!!!Ashmore and Cartier Islands: Government ||Country name|''conventional long form'': Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands \\ ''conventional short form'': Ashmore and Cartier Islands \\ ''etymology'': named after British Captain Samuel ASHMORE, who first sighted his namesake island in 1811, and after the ship Cartier, from which the second island was discovered in 1800 \\ ||Dependency status|territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport ||Legal system|the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia and the laws of the Northern Territory of Australia, where applicable, apply ||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