Claim: List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania consists of 16 names, one of which is Australia (declared independence in 1975).
Evidence: Australia
Commonwealth of Australia East Timor Fiji
Republic of Fiji Federated States of Micronesia Indonesia Kiribati
Republic of Kiribati Marshall Islands
Republic of the Marshall Islands Nauru
Republic of Nauru New Zealand Palau
Republic of Palau Papua New Guinea
Independent State of Papua New Guinea Samoa
Independent State of Samoa Tonga
Kingdom of Tonga Solomon Islands Tuvalu Vanuatu
Republic of Vanuatu The two were unified as the Territory of Papua and New Guinea in 1949 and gained independence from Australia in 1975.