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12 unusual facts about States and territories of Australia


Acacia murrayana

It is widespread throughout Australia's arid zone, occurring on sand ridges and in disturbed areas in every mainland State except Victoria.

Acacia sclerosperma

Endemic to Western Australia, it occurs on floodplains and along water-courses throughout the arid north-west corner of the State.

Allocasuarina fraseriana

Endemic to Western Australia, it occurs near the coast in the south west corner of the State, from Jurien (30° S) to Albany (35° S).

Cartier Island

It is within the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands, an external territory of Australia.

Cockburn Shire

Cockburn Shire is a former local government area in the Australia state of New South Wales.

College of Advanced Education

Colleges of Advanced Education were similar in ideals and physical facilities to Australian universities of the period, but were state owned and controlled instead of federally funded and independent.

Henry Jickling

Henry Jickling was appointed as a caretaker judge in 1837 to the Supreme Court of South Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of South Australia.

John Robert Boker, Jr.

John Boker also accumulated large collections of Australian States, State of Buenos Aires, Confederate States of America, Fernando Po, Ionian Islands, Réunion, Romania, Serbia, and the Spanish Philippines.

Marjorie Cotton

Marjorie worked with Bess Thomas conducting the first Australian course in Children’s Librarianship at Mosman Municipal Library, which was attended by librarians from four states in 1954.

Neville Owen

The Honourable Justice Neville John Owen was a senior judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia.

Phebalium daviesii

In 2001, each Australian state nominated a native flower as a floral emblem to celebrate the centenary of the Federation of Australia.

Stamp duty

However, stamp duties are levied by the Australian states on various instruments (written documents) and transactions.


Alexander Onslow

Sir Alexander Campbell Onslow (17 July 1842 – 20 October 1908) was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia.

Archibald Burt

Sir Archibald Paull Burt Kt QC (1810 – 21 November 1879) was a British lawyer from the colonies of the West Indies, and was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia.

County court

County court is the name given to the intermediate court in some Australian states (e.g. the County Court of Victoria).

Deputy Premier of Queensland

The Deputy Premier of Queensland is a role in the Government of Queensland assigned to a responsible Minister in the Australian state of Queensland.

Henry Wrenfordsley

Sir Henry Thomas Wrenfordsley (1825 – 2 June 1908) Kt was an Irish lawyer and was the second Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia.

Melbourne Fashion Festival

Melbourne, the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria, is renowned for its fashion scene and is sometimes considered Australia's fashion capital rivalling and disputing Sydney.

Orthodox Church in America Parishes in Australia

The Orthodox Church in America Parishes in Australia refers to an administrative district of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) located within two states in AustraliaNew South Wales and Queensland.

Roslyn Philp

Sir Roslyn Foster Bowie Philp KBE (27 July 1895 – 19 March 1965) was appointed as a judge to the Supreme Court of Queensland, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Queensland.