04/12/2020 · Other former English colonies have a similar setup (Jamaica, for example) but Australia is one of the largest and most distant of the Queen’s realms, and for some reason, seems to want to keep ...

54 hàng · Every continent in the world has member countries that are part of the British Commonwealth of Nations. All territories in Canada are part of the Commonwealth, and the same is true of Australia. The only country in South America that is part of the British Commonwealth is Guyana in the continent's northern region.

01/04/2021 · Australia is structured as a federation, similar to how the United States is structured. The Australian federation consists of six entities known as states, and ten other entities known as territories. The states are New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia.

Although Australia is sometimes called an “island continent,” most geographers consider islands and continents to be separate things. According to Britannica, an island is a mass of land that is both “entirely surrounded by water” and also “smaller than a continent.”.