Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1910 — States of Australia. [ARTICLE]

States of Australia.

The states comprising the commonwealth of Australia are: New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria, West Australia, and the territory of Papua, formerly known as British New Guinea. The capital of the commonwealth of Australia Is as yet without being, although a site for the future capital has been chosen In the Yass-Canberra district in New South Wales. At the present time the parliament sits at Melbourne.