How many provinces are there in Australia?

Answer 1

If by "city", you mean a settlement with a population of over 100 000, here is a list:

1: Sydney / New South Wales - 4,504,000

2: Melbourne / Victoria - 3,995,000

3: Brisbane / Queensland - 2,004,000

4: Perth / Western Australia - 1,658,000

5: Adelaide / South Australia - 1,187,000

6: Gold Coast-Tweed Heads / Queensland & New South Wales - 577,000

7: Newcastle / New South Wales - 540,000

8: Canberra-Queanbeyan / ACT & New South Wales - 403,000*

9: Wollongong / New South Wales - 288,000

10: Sunshine Coast / Queensland - 245,000

11: Hobart / Tasmania - 212,000

12: Geelong / Victoria - 175,000

13: Townsville / Queensland - 168,000

14: Cairns / Queensland - 147,000

15: Toowoomba / Queensland - 128,000

16: Darwin / Northern Territory - 124,000

17: Launceston / Tasmania - 105,000

18: Albury-Wodonga / New South Wales & Victoria - 104,000

Albury-Wodonga is historically built on both sides of a river which divides the states of New South Wales and Victoria.

* The town of Ballarat in Victoria is most likely soon to become a city, with a population of 96,000 and climbing.

Answer 2

Australia has six states and two mainland territories.

STATES

Victoria

New South Wales

South Australia

Western Australia

Queensland

Tasmania

TERRITORIES

Northern Territory

Australian Capital Territory

Answer 3

Australia has eight official capital cities. There is one national, or Federal, capital city, Canberra, as well as a capital city for each state, and for the Northern Territory.

Each of the state and territory capitals are:

New South Wales - Sydney

Victoria - Melbourne

Queensland - Brisbane

South Australia - Adelaide

Tasmania - Hobart

Western Australia - Perth

Northern Territory - Darwin

Answer 4

Australia has only ever had one capital, and that is Canberra.

Australia's first capital, as a federated nation, was Canberra. Both Sydney and Melbourne vied for the position, and because of the rivalry between the two cities, it was decided that the national capital should lie somewhere between the two.

There is a common misconception taught overseas that Melbourne was once the capital of Australia. This was never the case: Melbourne was the temporary seat of power between 1901 and 1927, purely because it was the only city with a building large enough to house the parliament. It was never the nation's capital.

Answer 5

Australia does not have provinces, it has states and territories. 6 states and 2 territories.