Australia Outline Map

Six states and two territories on one sheet, Tasmania included.

Australia Outline Map

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Write the name of each numbered state or territory.Answer key

  1. Australian Capital Territory
  2. New South Wales
  3. Northern Territory
  4. Queensland
  5. South Australia
  6. Tasmania
  7. Victoria
  8. Western Australia

Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2. Licence: public domain.

Each state or territory is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a state or territory is answered.

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All 8 states and territories on the diagram

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  1. Australian Capital Territory Capital: Canberra, which is also the national capital. New South Wales handed the land over on January 1, 1911. It is the only one of the eight with no coast, and the smallest at 2,358 square kilometers.
  2. New South Wales Capital: Sydney. The first colony, founded in 1788. The state with the most people. Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain on the mainland at 2,228 meters, stands near its border with Victoria.
  3. Northern Territory Capital: Darwin. Part of South Australia until 1911. It has governed itself since 1978 and has the fewest people of the eight. Uluru stands in its south, 335 kilometers southwest of Alice Springs.
  4. Queensland Capital: Brisbane. The second largest by area. A separate colony since 1859. The Great Barrier Reef runs for more than 2,300 kilometers off its coast. Cape York holds the northernmost point of the mainland.
  5. South Australia Capital: Adelaide. Founded as a colony in 1836. Lake Eyre (Kati Thanda), the lowest natural point in the country at about 15 meters below sea level, lies in its dry north.
  6. Tasmania Capital: Hobart. The only island state. Bass Strait cuts it off from the mainland. The smallest of the six states at 68,401 square kilometers. It was called Van Diemen's Land until 1856.
  7. Victoria Capital: Melbourne. The smallest mainland state, yet second in population. A separate colony since 1851. The national government sat in Melbourne until it moved to Canberra in 1927.
  8. Western Australia Capital: Perth. The largest state, about a third of the country. It covers 2,527,013 square kilometers. It began in 1829 as the Swan River Colony.

How this list was compiled: Names, kinds and short forms written for this site and checked on 2026-09-19 against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:AU. Capitals, the years the colonies and territories began, and the count of three internal and seven external territories checked the same day against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_capital_cities. Areas: Geoscience Australia, https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information/dimensions/area-of-australia-states-and-territories. People: Australian Bureau of Statistics, estimated resident population at 31 March 2026, released 17 September 2026, https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/national-state-and-territory-population/latest-release. The Australian Capital Territory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory. Landmarks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kosciuszko, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Eyre, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Australia, all read on 2026-09-19. Neighbors and coasts named in the hints were worked out from the drawing itself. Boundaries follow Natural Earth. The Jervis Bay Territory and the external territories are not on the drawing and are not asked. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_admin_1_states_provinces_lakes (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_admin_1_states_provinces_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_50m_admin_0_countries_lakes (scale 1:50,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_50m_admin_0_countries_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 134°E, standard parallels 18°S and 36°S. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)

How it works

This Australia outline map shows the borders of the six states and the two mainland territories, Tasmania included. Print it blank, numbered or named, with an answer key on its own sheet.

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Blank, numbered or named

The page opens on the blank sheet. Choose Numbered to put a number on each of the 8 states and territories, or Named to print the names, then press Print this map. Print the answer key lists the numbers on a sheet of its own.

A blank map of Australia by state

Western Australia is the largest state at 2,527,013 km², about a third of the country. The Australian Capital Territory, around Canberra, is so small that its number sits in a ring in the margin.

Questions and answers

How many states and territories does Australia have?

Six states and two mainland territories, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. Australia also has smaller territories, such as Jervis Bay, which this map leaves out.

Which state has the most people?

New South Wales, whose capital is Sydney. Western Australia is the largest by area and Tasmania the smallest state.

Is Canberra in New South Wales?

No. Canberra is in the Australian Capital Territory, which New South Wales handed over on 1 January 1911. It is surrounded by New South Wales on the map.

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