Australian territories

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Australian territories are regions under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Australia that lie outside the six states, including both internal territories like the Australian Capital Territory and external territories such as Norfolk Island and Christmas Island.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
territorial division of Australia ⓘ
administeredBy Australian federal government ⓘ
constitutionalTerm territory ⓘ
containsFederalCapital Canberra ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
differFromStatesIn constitutional powers ⓘ
extent of self-government ⓘ
representation in the Australian Parliament ⓘ
distinctFrom states of Australia ⓘ
exampleOfSelfGoverningTerritory Australian Capital Territory ⓘ
Norfolk Island ⓘ
Northern Territory ⓘ
externalTerritoriesLocatedIn Indian Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ
governedBy Parliament of Australia ⓘ
governedUnder Australian Constitution ⓘ
hasCapitalTerritory Australian Capital Territory ⓘ
hasFederalDistrict Australian Capital Territory ⓘ
historicallyDerivedFrom former British colonial possessions in Australia ⓘ
includeAntarcticClaim Australian Antarctic Territory ⓘ
includeMilitaryEnclave Jervis Bay Territory ⓘ
includeRemoteIslands true ⓘ
includes Ashmore and Cartier Islands ⓘ
Australian Antarctic Territory ⓘ
Australian Capital Territory ⓘ
Christmas Island ⓘ
Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⓘ
Coral Sea Islands Territory ⓘ
Heard Island and McDonald Islands ⓘ
Jervis Bay Territory ⓘ
Macquarie Island ⓘ
Norfolk Island ⓘ
Northern Territory ⓘ
includeUninhabitedAreas true ⓘ
includeWorldHeritageAreas true ⓘ
jurisdictionOf Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
languageOfAdministration English ⓘ
legalStatus under direct authority of the Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
legalSystem common law of Australia ⓘ
mayHave locally elected legislative bodies ⓘ
partOf Australia ⓘ
someHaveSelfGovernment true ⓘ
subdivisionOf Australia ⓘ
typeIncludes external territories of Australia ⓘ
internal territories of Australia ⓘ
ultimateSovereignty Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australia Act 1986 → appliesTo → Australian territories ⓘ
Christmas Island → partOf → Australian external territories ⓘ
linked to: Australian territories
Australian banknotes → legalTenderIn → Australian external territories ⓘ
linked to: Australian territories
Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration → partOf → Australian external territories ⓘ
linked to: Australian territories
Council of Australian Governments → jurisdiction → Australian territories ⓘ
National Cabinet of Australia → jurisdiction → Australian states and territories ⓘ
linked to: Australian territories
Currency Act 1963 → appliesTo → Australian States and Territories ⓘ
linked to: Australian territories
Territory of New Guinea → partOf → Australian external territories ⓘ
linked to: Australian territories
Cartier Island → isPartOf → Australian external territories ⓘ
linked to: Australian territories
Christmas Island Time → usedIn → Territory of Christmas Island ⓘ
linked to: Australian territories
Corporations Law → appliedIn → Australian States and Territories ⓘ
linked to: Australian territories
Northern Territory Legislative Council → memberOf → Commonwealth of Australia territorial institutions ⓘ
linked to: Australian territories
National Federation Reform Council → governsRelationshipBetween → Australian Government and territories ⓘ
linked to: Australian territories
BoM → serviceArea → Australian external territories ⓘ
linked to: Australian territories
Flags of Australia → symbolizes → Australian territories ⓘ
Mawson Peak → isHighestPointOf → Australian external territories ⓘ
linked to: Australian territories
West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands → partOf → Australian external territories ⓘ
linked to: Australian territories
Royal Australian Navy shore establishment network → geographicScope → Australian external territories ⓘ
linked to: Australian territories