List of regions in Australia

List of regions in Australia

This is a list of regions in Australia that are not Australian states or territories. Note that the regions in this list do not necessarily have any official status.

Multi-state/territorial

* Capital Country (ACT/NSW)
* Eastern states of Australia (NSW/QLD/VIC, 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)

New South Wales

See also the Bureau of Meteorology's [http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/nsw/nsw-forecast-map.shtml NSW regions map] .

* Blue Mountains
* Central Coast
* Central West
* Greater Western Sydney
* Far South Coast
* Far West
* The Hunter (Newcastle)
* Illawarra (Wollongong)
* Lord Howe Island
* New England (north-west)
* Murray
* Mid North Coast
* North West Slopes
* Northern Rivers
* Riverina
* Sapphire Coast
* Snowy Mountains
* South Coast
* Southern Highlands
* Southern Tablelands
* South West Slopes
* Sunraysia
* Sydney

Northern Territory

See also the Bureau of Meteorology's [http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/nt/nt-forecast-map.shtml NT regions map] .

* Arnhem Land
* Barkly Tableland
* Central Australia
* Katherine Region
* Top End

Queensland

See also the Bureau of Meteorology's [http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/qld/qld-forecast-map.shtml QLD regions map] .
* Brisbane
* Bundaberg, Coral Coast and Country
* Capricorn
* Wide Bay / Burnett
* Gladstone
* Gold Coast
* Mackay
* Outback Queensland
* South East Queensland
* Southern Downs
* Sunshine Coast
* Toowoomba and the Darling Downs
* Torres Strait Islands
* Townsville
* Far North Queensland
* Whitsunday

South Australia

See also the Bureau of Meteorology's [http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/sa/sa-forecast-map.shtml SA regions map] .

* Adelaide Plains
* Adelaide Hills/Mount Lofty Ranges
* Barossa Valley
* Copper Triangle
* Eyre Peninsula
* Far North
* Fleurieu Peninsula
* Flinders Ranges
* Kangaroo Island
* Limestone Coast
* Mid North
* Murraylands
* Riverland
* Yorke Peninsula

Tasmania

See also the Bureau of Meteorology's [http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/tas/tas-forecast-map.shtml TAS regions map] .

*Central Highlands
*Midlands
*West Coast


=Victoria=

See also the Bureau of Meteorology's [http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/vic/vic-forecast-map.shtml VIC regions map] .

* Gippsland
* The Grampians
* The Mallee
* Melbourne
* Mornington Peninsula
* Sunraysia
* The Victorian Alps
* Western District
* The Wimmera
* Yarra Valley

Western Australia

See also the Bureau of Meteorology's [http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/wa/wa-forecast-map.shtml WA regions map] .

;Official:
* Gascoyne
* Goldfields-Esperance
* Great Southern
* Kimberley
* Mid West
* Peel
* Perth
* Pilbara
* South West
* Wheatbelt
* Christmas Island
* Cocos (Keeling) Islands;Unofficial - still used
* North West Australia (Kimberley/Pilbara and usually Gascoyne)

ee also

* Australian regional rivalries


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