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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]

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)	374 766^[3]	View of Civic from Mount Ainslie, with Telstra Tower in the background
New South Wales	Sydney	4 293 105	Skyline of the Sydney central business district
Victoria	Melbourne	3 800 000	Melbourne's CBD straddles the Yarra River
Queensland	Brisbane	1 820 375	Brisbane's CBD, with the Story Bridge in the foreground
Western Australia	Perth	1 507 949	The Skyline of Perth
South Australia	Adelaide	1 138 833	View of the Riverside Precinct from Elder Park.
Tasmania	Hobart	205 510	View of the Hobart downtown district and Mount Wellington from Constitution Dock
Northern Territory	Darwin	117 395	View of Darwin CBD

Notes

^ Norfolk Island - Kingston http://www.pitcairners.org/vt_kingston.html Norfolk Island's Home on the Web
^ "3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2005-06". Australian Bureau of Statistics.
^ The Statistical District which encompasses Canberra also includes the neighbouring city of Queanbeyan, New South Wales.