This is a list of regions of Australia that are not Australian states or territories. The most commonly known regionalisation is the governmental division of the state into regions for economic development purposes.
Others regionalisations include those made for purposes of land management, such as agriculture or conservation; information gathering, such as statistical or meteorological. 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 usage. Not all the regions in this list have official status as an economic or administrative region.
Multi-state/territorial
- Capital Country â€" ACT/NSW
- Eastern Australia â€" NSW/QLD/VIC/ACT, sometimes including SA and TAS
- East Coast of Australia â€" also known as an Eastern seaboard
- Lake Eyre basin â€" QLD/SA/NT/NSW
- Murrayâ€"Darling basin â€" NSW/ACT/VIC/QLD/SA
- Northern Australia â€" NT/QLD/part of WA
- The Nullarbor â€" SA/WA
- Outback â€" mainly NT and WA, but all territories except ACT and TAS
- Southern Australia â€" TAS/VIC/SA, sometimes including NSW and WA
- Sunraysia â€" a portion of NSW and VIC
New South Wales
See also the Bureau of Meteorology's NSW regions map.
- Blue Mountains
- Central Coast
- Central Tablelands
- Central West
- Greater Western Sydney
- Far South Coast
- Far West
- Hunter Region (Newcastle)
- Illawarra (Wollongong)
- Lord Howe Island
- New England (north-west)
- Murray
- Mid North Coast
- North West Slopes
- Northern Rivers
- Northern Tablelands
- Orana
- 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 NT region map
- Arnhem Land
- Barkly Tableland
- Central Australia/Alice Springs Region/Red Centre
- Darwin Region
- Katherine Region
- Top End
- Victoria River
Queensland
See also the Bureau of Meteorology's Queensland region map
- Central Queensland
- Channel Country
- Capricorn Coast
- Darling Downs
- Granite Belt
- Maranoa
- Far North Queensland
- Torres Strait Islands
- Gulf Country
- North Queensland
- Whitsunday
- South East Queensland
- Brisbane
- Gold Coast
- Sunshine Coast
- West Moreton
- Wide Bay-Burnett
- South Burnett
- Central West Queensland
- South West Queensland
- Channel Country
South Australia
See also the Bureau of Meteorology's South Australia regions map
- Adelaide Plains
- Adelaide Hills/Mount Lofty Ranges
- Barossa Valley
- Eyre Peninsula
- Far North
- Fleurieu Peninsula
- Flinders Ranges
- Kangaroo Island
- Limestone Coast
- Mid North
- Clare Valley
- Murray Mallee
- Murraylands
- Riverland
- Yorke Peninsula
- Copper Triangle
Tasmania
See also the Bureau of Meteorology's Tasmania regions map
- Central Highlands
- Midlands
- West Coast
- Hobart
Victoria
See also the Bureau of Meteorology's Victoria regions map
- Official
The six official regions of Victoria are:
- Barwon South West
- Gippsland
- Grampians
- Greater Melbourne
- Hume
- Loddon Mallee
- Unofficial
- Central Victoria
- Yarra Valley
- Upper Yarra
- The Bays
- Port Phillip
- Mornington Peninsula
- Bellarine Peninsula
- Western Port
- Goldfields
- Spa Country
- Central Coast
- Bass Coast
- Upper Goulburn
- Northern Country/North Central
- Central Murray
- Lower Goulburn
- Goulburn Valley
- Southern Riverina
- Northeast
- Victorian Alps
- Upper Murray
- High Country
- Bogong High Plains
- Gippsland
- East Gippsland
- West Gippsland
- South Gippsland
- Central Gippsland
- Gippsland Lakes
- Central Gippsland Coast
- East Gippsland Coast
- Victorian Alps
- Western District
- Central Highlands/Tablelands
- Pyrenees
- The Grampians
- Goldfields
- Spa Country
- Southwest
- The Otways
- West Coast
- Shipwreck Coast
- Great Ocean Road
- Surf Coast
- Northwest
- The Mallee
- Sunraysia
- Millewa
- The Wimmera
- The Mallee
Western Australia
See also the Bureau of Meteorology's Western Australia 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)
See also
- Australian regional rivalries
- Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia
- Local government in Australia
References
External links
- MyRegion.gov.au - an Australian government website dedicated to providing information about the 55 regions of the nation
- RDA.gov.au - Regional Development Australia sets regional priorities and helps guide local development and policy