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See also the Bureau of Meteorology's Western Australia regions map. [8] The Western Australian system of regions defined by the Government of Western Australia for purposes of economic development administration, which excludes the Perth metropolitan area, is a series of nine regions. The nine defined regions are: Gascoyne; Goldfields–Esperance
Climate map of Australia. By far the largest part of Australia is arid or semi-arid. A total of 18% of Australia's mainland consists of named deserts, [20] while additional areas are considered to have a desert climate based on low rainfall and high temperature. Only the south-east and south-west corners have a temperate climate and moderately ...
1846 – Northern central and eastern Australia briefly become the independent Colony of North Australia, then are returned to New South Wales. Map of Australia, 1851; 1851 – Southeastern mainland Australia becomes the independent colony of Victoria. 1856 – Van Diemen's Land is renamed the colony of Tasmania. Norfolk Island becomes the ...
Skiing, Mt. Kosciusko, Australia, c. 1925, by Albert James Perier Perisher, New South Wales, is Australia's largest ski resort. The Australian Alps are the main region in which skiing in Australia takes place (although skiing is also possible in Tasmania). Skiable terrain stretches through large areas of territory from June to October.
An enlargeable basic map of Australia. Pronunciation: / ... Australia is a region or subregion of: The World (Australia is a continent on the planet Earth)
Western Australia (WA) is divided into regions according to a number of systems. The most common system is the division of the state by the Government of Western Australia into regions for economic development purposes, which comprises nine defined regions excluding the Perth metropolitan region. However, there are a number of other systems ...
The metropolis of Greater Sydney in New South Wales, Australia, is informally subdivided into a number of geographic regions. The geographical definition of Greater Sydney spans across 33 local government areas and includes the Blue Mountains in the west, the Northern Beaches and the Hawkesbury in the north, the Royal National Park , the ...
The Loddon Mallee region occupies more than a quarter of Victoria and stretches from Greater Melbourne to the northwest corner of the state that marks the boundaries with South Australia and New South Wales. The region includes the local government areas of Greater Bendigo City, Buloke, Campaspe, Central Goldfields, Gannawarra, Loddon, Macedon ...