See also:Flag of Australia, Australian States and Territories File links The following pages link to this file: Australian Capital Territory Flag of Australian Capital Territory Flags of the Australian states and territories Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians notice board Template:Canberra suburb stub Template:Canberra-stub Template:ACTChiefMinisters Categories: Flag images | Australia images | Australian territory flag images ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 The currrent state flag of the Australian Capital Territory was officially adopted in 1993. ... File links The following pages link to this file: New South Wales Jack Lang (Australian politician) George Reid (Australian politician) Flags of the Australian states and territories Flag of New South Wales Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians notice board Template:NewSouthWalesPremiers Categories: Flag images | Australia images ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 The current state flag of New South Wales was officially adopted in 1876. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Clare Martin Flag of Northern Territory Ian Tuxworth Marshall Perron Denis Burke Flags of the Australian states and territories Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians notice board Australian court hierarchy Template:NorthernTerritoryChiefMinisters Categories: Flag images | Australia images ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 The state flag of the Northern Territory of Australia was officially adopted in 1978. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Queensland Flags of the Australian states and territories Flag of Queensland Categories: Flag images | Australia images ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 The current state flag of Queensland was officially adopted in 1953. ... File links The following pages link to this file: South Australia Flag of South Australia Flags of the Australian states and territories Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians notice board Peterborough, South Australia User:ScottDavis Light Regional Council District Council of Mount Barker User:Cyberjunkie/Contributions/Random Template talk:Australia state or territory... Flag Ratio: 1:2 The current state flag of South Australia, a state of Australia, was officially adopted in 1904. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Flag of Tasmania Flags of the Australian states and territories Paul Lennon Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians notice board Edward Braddon Template:TasmaniaPremiers Categories: Flag images | Australia images ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 The current state flag of Tasmania was officially adopted in 1875. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Victoria (Australia) Flags of the Australian states and territories Charles Gavan Duffy Flag of Victoria User:Xtra Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians notice board Template:VictoriaPremiers James Francis George Kerferd Categories: Flag images | Australia images ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 The current state flag of Victoria was officially adopted in 1953. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Flag of Western Australia John Forrest, 1st Baron Forrest of Bunbury George Leake Newton Moore Flags of the Australian states and territories Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians notice board Template:WesternAustraliaPremiers Categories: Flag images | Australia images ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 The current state flag of Western Australia was officially adopted in 1953. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Australia is blue with the flag of the United Kingdom (or Union Flag) in the canton (the upper hoist quarter), and a large seven-pointed star known as the Commonwealth Star (six points representing the six original states and one point for the... Australia, having a federal system of government, is divided into states and territories. ...
For the purposes of Australian (and joint Australia-New Zealand) intergovernmental bodies, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are treated as a state.
Each state has a Governor, appointed by the Queen, which by convention she does on the advice of the state Premier.
The Administrators of the Northern Territory and of Norfolk Island are, by contrast, appointed by the Governor-General.