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Measurement

I don't get the bit at maritime claims: nm? Isn't that nanometres? A very small unit? I'm confused... - Mark Ryan

I believe that nm in this context means a nautical mile. Its length is defined to be the length of an arc of angle one minute (1/60th of a degree) at the equator. That is, 1 nautical mile is approximately 1.852 kilometers or 1.1508 miles. It is frequently used when measuring distance on the sea or in the air, probably for historical reasons. -MarkReid

Query - I don't understand the land usage statistics. 6% arable land etc... Does that mean UNUSED arable land? Then it says X% grazing land and so on... I assume the totals of all those numbers will add up to 100% Karen Johnson

Weather

I have mentioned the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, but it might be worthwhile that quite a bit of the weather (especially during summer) is caused by cold fronts coming up from the Southern Ocean.

Fixing some of the article graphics

Some graphics have not been optimised to appear in relevant sections. I have removed the map showing states and highways from the Regions section as it shows political geography already covered by a clickable map in that section, as well as adjusting thumbnail sizes. The hydrology section will include a map of drainage divisions/catchments. 電放三葉 (RadioTrefoil) 02:53, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

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Restructuring of the article

While reading it, I noted that much of the content on this article was not referenced at all, and a lot of relevant info was missing (as many users pointed out on the discussion), so on the last days I've been adding more info, removing excess content, categorising paragraphs on "Physical geography" section, and adding lots of sources from Geoscience Australia and other Australian gov agencies. Hope that this restructuring lays the groundwork for future editions, because the article needs additional work.

sudestado 23:55, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]