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The eastern Australian states. States in red are always defined as eastern. The term can sometimes be applied to the states in orange. The eastern states of Australia are the states adjoining the east continental coastline of Australia. These are the mainland states of Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, and the island state of Tasmania.
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
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 ...
Australia has an average population density of 3.6 persons per square kilometre of total land area, which makes it one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. This is generally attributed to the semi-arid and desert geography of much of the interior of the country.
Map of Australia. The definition of a city in Australia varies between the states. State capital cities may include multiple local government areas (LGAs) within their boundaries and these LGAs may be cities in their own right. Cities listed below are those as defined by the states in which they are located.
Much of eastern Antarctica is annexed by Britain as Victoria Land. 1844 – New South Wales transfers Norfolk Island to Van Diemen's Land. 1846 – Northern central and eastern Australia briefly become the independent Colony of North Australia, then are returned to New South Wales.
Western Australia is the largest state of Australia, with an area of 2,527,013 square kilometres (975,685 sq mi), [1] and its fourth most populous, with a population of 2,660,026 as of the 2021 Australian census. [2] Official population statistics are created by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, who have a census every five years. The most ...
Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...