States and territories of Australia

first-level subdivision of Australia

Australian states and territories
Category	Federated states (6) Internal federal territories (3) External federal territories (7)
Location	Commonwealth of Australia
Populations	0 (Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Heard and McDonald Islands) – 7,704,300 (New South Wales)
Areas	10 km2 (3.9 sq mi) (Coral Sea Islands) – 5,896,500 km2 (2,276,700 sq mi) (Australian Antarctic Territory)
Subdivisions	Local government areas Cadastral divisions

States and territories of Australia (officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia) is a federation of six states, together with ten federal territories. The Australian mainland consists of five of the six federated states and three of the federal territories (the "internal" territories). The state of Tasmania is an island about 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of the mainland. The remaining seven territories are classified for some purposes as "external" territories.

All states and the two largest internal territories are partially self-governing, as well as being represented in the federal parliament; the other territories are administered by the federal government. Since 2015, federal control has also been extended to the formerly self-governing territory of Norfolk Island.^[1] The third internal territory is the Jervis Bay Territory (JBT) which is on the coast of New South Wales south of Sydney and east of Canberra. Three of the external territories are inhabited; the others are uninhabited, apart from temporary-resident scientists.

Contents

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  1 Geographic Australia
  


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  2 States, territories, and external territories
  
  
  
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    2.1 Defunct territories
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Background and overview
  
  
  
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    3.1 Timeline
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Comparative terminology
  


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  5 Governors and administrators of states and territories
  


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  6 Premiers and chief ministers of states and territories
  


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  7 State and territorial parliaments
  


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  8 State and territory supreme courts
  


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  9 State and territory police forces
  


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  10 State and territory borders
  


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  11 Statistics
  


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  12 Distance table
  


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  13 State and territory codes
  


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  14 See also
  


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  15 Notes
  


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  16 References
  


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  17 External links
  

Geographic Australia

The term geographic Australia is used by the Australian government to describe the area covered by demographic statistics such as national population figures. This area comprises Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in addition to the six states and three mainland territories; Norfolk Island is the only territory with a permanent population that is not part of geographic Australia.^[2]

States, territories, and external territories

Administrative divisions of Australia
First level
State Territory
Second level
Local Government Area unincorporated area
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Reference map for states and territories of Australia

States and territories of Australia^{[n 1]}

Flag	State/territory name	Abbrev	ISO[3]	Postal	Type	Capital (or largest settlement)	Population[4][5]	Area (km²)[6]
	New South Wales	NSW	AU-NSW	NSW	State	Sydney	7006770430000000000♠7,704,300	800,628
	Queensland	Qld	AU-QLD	QLD	State	Brisbane	7006482700000000000♠4,827,000	1,723,936
	South Australia	SA	AU-SA	SA	State	Adelaide	7006170650000000000♠1,706,500	978,810
	Tasmania	Tas	AU-TAS	TAS	State	Hobart	7005518500000000000♠518,500	64,519
	Victoria	Vic	AU-VIC	VIC	State	Melbourne	7006603910000000000♠6,039,100	227,010
	Western Australia	WA	AU-WA	WA	State	Perth[n 2]	7006261370000000000♠2,613,700	2,526,786
	Australian Capital Territory	ACT	AU-ACT	ACT	Territory	Canberra	7005397397000000000♠397,397	2,280
[n 3]	Jervis Bay Territory	JBT		JBT	Territory	(Jervis Bay Village)	7002391000000000000♠391	72
	Northern Territory	NT	AU-NT	NT	Territory	Darwin	7005244000000000000♠244,000	1,335,742
[n 3]	Ashmore and Cartier Islands				External	(Offshore anchorage)	5000000000000000000♠0	199
[n 3]	Australian Antarctic Territory	AAT	AQ[n 4]		External	Davis Station	7003100000000000000♠1,000[n 5]	5,896,500
	Christmas Island		CX		External[n 6]	Flying Fish Cove	7003207200000000000♠2,072	135
	Cocos (Keeling) Islands		CC		External[n 6]	West Island/Pulu Panjang	7002596000000000000♠596	14
[n 3]	Coral Sea Islands				External	(Willis Island)	7000400000000000000♠4[n 7]	10
[n 3]	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	HIMI	HM		External	(Atlas Cove)	5000000000000000000♠0	372
	Norfolk Island		NF		External[n 6]	Kingston	7003230200000000000♠2,302	35

All states, (internal) territories and the external territory of Coral Sea Islands were part of Australia at federation and are constitutionally part of the Commonwealth. Northern Territory was part of South Australia, Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory were part of New South Wales, and Coral Sea Islands was part of Queensland. Ashmore and Cartier Islands was accepted by Australia in 1934^[7] and annexed to Northern Territory prior to the adoption of the Statute of Westminster in 1942 and, as such, is deemed to form part of Australia proper.

Cocos (Keeling) Islands voted for integration in 1984. Together with Christmas Island, Commonwealth laws apply automatically to the territory unless expressly stated otherwise^[8] and residents of both external territories are associated with Northern Territory for federal elections. They are, thus, constitutionally part of Australia.

Uninhabited Heard and McDonald Island is treated as constitutionally part of Australia by the central government.^[9]

The constitutional status of the Australian Antarctic Territory is unclear, with successive governments treating it either as a separate territory (as in the United Kingdom and Norway) or an integral part of the country (as in New Zealand and France). As of 2018^[update], the present government appears to take the view that it is not constitutionally part of Australia.^[10]

Norfolk Island's status is controversial, with the present (as of 2018^[update]) government taking measures to integrate the territory into Australia proper (including representation in parliament and compulsory voting). The Norfolk Islanders have not formally consented to this change in constitutional status and assert that they are not Australian.^[11]

Defunct territories

Three territories established by the federal government under section 122 of the Constitution of Australia no longer exist:

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  Central Australia (1926–1931), consisting of the area of the current Northern Territory south of the 20th parallel south^[12]
  


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  North Australia (1926–1931), consisting of the area of the current Northern Territory north of the 20th parallel south^[12]
  


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  Territory of Papua (1905–1975)

Additionally, two other areas were administered by Australia as de facto external territories.

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  Territory of Nauru (1920–1968)


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  Territory of New Guinea (1920–1975)

Both New Guinea and Nauru were originally German territories, but were occupied by Australian forces during World War I and subsequently made League of Nations mandates. They later became United Nations trust territories. The Papua and New Guinea Act 1949 placed the Territory of New Guinea in an "administrative union" with the Territory of Papua. The Territory of Papua and New Guinea was eventually given independence as Papua New Guinea in 1975. Nauru was granted independence in 1968.

Background and overview

The states originated as separate British colonies prior to Federation in 1901. The Colony of New South Wales was founded in 1788 and originally comprised much of the Australian mainland, as well as Lord Howe Island, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, and Van Diemen's Land, in addition to the area currently referred to as the state of New South Wales. During the 19th century, large areas were successively separated to form the Colony of Tasmania (initially established as a separate colony named Van Diemen's Land in 1825), the Colony of Western Australia (initially established as the smaller Swan River Colony in 1829), the Province of South Australia (1836), the Colony of New Zealand (1840),^[13] the Victoria Colony (1851) and the Colony of Queensland (1859). Upon Federation, the six colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania became the founding states of the new Commonwealth of Australia.

Legislative powers of the states are protected by the Australian constitution, section 107, and under the principle of federalism, Commonwealth legislation only applies to the states where permitted by the constitution. The territories, by contrast, are from a constitutional perspective directly subject to the Commonwealth Government; laws for territories are determined by the Australian Parliament.^[14]

Most of the territories are directly administered by the Commonwealth Government, while two (the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory) have some degree of self-government although less than that of the states. In the self-governing territories, the Australian Parliament retains the full power to legislate, and can override laws made by the territorial institutions, which it has done on rare occasions. 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 Queen, which by convention she does on the advice of the state Premier. The Administrator of the Northern Territory, by contrast, is appointed by the Governor-General. The Australian Capital Territory has neither a Governor nor an Administrator, but the Governor-General exercises some powers that in other jurisdictions are exercised by the Governor of a state or Administrator of a territory, such as the power to dissolve the Legislative Assembly.

Jervis Bay Territory is the only non-self-governing internal territory. Until 1989, it was administered as if it were a part of the ACT, although it has always been a separate territory. Under the terms of the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915,^[15] the laws of the ACT apply to the Jervis Bay Territory insofar as they are applicable and providing they are not inconsistent with an Ordinance.^[16] Although residents of the Jervis Bay Territory are generally subject to laws made by the ACT Legislative Assembly, they are not represented in the Assembly. They are represented in the Parliament of Australia as part of the Electoral Division of Fraser in the ACT and by the ACT's two Senators. In other respects, the territory is administered directly by the Federal Government through the Territories portfolio.

The external territory of Norfolk Island possessed a degree of self-government from 1979 until 2015.

Each state has a bicameral parliament except Queensland, which abolished its upper house in 1922. The lower house is called the Legislative Assembly, except in South Australia and Tasmania, where it is called the House of Assembly. Tasmania is the only state to use proportional representation for elections to its lower house; all others elect members from single member constituencies, using preferential voting. The upper house is called the Legislative Council and is generally elected from multi-member constituencies using proportional representation. The three self-governing territories, the ACT, the Northern Territory, and Norfolk Island, each have unicameral Legislative Assemblies.

The head of government of each state is called the premier, appointed by the state's Governor. In normal circumstances, the Governor will appoint as premier whoever leads the party or coalition which exercises control of the lower house (in the case of Queensland, the only house) of the state Parliament. However, in times of constitutional crisis, the Governor can appoint someone else as Premier. The head of government of the self-governing internal territories is called the chief minister. The Northern Territory's chief minister, in normal circumstances whoever controls the Legislative Assembly, is appointed by the administrator.

Timeline

• 1788 – British Empire establishes Colony of New South Wales across central and eastern mainland Australia, the island of Tasmania, both islands of New Zealand and Norfolk Island.


• 1803 – The Coral Sea Islands are claimed by New South Wales


• 1825 – The island of Tasmania becomes the independent colony of Van Diemen's Land. New South Wales extends its borders further west in mainland Australia.


• 1829 – British Empire establishes Swan River Colony in western mainland Australia


• 1832 – Swan River Colony is renamed the colony of Western Australia
  


• 1841 – The islands of New Zealand become the independent colony of New Zealand. Much of eastern Antarctica is annexed by Britain as Victoria Land.


• 1844 – New South Wales transfers Norfolk Island to Van Diemen's Land


• 1846 – Northern central and eastern Australia briefly become the independent Colony of North Australia, then are returned to New South Wales.


• 1851 – Southeastern mainland Australia becomes the independent colony of Victoria
  


• 1856 – Van Diemen's Land is renamed the colony of Tasmania. Norfolk Island becomes the independent colony of Norfolk Island, however it is to be administered by the same Governor as New South Wales.


• 1857 – Much of southern central mainland Australia becomes the independent colony of South Australia. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are annexed by Britain.


• 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


• 1863 – New South Wales' remaining northern central mainland Australian territory is transferred to South Australia


• 1878 – Britain annexes Ashmore Island


• 1883 – Queensland annexes southeastern New Guinea


• 1884 – Southeastern New Guinea becomes the independent Territory of Papua
  


• 1886 – The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are to be administered by the same Governor as the Straits Settlements
  


• 1888 – Christmas Island is annexed by Britain and incorporated into the Straits Settlements


• 1897 – Norfolk Island is officially reintegrated into New South Wales


• 1901 – New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, Victoria and South Australia federate into the Commonwealth of Australia. Queensland transfers the Coral Sea Islands to the federal government, creating a federal external territory.


• 1902 – Britain transfers Papua to Australia as an external territory


• 1903 – The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are incorporated into the Straits Settlements


• 1909 – Britain annexes Cartier Island


• 1910 – Britain claims Heard Island and the McDonald Islands
  


• 1911 – The state of South Australia transfers control of northern central mainland Australia to the federal government, creating the Northern Territory. A small pocket of New South Wales around the city of Canberra is transferred to the federal government (who are seated within it), creating the Federal Capital Territory.


• 1913 – New South Wales transfers Norfolk Island to the federal government, making it a federal external territory


• 1915 – A small pocket of New South Wales around Jervis Bay is transferred to the federal government and incorporated into the Federal Capital Territory


• 1920 – Following the defeat of the German Empire in World War I, the League of Nations establishes an Australian mandate in northeastern New Guinea, it becomes the external Territory of New Guinea
  


• 1923 – Another conquered German territory, the island of Nauru, is established as an Australian mandate and external territory by the League of Nations, this time as a co-mandate with Britain and New Zealand


• 1927 – The Northern Territory is split into two territories – North Australia and Central Australia
  


• 1930 – Remaining territory in eastern Antarctica is annexed by Britain as Enderby Land
  


• 1931 – North Australia and Central Australia are reincorporated as the Northern Territory. Britain recognises Australia as possessors of the uninhabited Ashmore and Cartier Islands, making them an external federal territory.


• 1933 – Britain transfers Victoria Land and Enderby Land to Australia, creating the Australian Antarctic Territory, with ongoing limited international recognition


• 1938 – The Federal Capital Territory is renamed the Australian Capital Territory
  


• 1942 – The Japanese Empire conquers Nauru from Australia, Britain and New Zealand as part of World War II. Japan also conquers much of the Straits Settlements, including Christmas Island. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are not conquered and are transferred to the Colony of Ceylong.


• 1946 – The United Nations, the successor to the League of Nations, renews its mandate of New Guinea to Australia


• 1947 – Following the defeat of Japan in World War II, the United Nations returns Nauru to Australia, Britain and New Zealand as a joint mandate. Christmas Island returns to Britain and is incorporated into the Colony of Singapore. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are also transferred to Singapore.


• 1949 – Papua and New Guinea are incorporated into the singular Territory of Papua and New Guinea. Britain transfers Heard Island and the McDonald Islands to Australia, creating a federal external territory.


• 1955 – Britain transfers the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to Australia, they become an external territory


• 1958 – Britain transfers Christmas Island to Australia, it becomes an external territory


• 1966 – The Republic of Nauru is established, ending Australian/British/New Zealander control of the island


• 1975 – Papua and New Guinea becomes the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, ending British/Australian control


• 1989 – Jervis Bay becomes independent of the ACT, becoming the Jervis Bay Territory
  

Comparative terminology

Entity	Type of entity	Tie to the Queen	Domestic administrator	Head of Government	Upper House of Parliament	Lower House of Parliament	Member of Parliament
							Upper house	Lower house[note 1]
Commonwealth of Australia	Federal government	Direct	Governor-General	Prime Minister	Senate	House of Representatives	Senator	MP
South Australia	Federated state	Direct (established by the Australia Act 1986)	Governor	Premier	Legislative Council	House of Assembly	MLC	MHA
Tasmania
New South Wales						Legislative Assembly		MP
Victoria								MLA
Western Australia
Queensland					N/A (abolished 1922)		N/A	MP
Australian Capital Territory	Self-governing territory	Indirect (through Governor-General acting as "administrator")	Assembly and Chief minister	Chief minister	N/A			MLA
Northern Territory		Indirect (through Governor-General)	Administrator
Christmas Island	External territory			Mayor/shire president		Shire Council		Councillor
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Norfolk Island						Regional Council[note 2]
Note: ^ The abbreviation MP is an acceptable, and indeed more common, term for members of each lower house. ^ Between 1979 and 2015 Norfolk Island was a self-governing external territory with its own legislature, the Norfolk Legislative Assembly, until this was abolished by the Commonwealth Parliament.

Governors and administrators of states and territories

Main article: Governors of the Australian states

Post	Incumbent	Appointed
Governor of New South Wales	His Excellency David Hurley	2 October 2014
Governor of Queensland	His Excellency Paul de Jersey	29 July 2014
Governor of South Australia	His Excellency Hieu Van Le	1 September 2014
Governor of Tasmania	Her Excellency Kate Warner	10 December 2014
Governor of Victoria	Her Excellency Linda Dessau	1 July 2015
Governor of Western Australia	His Excellency Kim Beazley	1 May 2018
Administrator of the Northern Territory	Her Honour Vicki O'Halloran	31 October 2017
Administrator of Norfolk Island	His Honour Eric Hutchinson	1 April 2017
Administrator of Australian Indian Ocean Territories (Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands)	Her Honour Natasha Griggs	5 October 2017

Premiers and chief ministers of states and territories

Main article: Premiers of the Australian states

Post	Incumbent	Political party	Appointed
Premier of New South Wales	Gladys Berejiklian MP	Liberal	23 January 2017
Premier of Queensland	Annastacia Palaszczuk MP	Labor	14 February 2015
Premier of South Australia	Steven Marshall MHA	Liberal	19 March 2018
Premier of Tasmania	Will Hodgman MP	Liberal	31 March 2014
Premier of Victoria	Daniel Andrews MP	Labor	4 December 2014
Premier of Western Australia	Mark McGowan MLA	Labor	17 March 2017
Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory	Andrew Barr MLA	Labor	11 December 2014
Chief Minister of the Northern Territory	Michael Gunner MLA	Labor	31 August 2016
Mayor of Norfolk Island Council	Councillor Robin Adams		6 July 2016
Presidents of Australian Indian Ocean Territories: President of the Shire of Christmas Island President of the Shire of Cocos Council	Councillor Foo Kee Heng Councillor Balmut Pirus		18 October 2011 May 2013

State and territorial parliaments

Main article: Parliaments of the Australian states and territories

• Parliament of New South Wales


• Parliament of Queensland


• Parliament of South Australia


• Parliament of Tasmania


• Parliament of Victoria


• Parliament of Western Australia


• Northern Territory Legislative Assembly


• Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

State and territory supreme courts

Main article: Australian court hierarchy

• Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory


• Supreme Court of New South Wales


• Supreme Court of the Northern Territory


• Supreme Court of Queensland


• Supreme Court of South Australia


• Supreme Court of Tasmania


• Supreme Court of Victoria


• Supreme Court of Western Australia


• Supreme Court of Norfolk Island

State and territory police forces

Main article: Law enforcement in Australia

• 
  Australian Capital Territory Police (performed by Australian Federal Police)


• New South Wales Police


• Northern Territory Police


• Queensland Police


• South Australia Police


• Tasmania Police


• Victoria Police


• Western Australia Police

State and territory borders

Main article: Territorial evolution of Australia

• Australian Capital Territory border


• New South Wales borders


• Northern Territory borders


• Queensland borders


• South Australian borders


• Tasmanian borders


• Victorian borders


• Western Australia border

Statistics

State / territory	Abbreviation	Land area[6][17]			Population (2016 census)		Population density			% of population in capital		Notes
		km2	sq mi	Rank	Number	Rank	/km2	/sq mi	Rank	%	Rank
Australian Capital Territory	ACT	2,280	880	7000800000000000000♠8	7005395200000000000♠395,200	7000700000000000000♠7	167.6	434	7000100000000000000♠1	99.6%	7000100000000000000♠1	[18]
New South Wales	NSW	800,628	309,124	7000500000000000000♠5	7006770430000000000♠7,704,300	7000100000000000000♠1	9.62	24.9	7000300000000000000♠3	63.0%	7000500000000000000♠5	[19]
Northern Territory	NT	1,335,742	515,733	7000300000000000000♠3	7005244000000000000♠244,000	7000800000000000000♠8	0.18	0.47	7000800000000000000♠8	54.0%	7000600000000000000♠6	[20]
Queensland	QLD	1,723,936	665,615	7000200000000000000♠2	7006482700000000000♠4,827,000	7000300000000000000♠3	2.79	7.2	7000500000000000000♠5	46.0%	7000700000000000000♠7	[21]
South Australia	SA	978,810	377,920	7000400000000000000♠4	7006170650000000000♠1,706,500	7000500000000000000♠5	1.74	4.5	7000600000000000000♠6	73.5%	7000200000000000000♠2	[22]
Tasmania	TAS	64,519	24,911	7000700000000000000♠7	7005518500000000000♠518,500	7000600000000000000♠6	7.58	19.6	7000400000000000000♠4	41.0%	7000800000000000000♠8	[23]
Victoria	VIC	227,010	87,650	7000600000000000000♠6	7006603910000000000♠6,039,100	7000200000000000000♠2	26.56	68.8	7000200000000000000♠2	71.0%	7000400000000000000♠4	[24]
Western Australia	WA	2,526,786	975,598	7000100000000000000♠1	7006261370000000000♠2,613,700	7000400000000000000♠4	1.03	2.7	7000700000000000000♠7	73.4%	7000300000000000000♠3	[25]

Distance table

Australian distance table

Adelaide
2673	Albany
1533	3588	Alice Springs
1578	3633	443	Uluru
2045	4349	3038	3254	Brisbane
2483	1943	2483	1223	3317	Broome
3352	5656	2457	2900	1716	2496	Cairns
1196	3846	3706	2751	1261	3275	2568	Canberra
3022	4614	1489	1932	3463	1803	2882	4195	Darwin
1001	3674	2534	2579	1944	3636	3251	918	4023	Hobart
3219	3787	1686	2129	3660	1045	3079	4392	827	4220	Kununurra
2783	5087	2505	2948	976	2840	740	1999	2930	2682	3127	Mackay
731	3404	2264	2309	1674	3124	2981	648	3753	609	3950	2412	Melbourne
2742	5106	1209	1652	1829	1834	1248	2561	1634	3075	1831	1296	2805	Mount Isa
2781	409	3696	3741	4457	2389	5764	3954	4205	3782	3378	5195	3512	4905	Perth
1412	3970	3830	2875	1001	3373	2495	286	4034	1142	4516	1926	872	2400	4078	Sydney

Distance in kilometres from the corresponding city on the X-Y axis.

State and territory codes

State/territory	Abbrev.	Call signs			Postal		Telephone numbers in Australia	Time zone
		AM/FM	TV	Amateur	Abbrev.	Postcode		Std	Summer
Australian Capital Territory	ACT	1xx(x)[nb 1]	xx(x)Cn[nb 1]	VK1xx[nb 1]	ACT	02nn,[nb 2] 26nn, 29nn	+61 2 62xx xxxx +61 2 61xx xxxx	+10	+11
New South Wales	NSW	2xx(x)	xx(x)Nn	VK2xx	NSW	1nnn,[nb 2] 2nnn	+61 2 xxxx xxxx[nb 3]	+10 (+​9 1⁄2)	+11
Victoria	Vic	3xx(x)	xx(x)Vn	VK3xx	VIC	3nnn, 8nnn[nb 2]	+61 3 xxxx xxxx[nb 3]	+10	+11
Queensland	Qld	4xx(x)	xx(x)Qn	VK4xx	QLD	4nnn, 9nnn[nb 2]	+61 7 xxxx xxxx	+10
South Australia	SA	5xx(x)	xx(x)Sn	VK5xx	SA	5nnn	+61 8 8xxx xxxx +61 8 7xxx xxxx	+​9 1⁄2	+​10 1⁄2
Western Australia	WA	6xx(x)	xx(x)Wn	VK6xx	WA	6nnn	+61 8 9xxx xxxx +61 8 6xxx xxxx	+8
Tasmania	Tas	7xx(x)	xx(x)Tn	VK7xx	TAS	7nnn	+61 3 6xxx xxxx	+10	+11
Northern Territory	NT	8xx(x)	xx(x)Dn	VK8xx	NT	08nn	+61 8 89xx xxxx	+​9 1⁄2
External territories
Norfolk Island		2xx(x)	xx(x)Nn	VK2xx	NSW	2899	+672 3 xx xxx	+11
Christmas Island		6xx(x)	xx(x)Wn	VK9xx	WA	6798	+61 8 9164 xxxx	+7
Cocos Island		6xx(x)	xx(x)Wn	VK9xx	WA	6799	+61 8 9162 xxxx	+​6 1⁄2
Australian Antarctic Territory	AAT	none		VK0xx	TAS		+672 1	+6 to +8
Macquarie Island		none						+10	+11
^ abc A number of broadcast stations in the ACT have call signs allocated as if ACT were part of New South Wales. ^ abcd This is used for some PO box and large users only. ^ ab Some exceptions apply to numbers in this state's number range.

See also

• 
  Australia portal
  

• 
  ISO 3166-2:AU, the ISO codes for the states and territories of Australia.


• Australian regional rivalries


• List of Australian demonyms


• List of proposed states of Australia

Notes

1. 
   ^ Unless provided, references and details on data provided in the table can be found within the individual state and territory articles.
   


2. 
   ^ Perth was defined as the capital by statute in 2016: City of Perth Act 2016 (WA) in AustLII.
   


3. 
   ^ ^abcde The national Flag of Australia is used in territories which have no flag of their own.
   


4. 
   ^ Under the definitions in ISO 3166-1, the AAT is covered by the Antarctican ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code "AQ".
   


5. 
   ^ No permanent population, research station with fluctuating staff numbers.
   


6. 
   ^ ^abc Part of geographic Australia
   


7. 
   ^ No permanent population, weather monitoring station generally with four staff.
   

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