List of Australian capital cities

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There are eight capital cities in Australia, all of which function at a sub-national level. Of these Melbourne was the national capital from the Federation of Australia in 1901 until 1927 when the seat of national government was moved to the newly created city of Canberra.

In each capital city, local judicial, administrative and legislative duties are performed for the jurisdiction. In the case of state and territory capital cities, they also happen to be the most populous city in their respective jurisdiction. The Australian external territory of Norfolk Island also has an official capital, Kingston, however, this is just where the administrative centre of government is located.^{[citation needed]}

Image:Australia location map recolored.png WESTERN AUSTRALIA NORTHERN TERRITORY SOUTH AUSTRALIA QUEENSLAND NEW SOUTH WALES VICTORIA TASMANIA ●Perth ●Adelaide ●Melbourne ★Canberra (A.C.T.) ●Sydney ●Brisbane ●Hobart ●Darwin

Jurisdiction	Capital	Population[1]	Image
Australia and Australian Capital Territory	Canberra	374 766[2]	Image:Civic from Mt Ainsle.JPG View of Civic from Mount Ainslie, with Telstra Tower in the background
New South Wales	Sydney	4 293 105	Image:Sydney opera house and skyline.jpg View from across Sydney Harbour, with the Sydney Tower and the Sydney Opera House visible
Victoria	Melbourne	3 800 000	Image:Melbourne yarra twilight.jpg Melbourne's CBD straddles the Yarra River
Queensland	Brisbane	1 820 375	Image:Brisbane CBDandSB.jpg Brisbane's CBD, with the Story Bridge in the foreground
Western Australia	Perth	1 507 949	Image:Perth sunrise.jpg Sunrise over Perth, taken from Kings Park
South Australia	Adelaide	1 138 833	Image:Adel con cent.jpg View of the Riverside Precinct from Elder Park.
Tasmania	Hobart	205 510	Image:Hobart Marina MTWellington.jpg View of the Hobart downtown district and Mount Wellington from Constitution Dock
Northern Territory	Darwin	113 955	Image:Darwin 6299.jpg Aerial view of Cullen Bay Marina

[edit] Notes

1. ^ 3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2005-06. Australian Bureau of Statistics.
2. ^ The Statistical District which encompasses Canberra also includes the neighbouring city of Queanbeyan, New South Wales.