2007-03-10 10:10:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Australia ➔ Other - Australia
Australia is made up of states and territories.
The states are New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, West Australia and Tasmania.
The territories are Canberra and The Northern Territory.
2007-03-10 16:04:34 · answer #1 · answered by Gone 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The six colonies that now constitute the states of the Australian Commonwealth were established in the following order:
New South Wales, 1788;
Tasmania, 1825;
Western Australia, 1830;
South Australia, 1836;
Victoria, 1851;
Queensland, 1859.
Settlement had preceded these dates in most cases. Discussions between Australian and British representatives led to adoption by the British Government of an act to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia in 1900.
Since Federation, the Commonwealth Government has established two self-governing territories:
the Northern Territory, 1978;
the Australian Capital Territory (where the national capital, Canberra, is located), 1989.
The large seven-pointed star on the Australian Flag is the Commonwealth or Federation Star which represents the federation of the colonies of Australia on 1 January 1901.
There is one point for each of the six original states, and one which now represents all of the Commonwealth's internal and external territories.
2007-03-10 10:45:30 · answer #2 · answered by Hamish 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia are the states and the two territories are Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory.
2007-03-13 17:40:41 · answer #3 · answered by Darcy R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia
2007-03-10 10:14:48 · answer #4 · answered by greymatter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6 states and 2 territories*; Australian Capital Territory*, , Northern Territory*,
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
2007-03-10 16:14:29 · answer #5 · answered by silvcslt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Victoria (Melbourne), New South Wales (Sydney), Queensland (Brisbane), South Australia (Adelaide), Tasmania (Hobart), Western Australia (Perth).
there are also 2 territories Northern Territory (Darwin), and the Australian Capital Territory (Canberra)
The state capitals are in brackets.
2007-03-10 22:15:13 · answer #6 · answered by bekka 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look in an Atlas:
2007-03-10 16:31:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋