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The most commonly known regionalisation is the governmental division of the state into regions for <a href="/wiki/Economic_geography" title="Economic geography">economic development</a> purposes. </p><p>Others regionalisations include those made for purposes of <a href="/wiki/Land_management" title="Land management">land management</a>, such as agriculture or conservation; information gathering, such as <a href="/wiki/Census_in_Australia" title="Census in Australia">statistical</a> or <a href="/wiki/Meteorology" title="Meteorology">meteorological</a>. 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. </p><p>Not all the regions in this list have official status as an economic or administrative region. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types_of_Australian_regionalisation">Types of Australian regionalisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Australia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Types of Australian regionalisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <b>regionalisation of Australia</b> is a system by which <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> is divided into regions. There are a great many different regionalisations, created for a range of purposes, including political, administrative, statistical and biological. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_and_administrative_regionalisations">Political and administrative regionalisations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Australia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political and administrative regionalisations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">States and territories of Australia</a></div> <p>The most prominent regionalisation of Australia is the division into the various <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">states and territories</a>. For electoral purposes, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Senate" title="Australian Senate">Australian Senate</a> uses states and territories, but the <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">Australian House of Representatives</a> breaks the country into <a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">Divisions</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Australia" title="Local government in Australia">local government areas</a>, each of which is administered by a council. </p><p>Other administrative regionalisations may exist within each state. For example, the whole of mainland <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a> other than the <a href="/wiki/Perth,_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth, Western Australia">Perth</a> metropolitan area, is divided into <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Western_Australia" title="Regions of Western Australia">regions</a> for the purposes of administration of the <i><a href="/wiki/Regional_Development_Commissions_Act_1993" title="Regional Development Commissions Act 1993">Regional Development Commissions Act 1993</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statistical_regionalisations">Statistical regionalisations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Australia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Statistical regionalisations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the purposes of <a href="/wiki/Statistical_geography" title="Statistical geography">statistical geography</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics" title="Australian Bureau of Statistics">Australian Bureau of Statistics</a> uses the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Standard_Geographical_Classification" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Standard Geographical Classification">Australian Standard Geographical Classification</a>, a hierarchical regionalisation whose coarsest level is the states and territories, then <a href="/w/index.php?title=Statistical_division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Statistical division (page does not exist)">statistical divisions</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Statistical_subdivision&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Statistical subdivision (page does not exist)">statistical subdivisions</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Statistical_local_area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Statistical local area (page does not exist)">statistical local areas</a>, and finally, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Census_collection_district&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Census collection district (page does not exist)">census collection districts</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Biogeographical_regionalisations">Biogeographical regionalisations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Australia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Biogeographical regionalisations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until recently, most <a href="/wiki/Biogeography" title="Biogeography">biogeographical</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phytogeography" title="Phytogeography">phytogeographical</a> regionalisations of Australia were individually defined for each state and territories; for example: Gwen Harden's botanical regionalisation of <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>; Orchard's "natural regions" regionalisation of <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a>; and <a href="/wiki/John_Stanley_Beard" title="John Stanley Beard">John Stanley Beard</a>'s division of Western Australia into Botanical Provinces and Botanical Districts. </p><p>More recently, two regionalisations that cover the entire country have been put in place. The <a href="/wiki/World_Wildlife_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="World Wildlife Fund">World Wildlife Fund</a>'s regionalisation of the world into 825 terrestrial <a href="/wiki/Ecoregion" title="Ecoregion">ecoregions</a> created 40 <a href="/wiki/Ecoregions_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecoregions in Australia">ecoregions in Australia</a>. Within Australia, however, the de facto standard regionalisation is now the <a href="/wiki/Interim_Biogeographic_Regionalisation_for_Australia" title="Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia">Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia</a> (IBRA). This divides Australia into 85 bioregions, which are further divided into 404 subregions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Others">Others</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Australia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are a range of other regionalisations of Australia, including: </p> <ul><li>meteorological and climatic regionalisations, as defined and used by the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Meteorology" title="Bureau of Meteorology">Bureau of Meteorology</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_drainage_basins_of_Australia" title="List of drainage basins of Australia">catchment areas and drainage systems</a>;</li> <li>geological regionalisation</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cadastral_divisions_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Cadastral divisions of Australia">cadastral divisions of Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Multi-state/territorial"><span id="Multi-state.2Fterritorial"></span>Multi-state/territorial</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Australia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Multi-state/territorial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_Country" title="Capital Country">Capital Country</a> – <a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">ACT</a>/<a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">NSW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_states_of_Australia" title="Eastern states of Australia">Eastern Australia</a> – <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">NSW</a>/<a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">QLD</a>/<a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">VIC</a>/<a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">ACT</a>, sometimes including <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">SA</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">TAS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="East Coast of Australia">East Coast of Australia</a> – also known as an <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="East Coast of Australia">Eastern seaboard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Eyre_basin" title="Lake Eyre basin">Lake Eyre basin</a> – QLD/SA/<a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">NT</a>/NSW</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray%E2%80%93Darling_basin" title="Murray–Darling basin">Murray–Darling basin</a> – NSW/ACT/VIC/QLD/SA</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Australia" title="Northern Australia">Northern Australia</a> – NT/QLD/part of <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">WA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nullarbor_Plain" title="Nullarbor Plain">The Nullarbor</a> – SA/WA</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outback" title="Outback">Outback</a> – mainly NT and WA, but all territories except ACT and TAS</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Australia" title="Southern Australia">Southern Australia</a> – TAS/VIC/SA, sometimes including NSW and WA</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunraysia" title="Sunraysia">Sunraysia</a> – a portion of NSW and VIC</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_South_Wales">New South Wales</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Australia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: New South Wales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_New_South_Wales" title="Regions of New South Wales">Regions of New South Wales</a></div> <p>See also the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Meteorology_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)">Bureau of Meteorology</a>'s NSW regions map.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Mountains_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Mountains (Australia)">Blue Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_(New_South_Wales)" title="Central Coast (New South Wales)">Central Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Tablelands" title="Central Tablelands">Central Tablelands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_West,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Central West, New South Wales">Central West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Western_Sydney" title="Greater Western Sydney">Greater Western Sydney</a></li> <li>Far South Coast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Far_West,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Far West, New South Wales">Far West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Region" title="Hunter Region">Hunter Region</a> (<a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_New_South_Wales" title="Newcastle, New South Wales">Newcastle</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illawarra" title="Illawarra">Illawarra</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wollongong" title="Wollongong">Wollongong</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Howe_Island" title="Lord Howe Island">Lord Howe Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_England_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="New England (Australia)">New England</a> (north-west)</li> <li>Murray</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_North_Coast" title="Mid North Coast">Mid North Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_West_Slopes,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="North West Slopes, New South Wales">North West Slopes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Rivers" title="Northern Rivers">Northern Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Tablelands" title="Northern Tablelands">Northern Tablelands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orana,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Orana, New South Wales">Orana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverina" title="Riverina">Riverina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sapphire_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="Sapphire Coast">Sapphire Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snowy_Mountains" title="Snowy Mountains">Snowy Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Coast,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="South Coast, New South Wales">South Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Highlands,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Highlands, New South Wales">Southern Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Tablelands" title="Southern Tablelands">Southern Tablelands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Slopes,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="South West Slopes, New South Wales">South West Slopes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunraysia" title="Sunraysia">Sunraysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Northern_Territory">Northern Territory</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Australia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Northern Territory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Northern_Territory" title="Regions of the Northern Territory">Regions of the Northern Territory</a></div> <p>See also the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Meteorology_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)">Bureau of Meteorology</a>'s NT region map<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arnhem_Land" title="Arnhem Land">Arnhem Land</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barkly_Tableland" title="Barkly Tableland">Barkly Tableland</a></li> <li>Central Australia/<a href="/wiki/Alice_Springs_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Alice Springs Region">Alice Springs Region</a>/<a href="/wiki/Red_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Centre">Red Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darwin,_Northern_Territory" title="Darwin, Northern Territory">Darwin Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Region" title="Katherine Region">Katherine Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Top_End" title="Top End">Top End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_River_(Northern_Territory)" title="Victoria River (Northern Territory)">Victoria River</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Queensland">Queensland</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Australia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Queensland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Queensland" title="Regions of Queensland">Regions of Queensland</a></div> <p>See also the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Meteorology_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)">Bureau of Meteorology</a>'s Queensland region map<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Queensland" title="Central Queensland">Central Queensland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Channel_Country" title="Channel Country">Channel Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockhampton" title="Rockhampton">Capricorn Coast</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darling_Downs" title="Darling Downs">Darling Downs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Granite_Belt" title="Granite Belt">Granite Belt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maranoa,_Queensland" title="Maranoa, Queensland">Maranoa</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Far_North_Queensland" title="Far North Queensland">Far North Queensland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Torres_Strait_Islands" title="Torres Strait Islands">Torres Strait Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Country" title="Gulf Country">Gulf Country</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Queensland" title="North Queensland">North Queensland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Whitsunday_Islands" title="Whitsunday Islands">Whitsunday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Townsville" title="Townsville">Townsville</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_East_Queensland" title="South East Queensland">South East Queensland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast,_Queensland" title="Gold Coast, Queensland">Gold Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Coast,_Queensland" title="Sunshine Coast, Queensland">Sunshine Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Moreton" title="West Moreton">West Moreton</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wide_Bay%E2%80%93Burnett" title="Wide Bay–Burnett">Wide Bay–Burnett</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Burnett" title="South Burnett">South Burnett</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_West_Queensland" title="Central West Queensland">Central West Queensland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Queensland" title="South West Queensland">South West Queensland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Channel_Country" title="Channel Country">Channel Country</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="South_Australia">South Australia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Australia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: South Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_South_Australia" title="Regions of South Australia">Regions of South Australia</a></div> <p>See also the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Meteorology_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)">Bureau of Meteorology</a>'s South Australia regions map<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Plains" title="Adelaide Plains">Adelaide Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Hills" title="Adelaide Hills">Adelaide Hills</a>/<a href="/wiki/Mount_Lofty_Ranges" title="Mount Lofty Ranges">Mount Lofty Ranges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barossa_Valley" title="Barossa Valley">Barossa Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eyre_Peninsula" title="Eyre Peninsula">Eyre Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Far_North,_South_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Far North, South Australia">Far North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleurieu_Peninsula" title="Fleurieu Peninsula">Fleurieu Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flinders_Ranges" title="Flinders Ranges">Flinders Ranges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_Island" title="Kangaroo Island">Kangaroo Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limestone_Coast" title="Limestone Coast">Limestone Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_North" title="Mid North">Mid North</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clare_Valley" title="Clare Valley">Clare Valley</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray_Mallee" title="Murray Mallee">Murray Mallee</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Murraylands" title="Murraylands">Murraylands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverland" title="Riverland">Riverland</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorke_Peninsula" title="Yorke Peninsula">Yorke Peninsula</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Copper_Triangle" class="mw-redirect" title="Copper Triangle">Copper Triangle</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tasmania">Tasmania</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Australia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Tasmania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Tasmania" title="Regions of Tasmania">Regions of Tasmania</a></div> <p>See also the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Meteorology_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)">Bureau of Meteorology</a>'s Tasmania regions map<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Highlands_(Tasmania)" title="Central Highlands (Tasmania)">Central Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midlands,_Tasmania" class="mw-redirect" title="Midlands, Tasmania">Midlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Coast,_Tasmania" title="West Coast, Tasmania">West Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hobart" title="Hobart">Hobart</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Victoria">Victoria</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Australia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Victoria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Victoria" title="Regions of Victoria">Regions of Victoria</a></div> <p>See also the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Meteorology_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)">Bureau of Meteorology</a>'s Victoria regions map<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Official</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p>The six official regions of Victoria are:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barwon_South_West_(region)" title="Barwon South West (region)">Barwon South West</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barwon_(region)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Barwon (region) (page does not exist)">Barwon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_South_Coast_(region)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Great South Coast (region) (page does not exist)">Great South Coast</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gippsland_(region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gippsland (region)">Gippsland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grampians_(region)" title="Grampians (region)">Grampians</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Highlands_(region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Highlands (region)">Central Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wimmera_Southern_Mallee_(region)" title="Wimmera Southern Mallee (region)">Wimmera Southern Mallee</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Greater Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hume_(region)" title="Hume (region)">Hume</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goulburn_(region)" title="Goulburn (region)">Goulburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovens_Murray_(region)" title="Ovens Murray (region)">Ovens Murray</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loddon_Mallee_(region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loddon Mallee (region)">Loddon Mallee</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Loddon_Campaspe_(region)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Loddon Campaspe (region) (page does not exist)">Loddon Campaspe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallee_(region,_Victoria)" title="Mallee (region, Victoria)">Mallee</a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt>Unofficial</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Victoria">Central Victoria</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yarra_Valley" title="Yarra Valley">Yarra Valley</a></li> <li>Upper Yarra</li> <li>The Bays <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Port_Phillip" title="Port Phillip">Port Phillip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mornington_Peninsula" title="Mornington Peninsula">Mornington Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellarine_Peninsula" title="Bellarine Peninsula">Bellarine Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Port" title="Western Port">Western Port</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldfields_region_of_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Goldfields region of Victoria">Goldfields</a> <ul><li>Spa Country</li></ul></li> <li>Central Coast <ul><li>Bass Coast</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Northern Country/North Central <ul><li>Central Murray</li> <li>Lower Goulburn</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goulburn_Valley" title="Goulburn Valley">Goulburn Valley</a></li> <li>Southern <a href="/wiki/Riverina" title="Riverina">Riverina</a></li> <li>Upper Goulburn</li></ul></li> <li>Northeast <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Alps" title="Victorian Alps">Victorian Alps</a></li> <li>Upper Murray</li> <li>High Country</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogong_High_Plains" title="Bogong High Plains">Bogong High Plains</a></li></ul></li> <li>Gippsland <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Gippsland" title="East Gippsland">East Gippsland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Gippsland" title="West Gippsland">West Gippsland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Gippsland" title="South Gippsland">South Gippsland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Gippsland" title="Central Gippsland">Central Gippsland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gippsland_Lakes" title="Gippsland Lakes">Gippsland Lakes</a></li></ul></li> <li>Central Gippsland Coast</li> <li>East Gippsland Coast</li> <li>Victorian Alps</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_District,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Western District, Victoria">Western District</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Highlands_(Victoria)" title="Central Highlands (Victoria)">Central Highlands</a>/Tablelands</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyrenees_(Victoria)" title="Pyrenees (Victoria)">Pyrenees</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Grampians_National_Park" title="Grampians National Park">Grampians</a></li> <li>Goldfields <ul><li>Spa Country</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Southwest <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Otway_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Otway National Park">Otways</a></li> <li>West Coast <ul><li>Shipwreck Coast</li> <li>Great Ocean Road</li> <li>Surf Coast</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Northwest <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Mallee_(Victoria)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mallee (Victoria)">Mallee</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sunraysia" title="Sunraysia">Sunraysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millewa" title="Millewa">Millewa</a></li></ul></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Wimmera" class="mw-redirect" title="Wimmera">Wimmera</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Western_Australia">Western Australia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Australia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Western Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Western_Australia" title="Regions of Western Australia">Regions of Western Australia</a></div> <p>See also the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Meteorology_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bureau of Meteorology (Australia)">Bureau of Meteorology</a>'s Western Australia regions map.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Western Australian system of regions defined by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Western_Australia" title="Government of Western Australia">Government of Western Australia</a> for purposes of economic development administration, which excludes the <a href="/wiki/Perth_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth metropolitan area">Perth metropolitan area</a>, is a series of nine regions. </p><p>The nine defined regions are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gascoyne" title="Gascoyne">Gascoyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldfields%E2%80%93Esperance" title="Goldfields–Esperance">Goldfields–Esperance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Southern_(Western_Australia)" title="Great Southern (Western Australia)">Great Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimberley_(Western_Australia)" title="Kimberley (Western Australia)">Kimberley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_West_(Western_Australia)" title="Mid West (Western Australia)">Mid West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peel_(Western_Australia)" title="Peel (Western Australia)">Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilbara" title="Pilbara">Pilbara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_(Western_Australia)" title="South West (Western Australia)">South West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheatbelt_(Western_Australia)" title="Wheatbelt (Western Australia)">Wheatbelt</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Australia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_regional_rivalries" title="Australian regional rivalries">Australian regional rivalries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interim_Biogeographic_Regionalisation_for_Australia" title="Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia">Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Australia" title="Local government in Australia">Local government in Australia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Australia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091112022439/http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/nsw/nsw-forecast-map.shtml">"New South Wales Forecast Areas Map"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/nsw/nsw-forecast-map.shtml">the original</a> on 12 November 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 November</span> 2006</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=New+South+Wales+Forecast+Areas+Map&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bom.gov.au%2Fweather%2Fnsw%2Fnsw-forecast-map.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+regions+of+Australia" class="Z3988"></span> NSW regions map</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/nt/nt-forecast-map.shtml">"Northern Territory Forecast Areas Map"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061005213950/http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/nt/nt-forecast-map.shtml">Archived</a> from the original on 5 October 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 October</span> 2006</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Northern+Territory+Forecast+Areas+Map&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bom.gov.au%2Fweather%2Fnt%2Fnt-forecast-map.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+regions+of+Australia" class="Z3988"></span> NT regions map</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/qld/qld-forecast-map.shtml">"Queensland Forecast Areas Map"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061005111321/http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/qld/qld-forecast-map.shtml">Archived</a> from the original on 5 October 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 October</span> 2006</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Queensland+Forecast+Areas+Map&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bom.gov.au%2Fweather%2Fqld%2Fqld-forecast-map.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+regions+of+Australia" class="Z3988"></span> QLD regions map</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090831102932/http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/sa/sa-forecast-map.shtml">"South Australian Forecast Areas Map"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/sa/sa-forecast-map.shtml">the original</a> on 31 August 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 February</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=South+Australian+Forecast+Areas+Map&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bom.gov.au%2Fweather%2Fsa%2Fsa-forecast-map.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+regions+of+Australia" class="Z3988"></span> SA regions map</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/tas/tas-forecast-map.shtml">"Tasmanian Forecast Areas Map"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061005023216/http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/tas/tas-forecast-map.shtml">Archived</a> from the original on 5 October 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 October</span> 2006</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Tasmanian+Forecast+Areas+Map&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bom.gov.au%2Fweather%2Ftas%2Ftas-forecast-map.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+regions+of+Australia" class="Z3988"></span> Tasmania regions map</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090831073630/http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/vic/vic-forecast-map.shtml">"Victorian Forecast Areas Map"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/vic/vic-forecast-map.shtml">the original</a> on 31 August 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 October</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Victorian+Forecast+Areas+Map&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bom.gov.au%2Fweather%2Fvic%2Fvic-forecast-map.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+regions+of+Australia" class="Z3988"></span> VIC regions map</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rdv.vic.gov.au/victorian-regions">"Victorian Regions and Regional Cities"</a>. <i>Regional Development Victoria</i>. Victorian Government. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140726222320/http://www.rdv.vic.gov.au/victorian-regions">Archived</a> from the original on 26 July 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 August</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Regional+Development+Victoria&rft.atitle=Victorian+Regions+and+Regional+Cities&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rdv.vic.gov.au%2Fvictorian-regions&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+regions+of+Australia" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080302000524/http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/wa/wa-forecast-map.shtml">"Western Australian Forecast Areas Map"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/wa/wa-forecast-map.shtml">the original</a> on 2 March 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 March</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Western+Australian+Forecast+Areas+Map&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bom.gov.au%2Fweather%2Fwa%2Fwa-forecast-map.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+regions+of+Australia" class="Z3988"></span> Western Australia regions</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_regions_of_Australia&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160403160521/https://myregion.gov.au/">MyRegion.gov.au</a> – an Australian government website dedicated to providing information about the 55 regions of the nation</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rda.gov.au">RDA.gov.au</a> – Regional Development Australia sets regional priorities and helps guide local development and policy</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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