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Australian cities (GCCSAs, bolded; SUAs) by population (rounded to the nearest thousand) Not shown on the map: 9. Sunshine Coast (408k) 10. Central Coast (348k) 11. Wollongong (314k) 17. Toowoomba (150k) 18. Ballarat (116k) 19. Bendigo (105k) 20. Albury–Wodonga (100k) These lists of Australian cities by population provide rankings of ...
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:
The name Australia (pronounced / ə ˈ s t r eɪ l i ə / in Australian English [41]) is derived from the Latin Terra Australis (' southern land '), a name used for a hypothetical continent in the Southern Hemisphere since ancient times. [42] Several 16th-century cartographers used the word Australia on maps, but not to identify modern ...
726.4 mm. 28.6 in. Toowoomba (/ təˈwʊmbə / tə-WUUM-bə, nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar' [3]) is a city in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. [4] It is 132 km (82 mi) west of Queensland's capital, Brisbane. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 census was 142,163, [1] having grown at an average annual rate ...
A major obstacle to the federation of the Australian colonies was the protectionist policies of Victoria which conflicted with the free trade policies dominant in New South Wales. Nevertheless, the NSW premier Henry Parkes was a strong advocate of federation and his Tenterfield Oration in 1889 was
Canberra (/ ˈkænbərə / ⓘ KAN-bər-ə) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest Australian city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital ...
Horsham (/ ˈhɔːrʃəm /) [2] is a regional city in the Wimmera region of western Victoria, Australia. Located on a bend in the Wimmera River, Horsham is approximately 300 kilometres (190 mi) northwest of the state capital Melbourne. As of the 2021 census, Horsham had a population of 20,429. [1] It is the most populous city in Wimmera, and ...
List of Australian capital cities. There are eight capital cities in Australia, each of which functions as the seat of government for the state or territory in which it is located. One of these, Canberra, is also the national capital. Section 125 of the Constitution of Australia specified that the seat of the national government, that is, the ...