In the east, Australia and Papua New Guinea are separated by Torres Strait. The Western half of the island of New Guinea is separated from Australia by the Arafura Sea,
Australia and Papua New Guinea are separated by the Torres Strait. This body of water is very narrow and small.
The body of water which separates the island state of Tasmania from mainland Australia is Bass Strait.
The body of water which separates the island state of Tasmania from mainland Australia is Bass Strait.
The ocean is what separates australia and papua new guinea, and makes them two separate countries. Papua new guinea is not part of australia (e.g. like an island belonging to the country) edit. it is actually the torres strait that separates aus and png
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The state is Tasmania and the body of water separating Tasmania from mainland Australia is Bass Strait.
The body of water between Australia's Cape York Peninsula and Papua New Guinea is Torres Strait.
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.
No. Bass Strait separates Tasmania, the island state of Australia, from the mainland. The body of water that separates Australia and New Zealand is not a strait, but a sea - the Tasman Sea.
The body of water which separates mainland Australia from Tasmania is Bass Strait, so named for the explorer who discovered its existence.
Australia and New Zealand are separated by the Tasman Sea
The Tasman Sea is the name of the stretch of ocean between Australia and New Zealand.