!!!Heard Island and McDonald Islands: Government ||Country name|''conventional long form'': Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands \\ ''conventional short form'': Heard Island and McDonald Islands \\ ''abbreviation'': HIMI \\ ''etymology'': named after American Captain John HEARD, who sighted the island on 25 November 1853, and American Captain William McDONALD, who discovered the islands on 4 January 1854 \\ ||Dependency status|territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Australian Antarctic Division) ||Legal system|the laws of Australia, where applicable, apply ||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