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Each capital city forms its own Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA), which according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) represents a broad functional definition of each of the eight state and territory capital cities. [1] In Australia, the population of the GCCSA is the most-often quoted figure for the population of capital ...
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:
Naphtha (/ ˈ n æ f θ ə /, recorded as less common or nonstandard [1] in all dictionaries: / ˈ n æ p θ ə /) is a flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture. Generally, it is a fraction of crude oil, but it can also be produced from natural-gas condensates , petroleum distillates , and the fractional distillation of coal tar and peat .
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 Image 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 ...
Australia's centre of population in June 2016 was approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of the town of Ivanhoe in western New South Wales. [12] Australia has not seen its population centroid move drastically since the creation of the country. In 1911, the centroid was in central New South Wales; in 1996, it was only slightly further ...
The median age of the Nathan population was 24 years of age, 13 years below the Australian median. Almost half of the population (41.4%) were aged in the range 15–24, compared to the national average of 13.3% in this range. 65.3% of people living in Nathan were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%.
Wollongong (/ ˈ w ʊ l ə n ɡ ɒ ŋ / WUUL-ən-gong; Dharawal: Woolyungah) is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near water' or 'sound of the sea'. [3]
Norwest is a suburb of the Hills District within Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, located 35 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district. The Norwest Business Park is located within Norwest and the adjacent suburb of Bella Vista and Baulkham Hills. The council chambers for The Hills Shire ...