- Source: 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
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- List of cities in Australia
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