Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsAll the islands in the following areas are territories acquired by the Commonwealth:
(a) the area the boundary of which commences at the point of the intersection of the line following the outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef by the parallel of Latitude 12° 00x South and runs:
(i) then south - easterly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 16° 00x South, Longitude 156° 06x East; and
(ii) then south along the meridian of Longitude 156° 06x East to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude 24° 00x South; and
(iii) then west along that parallel to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 154° 00x East; and
(iv) then north along that meridian to its intersection by the parallel of Latitude 22° 00x South; and
(v) then west along that parallel to its intersection by the line following the outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef; and
(vi) then generally north - westerly along that line to the point of commencement; and
(b) the area the boundary of which commences at the point of Latitude 29° 21x South, Longitude 158° 59x East and runs:
(i) then east along the parallel of Latitude 29° 21x South to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 159° 14x East; and
(ii) then south - westerly along the geodesic to the point of Latitude 30° 3x South, Longitude 159° 10x East; and
(iii) then west along the parallel of Latitude 30° 3x South to its intersection by the meridian of Longitude 158° 55x East; and
(iv) then north - easterly along the geodesic to the point of commencement.
It is desirable to make provision for the government of those islands as one Territory.
BE IT THEREFORE enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows: