List of cities in Australia facts for kids

This is a list of cities in Australia arranged by state.

Australian Capital Territory

Canberra (National and territory capital city)

New South Wales

See also: Local government areas of New South Wales

Since 1993, only local government areas in New South Wales can be declared as "cities" by the Government, under the Local Government Act 1993. Although the present version of the Act specifies no criteria for city status, a previous version of the Act specified that to be a city, a Council area must:

(a) have a population of at least 25,000 persons and be an independent centre of population; not being a suburb, whether residential, industrial, commercial or maritime, of any other council area or centre of population; or
(b) have a population of at least 150,000, and have a distinct character and entity as a centre of population beyond what would normally be regarded as being of local or suburban significance only; or
(c) satisfy the criteria specified in paragraphs (a) or (b) apart from the population criteria, and be a homogenous centre of importance as a focus of regional commercial, governmental or cultural activity beyond that which would normally be regarded as local, suburban, or subsidiary to another nearby centre.

New South Wales, therefore, has two types of "city": cities that are acknowledged on the register of the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales, and local government areas that have been proclaimed as cities but are not acknowledged on the Geographical Names Register.

Cities acknowledged on the NSW Geographical Names Register

Cities not acknowledged on the NSW Geographical Names Register

This list includes local government areas inside the Sydney metropolitan area but excludes cities also acknowledged on the Geographical Names Register.

City of Bankstown
City of Blacktown
City of Botany Bay
City of Canada Bay
City of Canterbury
City of Coffs Harbour
City of Fairfield
City of Gosford
City of Greater Taree
City of Griffith
City of Hawkesbury
City of Holroyd
City of Hurstville
City of Lake Macquarie
City of Lismore
City of Lithgow
City of Maitland
City of Randwick
City of Rockdale
City of Ryde
City of Shellharbour
City of Shoalhaven
City of Willoughby

Northern Territory

Darwin (Territory capital)
Palmerston

Hobart (State capital), which consists of the conurbation of the City of Clarence, City of Hobart, and the City of Glenorchy
Burnie
Devonport
Launceston

Victoria

Melbourne (State capital)
Ararat
Bairnsdale
Benalla
Ballarat
Bendigo
Dandenong
Frankston
Geelong
Hamilton
Horsham
Latrobe City
Melton
Mildura
Sale
Shepparton
Swan Hill
Wangaratta
Warrnambool
Wodonga

Western Australia

See also: Local government areas of Western Australia

Local government areas with city status not listed above, all of which lie within Perth's metropolitan area, include:

City of Armadale
City of Bayswater
City of Canning
City of Cockburn
City of Gosnells
City of Kwinana
City of Melville
City of Nedlands
City of South Perth
City of Stirling
City of Subiaco
City of Swan
City of Wanneroo

List of cities in Australia facts for kids

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