AUSTRALIA : DEPENDENCIES and TERRITORIES historical demographical data of these dependencies |
DEPENDENCY, TERRITORY | capital; or see reference entry | surface/sq.km | surface/sq.mi | c1996 | 1993/94m | c1991 | 1987jn | c1986 | c1981 | c1976 | c1971 | c1966 | c1960/61 | c1951 | e1940 | c1931 | code | pos. | particulars | variants of the name | ||||
source: | EW,SY | LB | LB | YA | SY | SY,FW | SY | SY | SY | SY | HA | EB,SY | EB | |||||||||||
Ashmore & Cartier Islands | 5 | 2 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | AC | belonged formerly to the Northern Territories, in 1978 federally administrated | Ashmore Reef; country code FIPS: AT | ||||||
Cartier Islands | > see: Ashmore & Cartier Islands | Cartier Islet | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Christmas Island | Flying Fish Cove (The Settlement) | 135 | 52 | 1,906 | 2,500 | 1,275 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,871 | 3,260 | 3,044 | 3,381 | 3,099 | 1,929 | 1,440 | 1,059 | CK | see also the separate file of this island: christig.htm | Kirimat i (?) | |||||
Cocos Islands | Bantam Village | 14 | 5 | 0,655 | 0,700 | 0,647 | 0,600 | 0,616 | 0,555 | 0,544 | 0,625 | 0,684 | 0,606 | 0,624 | 1,142 | 1,142 | CI | see also the separate file of this island group: cocoskig.htm | Keeling Islands | |||||
Coral Sea Islands Territory | 8 | 3 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | CS | uninhabited islets, external territory, federally administrated | country code FIPS: CR | ||||||
Heard & MacDonald Islands: | 412 | 159 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | HM | discovered 1853 by US captain John J. Heard; formally annexed by Australia 1947.12 | country code ISO: HM; FIPS: HM | ||||||
Heard Island | 40 km long 16 km wide; Big Ben Peak the highest point in Australian Territory: 2745 (or 3353?) m | |||||||||||||||||||||||
MacDonald Islands | west of Heard Island | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Shag Islands | just north of Heard Island | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Heard & MacDonald Islands | no details of area available; position of Heard Island: 53 06 S 72 31 E; meteorological station | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Keeling Islands | > see: Cocos Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Kirimat i | > see: Christmas Island | 135 | 52 | 1,906 | 2,500 | 1,275 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,871 | 3,260 | 3,044 | 3,381 | 3,099 | 1,929 | 1,440 | 1,059 | CK | |||||||
Lord Howe Island Group: | belongs administratively to New South Wales; first sighted 1788; UNESCO world heritage area | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Admiralty Islands | 1,6 km N of Lord Howe Island | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Balls Pyramid | 32 km SSE of Lord Howe Island | Ball's Pyramid | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Lord Howe Island | volcanic isl., 10 km long, 2,9 km wide; position: 31 35 S 159 10 E; resort community near N end | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mutton Bird Island | 1,6 km NE of Rocky Point of Lord Howe Island | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Lord Howe Island Group | 17 | 6 | 0,300 | LH | settled c.1834; highest points on Lord Howe Isl.: Mt. Gower 875 m, Mt. Lidgfird 777 m | |||||||||||||||||||
Macquarie Islands: | practically uninhabited volcanic island group which belongs administratively to Tasmania | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bishop and Clerk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Judge and Clerk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Macquarie Island | 34 km long, 5 km wide; highest point: Mt. Hamilton 433 m; position: 54 30 S 158 40 W | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Macquarie Islands | 231 | 89 | MQ | the only residents are at meteorological and nature research stations | ||||||||||||||||||||
Norfolk Island | Kingston | 35 | 13 | 2,181 | 1,896 | 2,285 | 2,300 | 1,977 | 1,800 | 1,600 | 1,683 | 1,152 | 1,035 | 0,942 | 1,100 | 1,100 | NI | see also the separate file of this island: norfolkg.htm | ||||||
TOTAL: | no capital for this combination | 991 | 382 | 6,648 | 7,596 | 5,482 | 6,900 | 6,893 | 8,097 | 8,664 | 8,396 | 8,598 | 7,839 | 5,424 | 5,122 | 4,360 | population figures are given in exact numbers, not in 1000s |
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