Australian state

nouns

one of the several states constituting Australia
Australian state
is a part of
a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
Australia, Commonwealth of Australia
is a type of (narrower)
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
"his state is in the deep south"
province, state