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Name: Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia)

Type: Polity

Start: 1947 AD

End: 2022 AD

Parent: australia

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Is an Australian external territory comprising a volcanic group of mostly barren Antarctic islands, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. The islands were transferred from the United Kingdom to Australia on 26 December 1947.

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  • December 1947: The Heard Island and McDonald Islands were transferred from the United Kingdom to Australia.

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