6. Size Matters?

Did you know...

- that while Australia is huge, its not quite as big as the US, with relative size of 2.99 vs 3.6 million sq miles. US is the 4th largest country in the world & Australia the 6th. (Caveat - believe it or not, different sources rank the countries differently. I think some of it has to do with evaluating land + water, or land only, though I can't account for total area calculations being different)

- that Australia is divided into 8 parts: 6 are states and 2 are territories. See pic #2 in this post.

States (New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland, Southern Australia & Tasmania) have their own constitutions and are largely self-governing.

Territories (Northern Territory & Capital Territory, which is the tiny spot where Canberra is located), are subject to federal gov't authority.Read more