Australia An island continent to the S.E. of Asia. A Commonwealth consisting of the states of New South. Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia to the north-east, and New Zealand to the south-east. |
