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(officially known as the ‘commonwealth of australia’)
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(‘australia’ is a ‘federation’ of ‘6 states’ + ’10 federal territories’)
(the ‘australian mainland’ consists of ‘5’ (of the ‘6’) ‘federated states’ and ‘3’ (of the ’10’) federal territories’ (aka ‘internal’ territories”))
(the state of ‘tasmania’ is an ‘island’ about ‘200 kilometers’ (or ‘120 miles’) south of the ‘mainland’)
(the remaining ‘7 territories’ are classified for some purposes as ‘external’ territories)
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(much like the ‘contiguous united states’)
(aka ‘minus ‘alaska’ and ‘hawaii’)
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(aside from the australian ‘antarctic territory’ (which is australia’s claim to part of ‘antarctica’, ‘australia’ is the world’s 6th-largest country by ‘total area’)
“take that jon nash!!”
(you ain’t the only ’emperor of ‘antarctica”)
(“southern belles”)
(all ‘states’ and the 2 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’)
(the 3rd ‘internal territory’ is the ‘jervis bay territory’ (‘JBT’) which is on the coast of ‘new south wales’ south of ‘sydney’ and east of ‘canberra’)
(3 of the ‘external territories’ are ‘inhabited’; the others are ‘uninhabited’ (apart from ‘temporary-resident scientists’))
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