Previously in Journeys of Life we have had articles about the different states or provinces of the United States of America and Canada. This time we do the same with Australia. This in order to help you to figure out the abbreviations given concerning people born in Australia.

Australia has six states, two major mainland territories and a few external territories, mainly islands. Here below the abbreviations for the six states.

NSW = New South Wales 
QLD = Queensland
SA = South Australia
TAS = Tasmania 
VIC = Victoria 
WA = Western Australia 

The two major mainland territories are the Australian Capital Territory  (ACT) and the Northern Territory (NT). In most respects, these two territories function as states.