!!!Coral Sea Islands: Government ||Country name|''conventional long form'': Coral Sea Islands Territory \\ ''conventional short form'': Coral Sea Islands \\ ''etymology'': self-descriptive name to reflect the islands' position in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia \\ ||Dependency status|territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport ||Legal system|the common law legal system of Australia, where applicable, applies ||Citizenship|see Australia ||Diplomatic representation in the US|none (territory of Australia) ||Diplomatic representation from the US|none (territory of Australia) ||Flag description|the flag of Australia is used