There are eight capital cities in Australia, all of which function at a sub-national level. Canberra also serves as the national capital. 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; the de facto capital is Burnt Pine.^[1]

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[2]	Image
Australia and Australian Capital Territory	Canberra (While Canberra is the capital of Australia, it is not the capital of the ACT in any official sense; it is the principal settlement within the territory)	395 126[3]	View of Civic from Mount Ainslie, with Telstra Tower in the background
New South Wales	Sydney	4 399 722	Skyline of the Sydney central business district
Victoria	Melbourne	3 892 419	Melbourne's CBD straddles the Yarra River
Queensland	Brisbane	1 945 639	Brisbane's CBD, with the Story Bridge in the foreground
Western Australia	Perth	1 602 559	The Skyline of Perth
South Australia	Adelaide	1 172 105	View of the Riverside Precinct from Elder Park.
Tasmania	Hobart	209 287	View of the Hobart downtown district and Mount Wellington from Constitution Dock
Northern Territory	Darwin	120 652	View of Darwin CBD

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