The great continent of Australia lies in the southern hemisphere and its land covers an area of some 7,772,535 sq km (3,842675 sq miles).

To the east is the Pacific Ocean and to the west the Indian Ocean.

Australia is divided into 6 states.New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, and Queensland and 2 territories, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory.

Although Canberra, located in Australian Capital Territory is the capital of Australia, each individual state and territory has its own regional capital city.

The Northern Territory is the most barren of all the states in Australia. It covers a total area of 1.35 million square kilometres and its land area is approximately 20% of the whole country. However, only around 1% of Australia's population lives here. The state can be split into three distinctive areas, Top End in the far north, the Middle and the Red Centre where you will find the famous town of Alice Springs. The capital of Northern Territory is Darwin on the far north coast. more...

New South Wales covers an area of 802,000 square kilometres and lies on the eastern side of Australia. It is the continents most densely populated state with some 6.2 million people and just over half this number living in the state capital Sydney. more...

Australian Capital Territory is located within New South Wales and is just over 2,400 square kilometres in area. The population is around 300,000 most of these located in Canberra, Australia’s capital city. more...

Queensland covers a total area of 1,727,000 square kilometres and is located on the east coast of the continent and the population is approximately 3.5 million. The state capital is Brisbane with Cairns being the second major city. There are lots of islands located of the coast and of course the
Great Barrier Reef. more...

South Australia has a population of approximately 1.47 million, living in 984,277 sq km. The state capital of South Australia is Adelaide and around 80% of the population live here. South Australia has a large semi-desert area in the far Outback, and it is the driest out of all of the states and also the most urbanised. more...

Tasmania is the only island state of Australia located off the south coast across the bass strait. It consists of 67,800 square kilometres of land and has a population of around 500,000 people. Hobart is the state capital and the largest city on the island. more...

Victoria is the smallest mainland state in Australia, but what is lacks in size it makes up for with the beauty of its coastline and national parks. Around 4.6 million people live in an area of approximately 228,000 sq km, and the state capital is the cosmopolitan city of Melbourne. more...

Western Australia covers 2,525,500 square kilometres and is the largest state in Australia, which is around one third of the total area of the Australian continent. The population is around 1.8 million, and approximately 80% of these live in Perth, the state capital. more...