List of cities in Australia

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

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[edit] Australian Capital Territory

[edit] New South Wales

See also: List of Sydney suburbs

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 which are acknowledged on the register of the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales,[4] and Local Government Areas which have been proclaimed as cities.

[edit] Cities acknowledged on the NSW Geographical Names Register[4]

* - City within the Sydney metropolitan area

[edit] Local Government Areas declared as cities

This list includes Local Government Areas inside the Sydney metropolitan area but excludes cities also acknowledged on the Geographical Names Register.

* - LGA within the Sydney metropolitan area

[edit] Northern Territory

See also: Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory

[edit] Queensland

See also: Local Government Areas of Queensland

[edit] South Australia

See also: Local Government Areas of South Australia

[edit] Tasmania

See also: Local Government Areas of Tasmania

[edit] Victoria

See also: List of localities (Victoria) and Local Government Areas of Victoria

[edit] Western Australia

The following list is of cities in Western Australia with a population of over 10,000. Cities located within the Perth metro area (except for Fremantle) are not included.

See also: List of Perth suburbs and Local Government Areas of Western Australia

[edit] See also

[edit] 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. ^ a b "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 on 2008-08-31.
  5. ^ "History of Griffith". Griffith City Council. Retrieved on 2008-08-19.

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