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Section 124 of the Constitution of Australia provides for the establishment or admission of new states to the federation. The Federal Parliament may also form a new state by separating territory from an existing state, join multiple states or parts of states, or increase, diminish, or otherwise alter the limits of a state, but in each case, it must have the approval of the parliament(s) of the ...
Pages in category "Proposed states and territories of Australia" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of proposed state mergers, including both current and historical proposals originating from sovereign states or organizations.The entities listed below differ from separatist movements in that they would form as a merger or union of two or more existing states, territories, colonies or other regions, becoming either a federation, confederation or other type of unified sovereign ...
Under the section 124 of the Constitution of Australia, new states may be created from an existing state with the consent of that state's parliament. [1]In 1852, John Dunmore Lang proposed – in his book Freedom and Independence for the Golden Lands of Australia – the division of the future colony of Queensland into three subdivisions.
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Location of the Northern Territory in Australia. The Northern Territory (NT) is the most commonly mentioned potential seventh state of Australia.The most common proposed name for the state is Northern Australia (to match with the state of Western Australia; an alternative would be North Australia to match with the state of South Australia).
Proposed states and territories of Australia (3 C, 11 P): Categories by state or territory of Australia (32 C) A. Australian Capital Territory (21 C, 5 P)
The world's smallest continent, Australia is also the sixth-largest country by land area and sometimes considered the world's largest island. Australia has a mainland coastline of 32,994 kilometres (20,502 mi) [14] and claims an exclusive economic zone of about 8,200,000 square kilometres (3,200,000 sq mi). [15]