Australia is an “island continent” covering 7,667,080 km2 (2,967,741 sq mi), situated between latitudes 10° and 44°S (including Tasmania) and longitudes 113° and 153°E. It is administered as a commonwealth of states (and territories) within the British Commonwealth. Its capital, Canberra, is also the headquarters of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, which issues national and regional maps and reports. Separate state geological surveys also exist (see under respective headings). The Commonwealth also administers Christmas Island (q.v.), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (q.v.), Heard Island, and Macquarie Island (see Sub-Antarctic Islands), and claims a sector of East Antarctica. Papua New Guinea was formerly administered by Australia and since 1975 has been independent (see New Guinea). The principal professional association is the Geological Society of Australia, which publishes a major journal that includes special numbers dedicated to each state, and a geotectonic map...
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Brown, D.A. (1975). Australia . In: World Regional Geology. Encyclopedia of Earth Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31081-1_6
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