Australia is an island.
Having been part of all major supercontinents, the Australian continent began to form after the breakup of Gondwana in the Permian, with the separation of the continental landmass from the African continent and Indian subcontinent
=== States and territories ===Australia has six states  New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), South Australia (SA), Tasmania (TAS), Victoria (VIC) and Western Australia (WA)  and three mainland territoriesthe Australian Capital Territory (ACT), the Northern Territory (NT), and the Jervis Bay Territory (JBT)

