Jump to content

Talk:Australian Antarctic Territory

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 68.81.187.59 (talk) at 17:31, 20 April 2009. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

WikiProject iconAustralia Start‑class Top‑importance
WikiProject iconAustralian Antarctic Territory is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the project page.AustraliaWikipedia:WikiProject AustraliaTemplate:WikiProject AustraliaAustralia
StartThis article has been rated as Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
TopThis article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.
Note icon
Need help improving this article? Ask a LibrarianWhat's this? at the National Library of Australia.
Note icon
The Wikimedia Australia chapter can be contacted via email to help@wikimedia.org.au for non-editorial assistance.
WikiProject iconAntarctica: Australian Antarctic Territory Start‑class
WikiProject iconThis article is within the scope of WikiProject Antarctica, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Antarctica on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.AntarcticaWikipedia:WikiProject AntarcticaTemplate:WikiProject AntarcticaAntarctica
StartThis article has been rated as Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
???This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.
Taskforce icon
This article is supported by Australian Antarctic Territory work group.

Infobox factual errors

I am almost sure that the info box is incorrect on some points, but will refrain from editing becuase I cannot add correct information:

  • Michael Jeffery is not a knight
  • AAT is a territory so it will almost certainly have an Administrator, and not a Governor (that is, if there is a chief executive at all)
  • Difference with Ross Dependency is that the RD is a separate colony, on an equal level with other Colony-level entities such as NSW, the other Australian states, former Hong Kong, Falklands etc. That is why it has its own separate Governor. I don;t think AAT is governed in the same way.

IANAL so don;t take the above as 100% rock-solid correct. But I know for certain that the infobox is at least misleading.

Of course, I might be grossly mistaken wrt the infobox information, in which case I invite you to get a big pair of <s></s> tags and strike my comment. 202.89.155.155 12:56, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=3358 is an official repository of links relating to the law of the AAT. Of note is "AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY ACT 1954- SECT 11", which states "The Governor-General may make Ordinances for the peace, order and good government of the Territory." 202.89.155.155 13:00, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(I am the same anon IP as above) I still am not sure whether there is an office called "Governor of the Australian Antarctic Territory". If my intuition serves me right, whoever is in charge of the AAD is also in charge of the AAT, or the GG of Australia (as GG) is in notional control over this territory. Anyway, I am pretty sure there is no Governor of the Australian Antarctic Territory, and this confusion has arisen from someone lifting the Ross Dependency infobox, which was a bad move---the Ross Dependency does (nominally) have a separate legal system, the GG of NZ is specifically mentioned as "Governor of the Ross Dependency", and its government notices can be seen in the NZ Gazette under the heading "British Settlements Act" (or something). 202.89.155.155 23:43, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if the number listed as the total area of the territory is including some area the info box is not, but according to http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=1845 the total area of the territory is 5,896,500 Km2, which is inconsistent with the larger number in the first paragraph of the article.

To User 202.89.x.x who posted on my talk page ..

Your IP keeps changing so I don't know who you are! In response to your comment, I was reverting Felix Portier's edits from before your edit - all you did was (correctly) comment out some of his incorrect information - I just removed the rest of it.

Please feel free to register an account so that I know I am talking to the same person and not just different IPs! -- Chuq 11:58, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply... I was just a little uncomfortable with this particular page on Wikipedia. It's been commented out again, so I'm all done here :D. Long time reader on WP, I just make minor punctuation fixes when I see them. 202.89.155.140 12:03, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Platcha removed from Station list

Platcha is a field hut in the Vestfold Hills about 15 km from Davis Station and not a research station in its own right. Gdenyer 14:27, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Largest settlement changed from Mawson to Davis

Davis Station is the largest settlement in the AAT, with a summer population of around 80, and winter of around 20. Mawson actually has the smallest population of the Australian Stations. Gdenyer 21:12, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Size

How big is the AAT ? The article says in text : “ The area is estimated at 6 119 818 km² ”. The infobox lists 5 896 500 km². Can anyone explain this discrepancy ? —Felix the Cassowary 07:43, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dutch Wikipedia: Western sector (5.032.000 km²) + Eastern sector (864.500 km²) = 5.896.500 km² (equal to the infobox here). I have no idea where 6,119,818 came from. —Maxime.Debosschere (talk) 11:54, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

hi, i like this website because it helps me with my homework! thankyou —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.183.143.89 (talk) 07:05, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

them mountains be big as crap[1]

  1. ^ Insert footnote text here
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Talk:Australian_Antarctic_Territory&oldid=285051507"