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 national capital, would be in its own territory within New South Wales, at least 100 miles (161 km) from Sydney. The Constitution specified that until this national capital was ready, the Parliament would sit in Melbourne. In 1927, the national capital was finally ready and the national government relocated from its former seat in Melbourne to Canberra within the Australian Capital Territory (or the Federal Capital Territory as it was known at the time).
In each state and internal territory, the capital is also the jurisdiction's most populous city. The Australian external territory of Norfolk Island has its official capital at Kingston, although this acts merely as the administrative centre of government; its de facto capital is Burnt Pine.[1]
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
NORTHERN TERRITORY
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
QUEENSLAND
NEW SOUTH WALES
VICTORIA
TASMANIA
●Perth
●Adelaide
●Melbourne
★Canberra (ACT)
●Sydney
●Brisbane
●Hobart
●Darwin
State and territory capitals of Australia
State/territory
Capital
City population[2]
State/territory population[3]
Percentage of state/territory population in capital city
Established
Capital since
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New South Wales
Sydney
5,029,768
7,759,274
64.82%
1788
1788
Victoria
Melbourne
4,725,316
6,179,249
76.47%
1835
1851
Queensland
Brisbane
2,360,241
4,848,877
48.68%
1825
1860
Western Australia
Perth
2,022,044
2,558,951
79.02%
1829
1829
South Australia
Adelaide
1,324,279
1,713,054
77.31%
1836
1836
Tasmania
Hobart
224,462
517,588
43.37%
1804
1826
Australian Capital Territory
Canberra
403,468
403,468
100.00%
1913
1913
Northern Territory
Darwin
145,916
245,740
59.38%
1869
1911
^ Norfolk Island - Kingston http://www.pitcairners.org/vt_kingston.html Norfolk Island's Home on the Web
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