List of cities in Australia
This is a list of cities in Australia arranged by state.
Contents
Australian Capital Territory[edit]
- Canberra (National and territory capital city)
New South Wales[edit]
Since 1993, only local government areas in New South Wales can be declared as "cities" by the Government, under the Local Government Act 1993.[1] Although the present version of the Act specifies no criteria for city status,[2] 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.[3]
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,[4] 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[edit]
Cities not acknowledged on the NSW Geographical Names Register[edit]
This list includes local government areas inside the Sydney metropolitan area but excludes cities also acknowledged on the Geographical Names Register.
- City of Bankstown[a]
- City of Blacktown[a]
- City of Botany Bay[a]
- City of Canada Bay[a]
- City of Canterbury[a]
- City of Coffs Harbour
- City of Fairfield[a]
- City of Gosford
- City of Greater Taree
- City of Griffith[5]
- City of Hawkesbury
- City of Holroyd[a]
- City of Hurstville[a]
- City of Lake Macquarie
- City of Lismore
- City of Lithgow
- City of Maitland
- City of Randwick[a]
- City of Rockdale[a]
- City of Ryde[a]
- City of Shellharbour
- City of Shoalhaven
- City of Willoughby[a]
Northern Territory[edit]
- Darwin (Territory capital)
- Palmerston
Queensland[edit]
Other towns or suburban areas whose local government was accorded City status (including those since amalgamated) include:
South Australia[edit]
Tasmania[edit]
- 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[edit]
Western Australia[edit]
Local government areas with city status not listed above, all of which lie within Perth's metropolitan area, include:
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Local Government Act 1993, Chapter 9 – "How are Councils Established?". Accessed via AUSTLII on 26 April 2007.
- ^ Robert Harrison MLA, Private Members' Statement: Proposed Shellharbour City, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Hansard, 23 November 1995, p. 3960. Accessed 26 April 2007.
- ^ Garry West MLA, Questions on Notice: Hastings Council Name Change, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Hansard, 19 November 1993, pp. 6008–9. Accessed 26 April 2007.
- ^ "Geographical Names Register Extract: List of placenames acknowledged as a CITY" (.CSV). Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
- ^ "History of Griffith". Griffith City Council. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
External links[edit]
- Map of cities of Australia at Archive.is (archived 2012-12-10)
- A Gazetteer of Australian Cities, Towns and Suburbs (Monash University)
- Detailed map of cities of Australia
