The most common way you become an Australian citizen under this Division   is by being born in Australia and by having a parent who is an Australian citizen or a permanent resident at the time of your birth.

There are some other, less common, ways of becoming an Australian citizen under this Division. These cover:

•   citizenship by being born in Australia and by being ordinarily resident in Australia for the next 10 years: see section   12; and

•   citizenship by adoption: see section   13; and

•   citizenship for abandoned children: see section   14; and

•   citizenship by incorporation of territory: see section   15.