List of Australian capital cities

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List of Australian capital cities

There are eight capital cities in Australia, all of which function at a sub-national

States and territories of Australia

The Australia is made up of six states and two major mainland territories. There are also lesser territories that are under the administration of the federal government....
level. Canberra

Canberra

Canberra is the List of Australian capital cities of Australia. With a population of over 340,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall....
also serves as the national capital

List of national capitals

This is a list of national Capital s of the world, in alphabetical order. Territories, dependencies or disputed regions are shown in italics....
. Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
was the national capital from the Federation of Australia

Federation of Australia

The federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate United Kingdom self-governing colony of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia formed a federation....
in 1901 until 1927, when the seat of national government was moved to the newly created city of Canberra.

In each capital city, local judicial, administrative and legislative duties are performed for the jurisdiction. In the case of state and territory capital cities, they also happen to be the most populous city in their respective jurisdiction.

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There are eight capital cities in Australia, all of which function at a sub-national

States and territories of Australia

The Australia is made up of six states and two major mainland territories. There are also lesser territories that are under the administration of the federal government....
level. Canberra

Canberra

List of national capitals

This is a list of national Capital s of the world, in alphabetical order. Territories, dependencies or disputed regions are shown in italics....
. Melbourne

Melbourne

Federation of Australia

Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. It and two neighbouring islands form one of Australia's external Territory ....
also has an official capital, Kingston

Kingston, Norfolk Island

File:Norfolk Island jetty.jpgFile:Norfolk Island Kingston.jpgKingston is the Capital of the Australia Oceania Territory of Norfolk Island. Sights in Kingston include its cemetery, the ruins of the houses of military officers at Quality Row, Government House, the historical All Saints Church, The Old and New Military Barracks which now hous...
, however, this is just where the administrative centre of government is located; the de facto capital is Burnt Pine

Burnt Pine

Burnt Pine is the largest and, by some measures, only settlement on Norfolk Island. It serves as the de facto capital of the island, as well as the commercial hub....
.

Jurisdiction	Capital	Population
Australia Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans.... and Australian Capital Territory Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory is the Capital districts and territories of the Australia and its smallest States and territories of Australia....	Canberra Canberra Canberra is the List of Australian capital cities of Australia. With a population of over 340,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall.... (While Canberra is the capital of Australia, it is not the capital of the ACT in any official sense; it is the principal settlement within the territory)	374 766
New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....	4 293 105
Victoria Victoria (Australia) File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....	3 800 000
Queensland Queensland Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....	Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....	1 820 375
Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....	Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....	1 507 949
South Australia South Australia South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....	Adelaide	1 138 833
Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....	Hobart Hobart Hobart is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1803 as a penal colony, Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney....	205 510
Northern Territory Northern Territory The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....	Darwin Darwin, Northern Territory Darwin is the List of Australian capital cities of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 120,900, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely peopled Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities....	117 395