Australian Capitals

Can you name the capital cities of the Australian states and territories?

Quite easy if you are from Australia

Not including external territories

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First submitted	November 20, 2014
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State or Territory	Population	City
New South Wales	5,367,206	Sydney
Victoria	5,159,211	Melbourne
Queensland	2,560,720	Brisbane
Western Australia	2,125,114	Perth
South Australia	1,359,760	Adelaide
Australian Capital Territory	431,380	Canberra
Tasmania	238,834	Hobart
Northern Territory	147,231	Darwin

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74 Comments

+55

Level 57

Jun 12, 2016

a.k.a name as many major Aussie cities as you can :D

+39

Level 81

Jun 12, 2016

Well that was much easier than I expected... start with Canberra.. then name every large city in Australia I could think of + Hobart because I knew that was right and Darwin since nothing else is up there... didn't even have to use backspace.

Level 69

Sep 17, 2023

Nobody asked

+15

Level 49

Sep 18, 2023

Well, nobody asked your opinion either.

+25

Level 16

Jun 13, 2016

My name is Nicole, and I'm fourteen years old.

This is my 1st time, that I've done this quiz, and I had 8/8 correct, with 1:9 remaining. In my class I'm nicknamed ,,The Worldmap", because everyone says, that I'm extremely good, at countries and capitals.

I can do 168 countries and 121 capitals out of 196 nations. (Without Google searching.)

+73

Level 81

Jun 14, 2016

but not so good with commas?

Level 71

Jun 16, 2016

Oh snap! :)

Level 80

Feb 13, 2020

I'm 15 and I know all 196 countries and capitals

Level 72

Apr 13, 2020

Am 13 and know all countries but like only 150 capitals.

Level 67

Sep 12, 2020

I'm 13 and I know all 196 countries, capitals and flags.

Level 47

May 30, 2023

same

Level 62

Mar 12, 2021

I'm 13 and know all the countries, and most capitals but I have some trouble with the lesser antilles.

+12

Level 53

Mar 11, 2022

I'm 2 years old and can name all 196 countries and all 376 of their capitals. Also all features on Mars, including ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ where I am planning to move there soon. I can also name all ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇! People call me the "[REDACTED]"

Level 65

Mar 13, 2022

You really are a 2 year old. There are TOTALLY 376 capitals...

Level 77

Apr 18, 2023

What, never been to Wabadastan?

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Level 59

Sep 5, 2016

You may be "The Worldmap" but you might need to retake English class and learn how to use commas.

+12

Level 49

Jan 27, 2020

So might you: This comment ought to read. "You may be "The Worldmap," but you might need to retake English class and learn how to use commas." You missed a comma after Worldmap.

Level 82

Jan 14, 2021

Prescriptivist nonsense.

Level 62

May 8, 2024

Comma should go after the quotation marks buddy

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Level 56

Sep 26, 2016

good job but your comment sounds a bit like something a sentient robot would type

+14

Level 75

Jun 5, 2017

I think that's why the username is TechNicole.

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Level 70

Oct 28, 2016

Well done Nicole, all these people making petty remarks about punctuation would not have been able to keep up with you when they were fourteen.,,,,,,,,,,,,,, (Added a few commas to keep them happy)

Level 68

Apr 8, 2020

i would B)

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Level 61

Apr 7, 2017

Well I'm 9 years old and I can name 256 countries

Level 49

Jan 26, 2020

256 countries!? Man I didn't we creating 40 imaginary countries just for you! One "special" snowflake aren't ya?

Level 25

Jan 26, 2020

Well I'm -5 years old and I can name precisely 98790 countries with seven hours of time left

Level 59

Jan 27, 2020

Banana, it's obviously a joke

Level 67

Mar 25, 2020

Frankly I'm just happy he chose a sweet power of 2

Level 68

May 23, 2017

Con-Faking-gradulations. You are a special snowflake.

Level 80

May 14, 2021

What do you mean by that?

Level 91

Jan 26, 2020

Let me preface this by saying that I am thirteen. Even taking age into account, this reads like any other brag comment on jetpunk. The petty replies about how you "need to retake english class" are however unwarranted. I'm glad that you're invested in geography. :)

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Level 74

Jan 26, 2020

Good for you, Nicole. I'm a grandmother and I have lots of trouble remembering world capitals. Just remember that by the time you're my age, it's likely that several of those countries and capitals will have changed names, possibly more than once. It makes it hard for us oldsters to keep up, so enjoy it while you can. :)

Level 32

Jan 26, 2020

Typically in any group of people if you make it known that you know more than they do about something you are forever branded a one-upper. Must be a private school or something for them to compliment you.

Level 57

Jan 26, 2020

Nice! That's really impressive! Keep going!

Level 49

Jan 27, 2020

So many petty and unpleasant responses to a very innocuous comment. I thought Jetpunk was better than this.

Level 59

Jan 27, 2020

Jetpunk is better than this, but it's just each person making one response, and there's a lot of people making responses.

Level 31

Mar 23, 2020

Won't be long before you get to the 196.

My capitals leave a lot to be desired sadly but anyway.

Also, don't let what these people said about your grammar affect you too much. Just take it as something to work on.

Level 80

May 14, 2021

Why hullo Nicole!

Level 49

Mar 11, 2022

My name is Giorno Giovanna and I have a dream.

Level 38

Apr 25, 2022

Im 14 and i can name 196 countries, 170 capitals, 164 flags and 50/50 in us biggest cities

Level 66

Jan 6, 2023

I don't care, shut up.

Level 35

Jun 13, 2016

These are pretty much the only cities I know in Australia lol

Level 52

Oct 13, 2016

done in 13 seconds. Am Australian

Level 61

Feb 4, 2017

Done in 12 :)

Level 75

Oct 12, 2019

Took me 27, but I wasn't really trying. I didn't look up at all until I blanked on Hobart, lol.

Level 60

Jan 27, 2020

15 seconds and am 13 y/o Scot

Level 68

May 23, 2017

Thought I might maybe get 1 or 2. Got all 8. Man, Australian capitals are so straight forward, unlike the states. If it wasn't the capital nobody outside of Carson City would know what it is. Same deal with things like Jefferson City, or Baton Rouge, etc. Alright my rant is over.

Level 75

Jun 5, 2017

There are 50 state capitals in USA and only 8 in Australia, and I'm pretty sure there are plenty of people in the world (including most Americans) who haven't heard of all the Australian capitals either.

Level 85

Oct 17, 2018

Yeah, but the point here is that the Australian capitals are the biggest cities in the area whereas US capitals are more often smaller cities. In Australia knowing the 10 biggest cities gives you the capitals. In the US you need much more than the 50 biggest cities to cover all capitals.

Level 44

Jan 2, 2022

And most Australian states and territories only have 1 or 2 decently sized cities in them, so there's not much competition for what should be the capital.

Level 67

Jun 9, 2017

easy, it's just the biggest cities.

Level 74

Jan 26, 2020

No, actually, it's not. The biggest cities, I mean. It is easy.

Level 59

Jan 27, 2020

Uh, yes it is, the Capital of each state/territory is the biggest city in its respective state/territory.

Level 53

May 31, 2018

How is it the one I live closest to was the last one I answered?

Level 70

Dec 19, 2018

Interesting that more people got Perth than Melbourne.

Level 72

Jan 26, 2020

Interesting that Canberra is only 4th best guessed

Level 74

Jan 26, 2020

I hesitated at that one because knowing it's the national capital I assumed it wouldn't also be a state capital, but it's the only thing I could think of so I tried it.

Level 55

Jan 26, 2020

The Australian Capital Territory is just like the District of Columbia. It only has Canberra in it, so Canberra perforce is its capital.

Level 81

Mar 13, 2022

Technically I don't think the ACT has an officially designated capital. Obviously, in practical terms, it's Canberra, like you say.

Level 63

May 12, 2019

Australia makes sense: the capitals are actually the largest cities!

Level 66

Jan 26, 2020

Happy Australia Day!

Level 59

Jan 27, 2020

One day late for me but yes!

Level 64

Jan 26, 2020

I'm honestly shocked that Canberra has more than 1000 people living in it (the pollies and their families)

Level 47

May 30, 2023

Canberra is a city that, like Islamabad, is made to be the capital but it still has a large population in it as it is a rather nice place to live (if a little damp and chilly).

Level 17

Jan 28, 2020

I maneged it in 20 seconds

Level 37

May 15, 2020

8/8 and i'm canadian :)

Level 44

May 2, 2021

8/8 but only 'cause I'm Australian.

Level 59

Aug 3, 2021

8/8 im american i swear