LIST OF CITIES IN AUSTRALIA

This is a 'list of cities in Australia' arranged by state.
== Australian Capital Territory ==

★ Canberra (National Capital)
== 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''.^[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 an 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": urban cities proclaimed before 1993, which are still acknowledged on the register of the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales,^[4] and all Local Government Areas which have been proclaimed as cities.

Contents

Urban cities

Local Government Areas Declared as Cities

References

See also

External links

Urban cities

★ Sydney (Capital of New South Wales)

★ Albury (NSW-Victoria border, NSW side)

★ Armidale

★ Bathurst

★ Blue Mountains^[5]

★ Broken Hill

★ Cessnock

★ Coffs Harbour

★ Dubbo

★ Gosford

★ Goulburn

★ Grafton

★ Griffith

★ Lismore

★ Lithgow

★ Maitland

★ Newcastle

★ Nowra

★ Orange

★ Queanbeyan (adjacent to Canberra)

★ Tamworth

★ Wagga Wagga

★ Wollongong

Local Government Areas Declared as Cities

This list includes those Local Government Areas inside the Sydney metropolitan area.

★ City of Albury

★ City of Bankstown

★ City of Blacktown

★ City of the Blue Mountains

★ City of Botany Bay

★ City of Broken Hill

★ City of Campbelltown

★ City of Canada Bay

★ City of Canterbury

★ City of Cessnock

★ City of Coffs Harbour

★ City of Dubbo

★ 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 Liverpool

★ City of Maitland

★ City of Newcastle

★ City of Orange

★ City of Parramatta

★ City of Queanbeyan

★ City of Randwick

★ City of Rockdale

★ City of Ryde

★ City of Shellharbour

★ City of Shoalhaven

★ City of Sydney

★ City of Wagga Wagga

★ City of Wollongong
== Northern Territory ==

★ Darwin (Capital)

★ Palmerston

★ Alice Springs
== Queensland ==

★ Brisbane (Capital)

★ Bundaberg

★ Cairns

★ Caloundra

★ Charters Towers

★ Gladstone

★ Gold Coast

★ Hervey Bay

★ Ipswich

★ Logan City

★ Mackay

★ Maryborough

★ Mount Isa

★ Redcliffe City

★ Rockhampton

★ Thuringowa

★ Toowoomba

★ Townsville
== South Australia ==

★ Adelaide (Capital)

★ Mount Gambier

★ Murray Bridge

★ Port Augusta

★ Port Pirie

★ Port Lincoln

★ Victor Harbor

★ Whyalla
== Tasmania ==

★ Hobart (Capital)

★ Burnie

★ Devonport

★ Launceston

★ Clarence
== Victoria ==

★ Melbourne (Capital)

★ Ararat

★ Benalla

★ Barinsdale

★ Ballarat

★ Bendigo

★ Geelong

★ Hamilton

★ Horsham

★ Moe

★ Morwell

★ Mildura

★ Sale

★ Shepparton

★ Swan Hill

★ Traralgon

★ Wangaratta

★ Warrnambool

★ Wodonga (NSW/Victoria Border, Victorian Side)
== Western Australia ==

★ Perth (Capital)

★ Albany

★ Bunbury

★ Geraldton

★ Fremantle

★ Kalgoorlie

★ Mandurah

References

1. ''Local Government Act 1993'', Chapter 9 - "How are Councils Established?". Accessed via AUSTLII on 26 April, 2007.
2. Robert Harrison MLA, Private Members' Statement: Proposed Shellharbour City, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, ''Hansard'', 23 November, 1995, p. 3960. Accessed 26 April, 2007.
3. 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.
4. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales, '' "Name Search: Extract"'' (.CSV). Accessed 26 April, 2007.
5. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales, ''Name Search: Extract: Blue Mountains''. Accessed 23 March, 2007.

See also

★ List of cities in Australia by population

★ List of cities, Australian Local Government Areas

External links

★ Map of cities of Australia

★ A Gazetteer of Australian Cities, Towns and Suburbs (Monash University)