Australia is an island, it is bounded entirely by bodies of water. The northern part of the continent is edged by the Indian Ocean on the western side, the Southern Pacific Ocean on the eastern side, and the Timor Sea directly to the north.
The major bodies of water in Australia include the Great Australian Bight, and the following:Bays and HarboursSydney Harbour (including Port Jackson)Botany BayPort StephensBroken BayPort Phillip BayWestern Port BayMacquarie HarbourGeographe BayThe CoorongHervey BayGulfsGulf of CarpentariaGulf St VincentSpencer GulfBeagle GulfJoseph Bonaparte GulfExmouth GulfRiversMurrayDarlingMurrumbidgeeDiamantinaLachlan RiverCastlereagh RiverMacquarie RiverBurdekin River (Qld)Cooper CreekSnowy RiverGoulburnFlinders RiverCondamine RiverSwan RiverGascoyne RiverFlinders RiverLakesLake EyreLake MackayLake GordonLake EucumbeneLake St ClairLake TorrensLake MacquarieLake Alexandrina
Department of Water - Western Australia - was created in 2006.
Western Australia lies at the Indian ocean
timor sea
The three seas which border both New Guinea and Australia are the Arafura Sea, Coral Sea and Timor Sea.The body of water between the northern tip of Australia and the southern coast of Papua New Guinea is Torres Strait.
Charles Yelverton O'Connor was the engineer who built the pipelineto bring water from Perth to the goldfields in Western Australia.
Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Coral Sea, Timor Sea, Tasman Sea
The Great Australian Bight
Because without any water no life exists
Australia is an island, therefore it is surrounded on all sides with water. More specifically Australia is surrounded by the Tasman Sea, the Great Australian Bight, the Indian Ocean, the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea, and the Coral Sea.
The name of water in between New Zealand and Australia is the Tasman Sea.