List of cities in Australia

The definition of a city in Australia varies between the states. State capital cities may include multiple local government areas (LGAs) within their boundaries and these LGAs may be cities in their own right.

Cities listed below are those as defined by the states in which they are located. Also included are former cities that have lost city status due to LGA amalgamations or other factors.

Australian Capital Territory

• Canberra (national and territory capital city)

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:

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.

Former local government areas that were accorded city status (however since amalgamated) include:

Northern Territory

• Darwin (Territory capital)
• Palmerston

Queensland

Other towns or suburban areas whose local government was accorded city status (including those since amalgamated) include:

• Charters Towers
• Redcliffe City
• Redland City
• Thuringowa
• Warwick

South Australia

Tasmania

• Hobart (state capital), the metropolitan area of which consists of the City of Clarence, City of Hobart, and the City of Glenorchy
• Burnie
• Devonport
• Launceston

Victoria

Western Australia

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

See also

• List of cities in Australia by population
• Lists of cities by country
• Lists of cities in Oceania
• List of cities in Oceania by population

Notes

References

External links

• Map of cities of Australia at archive.today (archived 2012-12-10)
• A Gazetteer of Australian Cities, Towns and Suburbs (Monash University)
• Detailed map of cities of Australia