Atlas of Australia

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Atlas-country Australia

Australia English Australia - Commonwealth of Australia The Commonwealth of Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent and a number of islands in the Southern, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Neighbouring countries include ► Indonesia, ► East Timor, and ► Papua New Guinea to the north; the ► Solomon Islands, ► Vanuatu, and the French dependency of ► New Caledonia to the northeast; and ► New Zealand to the southeast. The Australian external territories are the ► Ashmore and Cartier Islands, ► Christmas Island, the ► Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the ► Coral Sea Islands, ► Heard Island and McDonald Islands, and ► Norfolk Island. Short name  Australia Official name Commonwealth of Australia Status Independent country since 1901 Location Oceania Capital Canberra Population 25,464,116 inhabitants Area 7,741,220 square kilometres (2,988,900 sq mi) Major languages English (official) Major religions Protestant Christianity, Roman Catholicism More information Australia, Geography of Australia, History of Australia and Politics of Australia More images Australia - Australia (Category).

General maps

Location of Australia

Map of Australia

Topography of Australia

Maps of divisions

This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.

Map of Australian states and territories

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  Australia
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  Australian Capital Territory
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  New South Wales
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  Northern Territory
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  Queensland
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  South Australia
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  Tasmania
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  Victoria
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  Western Australia

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  Australian Capital Territory
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  New South Wales
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  Northern Territory
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  Queensland
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  South Australia
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  Tasmania
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  Victoria
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  Western Australia

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Australia, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Australia.

Australia discoveries by Europeans before 1813

In 1770 Captain James Cook rediscovers the region and claims it for Britain. This leads in 1778 to the formation of the colony of New South Wales. This map shows Australia as part of the British Empire.

In the upcoming decennia parts of the colony become separate colonies: Van Diemen's Land in 1825 (later named Tasmania), South Australia in 1836, New Zealand in 1841, Victoria in 1851 and Queensland in 1859. Many but by no means all of the first settlers are convicts, condemned for offenses that today would often be thought trivial. The mid-19th century brings government policies to emancipate convicts and the government assists the immigration of free persons. Since 1850 the colonies are granted self-government.

In 1891 a proces of re-unification starts, that leads in 1901 to the merger of the colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and West Australia into the Commonwealth of Australia, which becomes an independent country with a federal parliamentary democracy. Although Australia became independent in 1901, the British government keeps some powers on the country to the Treaty of Westminster, ratified in 1942. This map shows the development of the Australian states and territories since the Federation.

Census of 1921

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

First map of Australia (Jave la Grande) from Nicholas Vallard's atlas, 1547

Le pôle antarctique, by Jacques de Vauxx, Premières Œuvres (traité d'hydrographie), 1583

Hollandia Nova, 1659 map prepared by Joan Blaeu based on voyages by Abel Tasman and Willem Jansz, this image shows a French edition of 1663

A map of the East Indies, from William Dampier's New Voyage Round the World, published 1697

New Holland Map by William Dampier, 1699

Map of Sydney from 1789

Pre 1904 map of Australia

Historical map of Australia, Bibliothek allgemeinen und praktischen Wissens für Militäranwärter, 1905

Map of Australia from The New Student's Reference Work, 1914

*Major vegetation groups in Australia as identified by the National Land and Water Resources

Geological and similar maps

Basic geological regions of Australia, by age.

oil & gas map

Seismicity map

Other maps

Distribution of boomerangs in Australia

Satellite maps

Satellite photo of Australia

Indigenous population by state

Queensland

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  Geographical distribution of the Queensland population self-identified as having Indigenous status (Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islanders or both) by Indigenous Locations (ILOC), according to the 2016 census
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  Geographical distribution of the Queensland population self-identified as having Indigenous status (Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islanders or both) by Local Government Areas (LGA), according to the 2016 census
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  Geographical distribution of the Queensland population self-identified as having Indigenous status (Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islanders or both) by State Suburbs (SSC), according to the 2016 census (uninhabited mesh blocks (MB) excluded)
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  Geographical distribution of the population self-identified as having Indigenous status (Aboriginals only) by Indigenous Locations (ILOC), according to the 2016 census
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  Geographical distribution of the Queensland population self-identified as having Indigenous status (Torres Strait Islanders only) by Indigenous Locations (ILOC), according to the 2016 census
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  Geographical distribution of the population self-identified as having both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Indigenous status by Indigenous Locations (ILOC), according to the 2016 census
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  The prevalent 1st response about ancestry of the Queensland people self-identified as having Indigenous status (Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islanders or both) in Statistical Areas 1 (SA1) with more then 5% of Indigenous population
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  The languages most often spoken at home by people self-identified as having Indigenous status (Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islanders or both) in Statistical Areas 1 (SA1) with more then 5% of Indigenous population
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  Geographical distribution of the population self-identified as having Indigenous status (Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islanders or both) and spoken at home on one of Indigenous Australian languages by Statistical Areas 1 (SA1)
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  The prevalent religious affiliation of the people self-identified as having Indigenous status (Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islanders or both) in Statistical Areas 1 (SA1) with more then 5% of self-identified Indigenous population

Notes and references

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