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A map of all local government areas in Australia. This list has been broken down into several sublists: List of local government areas of New South Wales; Local government areas of the Northern Territory; List of local government areas of Queensland; List of local government areas of South Australia; List of local government areas of Tasmania
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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.
It is the third largest Australian federal division with an area of 1,348,094.3 square kilometres (520,502 sq mi) but the least populous with 245,929 inhabitants as at June 2019. [1] The Northern Territory is divided administratively into 17 Local government areas (LGAs) generally known as Councils who are responsible for providing local ...
The lower houses of the parliaments of the states and territories of Australia are divided into electoral districts.Most electoral districts (except the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania, which have multi-member electorates using a proportional voting method) send a single member to a state or territory's parliament using the preferential method of voting.
The administrative area covered by local government councils in Australia ranges from as small as 1.5 km 2 (0.58 sq mi) for the Shire of Peppermint Grove in the Perth metropolitan region, to as big as 624,339 km 2 (241,059 sq mi) for the Pastoral Unincorporated Area in South Australia.
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) determines the number of members of the House of Representatives to which each state and territory is entitled (called apportionment) and the boundaries of each electorate, in a process known as redistribution.
As of 21 February 2019 the Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW, which is maintained by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales, lists 265 places that are assigned or recorded as towns in New South Wales. [1] [2] [3]