| Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2008) | Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2006) |
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Dependency status |
territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts |
territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment and Heritage |
Economy - overview |
The islands have no indigenous economic activity, but the Australian Government allows limited fishing in the surrounding waters. |
No indigenous economic activity, but the Australian Government allows limited fishing around the islands. |
Population |
uninhabited |
uninhabited (July 2006 est.) |