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Map of Australia

This is a list of places ( local government areas) in Australia which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as " town twinning" (usually in Europe) or " sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).

A

Adelaide [1]

Albany [2]

B

Ballarat [3]

Banana [4]

Bathurst [5]

Bayside, New South Wales [6]

Bayside, Victoria [7]

Bega Valley [8]

Belmont [9]

Blacktown [10]

Bland [11]

  • United States Boring, United States
  • Scotland Dull, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • England Whitby, England, United Kingdom

Blue Mountains [12]

Brisbane [13]

Bunbury [14] [15]

Bundaberg [16]

Burwood [17]

Busselton [18]

C

Cairns [19]

Camden [20]

Campaspe [21]

Campbelltown [22]

Canberra [23]

Canterbury-Bankstown [24]

Central Coast [25]

Central Highlands [26]

Charters Towers [27]

Clarence [28]

Cockburn [29]

Coffs Harbour [30]

Colac Otway [31]

D

Darwin [32]

Devonport [33]

Dubbo [34]

F

Fairfield [35]

Federation [36]

Frankston [37]

Fraser Coast [38]

Fremantle [39]

G

Gladstone [40]

Gold Coast [41]

Goulburn Mulwaree [42]

Greater Bendigo [43]

Greater Dandenong [44]

Greater Geelong [45]

Greater Geraldton [46]

Greater Shepparton [47]

Griffith [48] [49] [35]

Gunnedah [50]

H

Hawkesbury [51]

Hilltops [52]

Hobart [53]

Hobsons Bay [54]

I

Inner West – Marrickville [55]

Ipswich [56]

Isaac [57]

J

Joondalup [58]

L

Lake Macquarie [59]

Lane Cove [62]

Latrobe [63]

Launceston [64]

Lismore [65]

Liverpool [66]

Logan [67]

Lockyer Valley [68]

M

Macedon Ranges [69]

Mackay [70] [57]

Manjimup [71]

Marion [72]

Melbourne [73]

Merri-bek [74]

Mildura [75]

Moreton Bay [76]

N

North Burnett – Gayndah [77]

Northern Beaches [78]

O

Oberon [79]

Orange [80]

P

Parkes [81]

Penrith [82]

Perth [83]

Port Lincoln [84]

Port Macquarie-Hastings [85]

Port Phillip [86]

Port Stephens [87]

R

Randwick [88]

Redland [89]

Richmond Valley [90]

Rockhampton [91]

Rockingham [92]

S

Salisbury [93]

Southern Downs [94]

Strathfield [95]

Subiaco [96]

Sunshine Coast [97]

Sutherland [98]

Swan Hill [99]

Sydney [100]

T

Tamworth [101]

Tea Tree Gully [102]

Temora [103]

Tenterfield [104]

Toowoomba [105] [106]

Townsville [107]

W

Wagga Wagga [108]

Warrnambool [109]

Whitehorse [110]

Whitsunday [57]

Willoughby [111]

Wollongong [112]

Wyndham [113]

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