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List of regions of Australia

January 21, 2023

This is a list of regions of Australia that are not Australian states or territories. The most commonly known regionalisation is the governmental division of the state into regions for economic development purposes.

Others regionalisations include those made for purposes of land management, such as agriculture or conservation; information gathering, such as statistical or meteorological. Although most regionalisations were defined for specific purposes and give specific boundaries, many regions will have similar names and extents across different regionalisations. As a result, the names and boundaries of regions can vary and may overlap in popular places.

Not all the regions in this list have official status as an economic or administrative region.

Types of Australian regionalisation

A regionalisation of Australia is a system by which Australia is divided into regions. There are a great many different regionalisations, created for a range of purposes, including political, administrative, statistical and biological.

Political and administrative regionalisations

Main article: States and territories of Australia

The most prominent regionalisation of Australia is the division into the various states and territories. For electoral purposes, the Australian Senate uses states and territories, but the Australian House of Representatives breaks the country into Divisions. Each state is similarly divided into electoral "regions", "districts" or "provinces", each of which elects members to the house or houses of the state's parliament. Finally, the country is divided into local government areas, each of which is administered by a council.

Other administrative regionalisations may exist within each state. For example, the whole of mainland Western Australia other than the Perth metropolitan area, is divided into regions for the purposes of administration of the Regional Development Commissions Act 1993.

Statistical regionalisations

For the purposes of statistical geography, the Australian Bureau of Statistics uses the Australian Standard Geographical Classification, a hierarchical regionalisation whose coarsest level is the states and territories, then statistical divisions, statistical subdivisions, statistical local areas, and finally, census collection districts.

Biogeographical regionalisations

Until recently, most biogeographical and phytogeographical regionalisations of Australia were individually defined for each state and territories; for example: Gwen Harden's botanical regionalisation of New South Wales; Orchard's "natural regions" regionalisation of Tasmania; and John Stanley Beard's division of Western Australia into Botanical Provinces and Botanical Districts.

More recently, two regionalisations that cover the entire country have been put in place. The World Wildlife Fund's regionalisation of the world into 825 terrestrial ecoregions created 40 ecoregions in Australia. Within Australia, however, the de facto standard regionalisation is now the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA). This divides Australia into 85 bioregions, which are further divided into 404 subregions.

Others

There are a range of other regionalisations of Australia, including:

Multi-state/territorial

New South Wales

Main article: Regions of New South Wales

See also the Bureau of Meteorology's NSW regions map.[1]

Northern Territory

Main article: Regions of the Northern Territory

See also the Bureau of Meteorology's NT region map[2]

Queensland

Main article: Regions of Queensland

See also the Bureau of Meteorology's Queensland region map[3]

South Australia

Main article: Regions of South Australia

See also the Bureau of Meteorology's South Australia regions map[4]

Tasmania

Main article: Regions of Tasmania

See also the Bureau of Meteorology's Tasmania regions map[5]

Victoria

Main article: Regions of Victoria

See also the Bureau of Meteorology's Victoria regions map[6]

Official

The six official regions of Victoria are:[7]

Unofficial

Western Australia

Main article: Regions of Western Australia

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:

See also

References

  1. ^ . Archived from the original on 12 November 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2006. NSW regions map
  2. ^ "Northern Territory Forecast Areas Map". from the original on 5 October 2006. Retrieved 3 October 2006. NT regions map
  3. ^ "Queensland Forecast Areas Map". from the original on 5 October 2006. Retrieved 3 October 2006. QLD regions map
  4. ^ "South Australian Forecast Areas Map". from the original on 31 August 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2015. SA regions map
  5. ^ "Tasmanian Forecast Areas Map". from the original on 5 October 2006. Retrieved 3 October 2006. Tasmania regions map
  6. ^ . Archived from the original on 31 August 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2010. VIC regions map
  7. ^ "Victorian Regions and Regional Cities". Regional Development Victoria. Victorian Government. from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  8. ^ . Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2008. Western Australia regions

External links

  • – an Australian government website dedicated to providing information about the 55 regions of the nation
  • RDA.gov.au – Regional Development Australia sets regional priorities and helps guide local development and policy

January 21, 2023
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This is a list of regions of Australia that are not Australian states or territories The most commonly known regionalisation is the governmental division of the state into regions for economic development purposes Others regionalisations include those made for purposes of land management such as agriculture or conservation information gathering such as statistical or meteorological Although most regionalisations were defined for specific purposes and give specific boundaries many regions will have similar names and extents across different regionalisations As a result the names and boundaries of regions can vary and may overlap in popular places Not all the regions in this list have official status as an economic or administrative region Contents 1 Types of Australian regionalisation 1 1 Political and administrative regionalisations 1 2 Statistical regionalisations 1 3 Biogeographical regionalisations 1 4 Others 2 Multi state territorial 3 New South Wales 4 Northern Territory 5 Queensland 6 South Australia 7 Tasmania 8 Victoria 9 Western Australia 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksTypes of Australian regionalisation EditA regionalisation of Australia is a system by which Australia is divided into regions There are a great many different regionalisations created for a range of purposes including political administrative statistical and biological Political and administrative regionalisations Edit Main article States and territories of Australia The most prominent regionalisation of Australia is the division into the various states and territories For electoral purposes the Australian Senate uses states and territories but the Australian House of Representatives breaks the country into Divisions Each state is similarly divided into electoral regions districts or provinces each of which elects members to the house or houses of the state s parliament Finally the country is divided into local government areas each of which is administered by a council Other administrative regionalisations may exist within each state For example the whole of mainland Western Australia other than the Perth metropolitan area is divided into regions for the purposes of administration of the Regional Development Commissions Act 1993 Statistical regionalisations Edit For the purposes of statistical geography the Australian Bureau of Statistics uses the Australian Standard Geographical Classification a hierarchical regionalisation whose coarsest level is the states and territories then statistical divisions statistical subdivisions statistical local areas and finally census collection districts Biogeographical regionalisations Edit Until recently most biogeographical and phytogeographical regionalisations of Australia were individually defined for each state and territories for example Gwen Harden s botanical regionalisation of New South Wales Orchard s natural regions regionalisation of Tasmania and John Stanley Beard s division of Western Australia into Botanical Provinces and Botanical Districts More recently two regionalisations that cover the entire country have been put in place The World Wildlife Fund s regionalisation of the world into 825 terrestrial ecoregions created 40 ecoregions in Australia Within Australia however the de facto standard regionalisation is now the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia IBRA This divides Australia into 85 bioregions which are further divided into 404 subregions Others Edit There are a range of other regionalisations of Australia including meteorological and climatic regionalisations as defined and used by the Bureau of Meteorology catchment areas and drainage systems geological regionalisationcadastral divisions of AustraliaMulti state territorial EditCapital Country ACT NSW Eastern Australia NSW QLD VIC ACT sometimes including SA and TAS East Coast of Australia also known as an Eastern seaboard Lake Eyre basin QLD SA NT NSW Murray Darling basin NSW ACT VIC QLD SA Northern Australia NT QLD part of WA The Nullarbor SA WA Outback mainly NT and WA but all territories except ACT and TAS Southern Australia TAS VIC SA sometimes including NSW and WA Sunraysia a portion of NSW and VICNew South Wales EditMain article Regions of New South Wales See also the Bureau of Meteorology s NSW regions map 1 Blue Mountains Central Coast Central Tablelands Central West Greater Western Sydney Far South Coast Far West Hunter Region Newcastle Illawarra Wollongong Lord Howe Island New England north west Murray Mid North Coast North West Slopes Northern Rivers Northern Tablelands Orana Riverina Sapphire Coast Snowy Mountains South Coast Southern Highlands Southern Tablelands South West Slopes Sunraysia SydneyNorthern Territory EditMain article Regions of the Northern Territory See also the Bureau of Meteorology s NT region map 2 Arnhem Land Barkly Tableland Central Australia Alice Springs Region Red Centre Darwin Region Katherine Region Top End Victoria RiverQueensland EditMain article Regions of Queensland See also the Bureau of Meteorology s Queensland region map 3 Central Queensland Channel Country Capricorn Coast Darling Downs Granite Belt Maranoa Far North Queensland Torres Strait Islands Gulf Country North Queensland Whitsunday Townsville South East Queensland Brisbane Gold Coast Sunshine Coast West Moreton Wide Bay Burnett South Burnett Central West Queensland South West Queensland Channel CountrySouth Australia EditMain article Regions of South Australia See also the Bureau of Meteorology s South Australia regions map 4 Adelaide Plains Adelaide Hills Mount Lofty Ranges Barossa Valley Eyre Peninsula Far North Fleurieu Peninsula Flinders Ranges Kangaroo Island Limestone Coast Mid North Clare Valley Murray Mallee Murraylands Riverland Yorke Peninsula Copper TriangleTasmania EditMain article Regions of Tasmania See also the Bureau of Meteorology s Tasmania regions map 5 Central Highlands Midlands West Coast HobartVictoria EditMain article Regions of Victoria See also the Bureau of Meteorology s Victoria regions map 6 OfficialThe six official regions of Victoria are 7 Barwon South West Barwon Great South Coast Gippsland Grampians Central Highlands Wimmera Southern Mallee Greater Melbourne Hume Goulburn Ovens Murray Loddon Mallee Loddon Campaspe MalleeUnofficialCentral Victoria Yarra Valley Upper Yarra The Bays Port Phillip Mornington Peninsula Bellarine Peninsula Western Port Goldfields Spa Country Central Coast Bass Coast Northern Country North Central Central Murray Lower Goulburn Goulburn Valley Southern Riverina Upper Goulburn Northeast Victorian Alps Upper Murray High Country Bogong High Plains Gippsland East Gippsland West Gippsland South Gippsland Central Gippsland Gippsland Lakes Central Gippsland Coast East Gippsland Coast Victorian Alps Western District Central Highlands Tablelands Pyrenees The Grampians Goldfields Spa Country Southwest The Otways West Coast Shipwreck Coast Great Ocean Road Surf Coast Northwest The Mallee Sunraysia Millewa The WimmeraWestern Australia EditMain article Regions of Western Australia 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 Great Southern Kimberley Mid West Peel Pilbara South West WheatbeltSee also EditAustralian regional rivalries Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia Local government in AustraliaReferences Edit New South Wales Forecast Areas Map Archived from the original on 12 November 2009 Retrieved 6 November 2006 NSW regions map Northern Territory Forecast Areas Map Archived from the original on 5 October 2006 Retrieved 3 October 2006 NT regions map Queensland Forecast Areas Map Archived from the original on 5 October 2006 Retrieved 3 October 2006 QLD regions map South Australian Forecast Areas Map Archived from the original on 31 August 2009 Retrieved 23 February 2015 SA regions map Tasmanian Forecast Areas Map Archived from the original on 5 October 2006 Retrieved 3 October 2006 Tasmania regions map Victorian Forecast Areas Map Archived from the original on 31 August 2009 Retrieved 16 October 2010 VIC regions map Victorian Regions and Regional Cities Regional Development Victoria Victorian Government Archived from the original on 26 July 2014 Retrieved 10 August 2014 Western Australian Forecast Areas Map Archived from the original on 2 March 2008 Retrieved 1 March 2008 Western Australia regionsExternal links EditMyRegion gov au an Australian government website dedicated to providing information about the 55 regions of the nation RDA gov au Regional Development Australia sets regional priorities and helps guide local development and policy Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of regions of Australia amp oldid 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