States and territories of Australia 澳大利亚行政区划
(重定向自Australian External Territories)
Australia (officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia) is a federation of six states, together with ten federal territories. The Australian mainland consists of five of the six federated states—the state of Tasmania is an island in close proximity to the mainland—and three of the federal territories. Aside from the Australian Antarctic Territory, which is Australia's claim to part of Antarctica, Australia is the world's sixth-largest country by total area.