the Australian continent with an area of 1.35 million km2 which is equal to the combined areas of France, Spain and Italy. About four-fifths of the Territory (1.09 million km2) lies within the tropics and the 6200 km coastline is generally flat and backed by swamps, mangroves and mudflats, rising to a plateau no higher than 450 m.
In central Australia,... |
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| Administrative-territorial division : Queensland |
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Queensland is Australia’s second largest state, covering 1 722 000 km2 and the third most populous with more than 3.6 million inhabitants. It occupies 22.5 per cent of the continent in the north-east and has boundaries with New South Wales, South Australia and the Northern Territory. It is bounded by the Gulf of Carpentaria, Torres Strait and the Coral Sea in the north, and the South Pacific Ocean... |
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| Administrative-territorial division : South Australia |
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South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent and with a total land area of 984,377 km² (380,070 sq mi), it is the fourth largest of Australia's states and territories. It is bordered to the west by Western Australia, to the north by the Northern Territory and Queensland, to the east by Queensland, New South... |
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| Administrative-territorial division : Tasmania |
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The island of Tasmania, an Australian state, is located 200 km south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait. Tasmania has a population of 484,700 (March 2005, ABS) and an area of 68 332 km² (26,383 square miles). Tasmania promotes itself as the Natural State owing to its large, and relatively unspoiled natural environment. 40% of Tasmania is formally in reserves,... |
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| Administrative-territorial division : Victoria |
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Victoria occupies the south east corner of the continent between latitudes 34 and 39 south and longitudes 141 and 150 east. It covers 227 600 km2 - which is about the same area as England, Wales and Scotland; three-fifths of Japan and slightly larger than the US State of Utah.
About 36 per cent of Victoria is covered by forest with the major forest belt in the east. The highest peaks are Mt Bogong... |
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| Administrative-territorial division : Western Australia |
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The state of Western Australia, is Australia's face on the Indian Ocean. Its capital; Perth is closer to Singapore and Jakarta than it is to Canberra (Australia's capital). The majority of people live in and around Perth, the state's capital.
Western Australia is the largest Australian State. It occupies a third of Australia spanning 2 400km from north to south, with an area of more than 2 500... |
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