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This is a list of regions of 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 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 NT regions map.

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

Queensland

See also the Bureau of Meteorology's 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 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 TAS regions map.

• Central Highlands
• Midlands
• West Coast
• Hobart

Victoria

See also the Bureau of Meteorology's 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 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)

See also

• Australian regional rivalries
• Regions of Western Australia
• Regions of Victoria

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