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Jervis Bay Territory
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<p>The Jervis Bay Territory is an internal <a href="/facts/States_and_territories_of_Australia/kUd6AV5c">territory</a> of <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a>. It was established in 1915 by the transfer of jurisdiction from the state of <a href="/facts/New_South_Wales/aW7eJXSS">New South Wales</a> to the federal Commonwealth of Australia, in order to give the federal government control of a port in the vicinity of the landlocked <a href="/facts/Australian_Capital_Territory/wvCnG3y7">Australian Capital Territory</a> (ACT). </p>