Australian History in Credo: Geography

State of southeast Australia, including the dependency of Lord Howe Island; area 801,600 sq km/309,500 sq mi; population (2001 est) 6,609,300 (over half in the capital, Sydney).

State in northeast Australia, including the adjacent islands in the Pacific Ocean and in the Gulf of Carpentaria; bordered on the west by Northern Territory, on the southwest by South Australia, on the south by New South Wales, on the east by the Pacific Ocean, and on the extreme northwest by the Gulf of Carpentaria

State of south-central Australia, including Kangaroo Island and other islands in the Indian Ocean; bounded on the northeast by Queensland, on the east by New South Wales, on the southeast by Victoria, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the west by Western Australia

Island in the Indian Ocean, southeast of Australia, separated from the mainland by Bass Strait; state of Australia.

State of southeast Australia; bounded on the north and northeast by New South Wales, from which it is separated by the River Murray; on the west by South Australia; and on the south and southeast by the Southern Ocean, Bass Strait, and the Pacific Ocean

State of Australia, bounded on the north and west by the Indian Ocean, on the east by Northern Territory and South Australia, on the south by the Southern Ocean.

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia
Federal territory of southeastern Australia, an enclave in the state of New South Wales; it includes Jervis Bay Territory (the site of Canberra's port on the coast) for administrative purposes.

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Inlet of the Tasman Sea, southeastern New South Wales, Australia.

Territory of north-central Australia, bounded on the north by the Timor and Arafura seas, on the east by Queensland, on the south by South Australia, and on the west by Western Australia

Island 13 sq mi, South Pacific, a territory of Australia, c.1,035 mi (1,670 km) NE of Sydney. Its capital is Kingston.

Islands and territories south of 60° south, between 160° and 45° east longitude, excluding Adélie Land. The population on the Antarctic continent is limited to scientific personnel.

Island in Indian Ocean, an external territory of Australia, ab. 225 mi. (362 km.) S of W end of Java

Capital and chief port of South Australia

Capital and chief port of the state of Queensland, Australia.

Capital of Australia and seat of the federal government, situated in the Australian Capital Territory in southeast Australia.

Capital and principal port of Tasmania, Australia

Capital of the state of Victoria. Australia's second-largest city.

Capital of the state of Western Australia and Australia's fourth-largest city

Principal port and largest city of Australia and capital of the state of New South Wales

Wasteland, northern Western Australia. It extends from Eighty Mile Beach on the Indian Ocean eastward into the Northern Territory and from the Kimberley Downs south to the Tropic of Capricorn and the Gibson Desert.

Largest and deepest ocean, c.70,000,000 sq mi (181,300,000 sq km), occupying about one third of the earth's surface. Named by the explorer Ferdinand Magellan; the southern part is also known as the South Sea.

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia
Inlet of the coast of New South Wales, Australia, on which the city of Sydney is situated.

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
Parallel of latitude at 23°30′ south of the equator; it is the southern boundary of the tropics.

The great rock, which is 345 metres (1,130 feet) high, has two names: Uluru and Ayers Rock. This is because the site has significance for two cultures that both have a hold on it.