Australia---the World's Largest Island The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of six states.Five are on the mainland- New South Wales,Victoria,Queensland, South Australia,and Western Australia.The sixth is the island state of Tasmania.There are also two territories on the mainland.In the north is the large Northern Territory.In the southeast is the small Australian catal Territory,which includes conberra,the federal capital capital edg目鄂府 (制)的 Paris The co 这家公司 是 The wor te佩Australia---the World’s Largest Island The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of six states. Five are on the mainland￾New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia. The sixth is the island state of Tasmania. There are also two territories on the mainland. In the north is the large Northern Territory. In the southeast is the small Australian Capital Territory, which includes Canberra, the federal capital. commonwealth n. country or state 国家；政治实体（术语，正式语或文学用语） be made up of: consist of 由……组成,由……构成 The medical team is made up of ten doctors 这个医疗队由十名医生组成。 mainland 大陆，本土（与岛屿相对而言） Ferry services operate between the islands and the mainland. 在大陆和各岛之间有轮渡服务。 territory n. 领土，版图，地区 The explorers claimed the land as British territory.探险家们声称这块土地是 英国领土。 capital n. 1.首都，首府，省会 Paris is the capital of France . 巴黎是法国的首都。 2.(u) 资本，资金 The company was started with a capital of 10.000 dollars . 这家公司开办时的资本为一万美金。 3.大写字母（尤指词首字母） The word STOP is printed here in capitals. STOP 这个词在这里是用大写字体印刷的 Canberra n. 堪培拉（澳大利亚首都） Federal a. 联邦（制）的 Switzerland is a federal republic. 瑞士是一个联邦制的共和国。 Federalism n. 联邦主义 federate v. (使)结成联邦 federation n.联邦政府