Time Zones
Australia is divided into 6 states: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania and 2 territories; the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
There are three time zones in Australia:
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Eastern Standard Time (EST): in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Tasmania and Queensland.
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Central Standard Time (CST) in South Australia and Northern Territory.
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Western Standard Time (WST) in Western Australia.
Australian states except Northern Territory and Western Australia and Queensland have daylight saving during the summer months.
The National Standards Commission (Commonwealth statutory authority established in 1950 and operating under the National Measurement Act 1960)
The Commission is responsible for advising the Government on the scientific, technical and legislative requirements of Australia's national measurement system, and has specific responsibilities for coordinating the national measurement system, ensuring that trade measurement instruments comply with international and national legal metrology standards, and for the completion of metrication.
Daylight saving runs in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia from the end of October through to the end of March, Tasmania from the beginning of October through to the end of March.
State |
Standard
|
Daylight
|
Standard Time |
Summer time |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ACT |
Australian Capital Territory |
GMT+10 |
GMT+11 |
Standard Time |
Summer Time |
NSW |
New South Wales |
GMT+10 |
GMT+11 |
Standard Time
|
Summer Time 26 October 2003 to 28 March 2004 3am local time |
NT |
Northern Territory |
GMT+9:30 |
NA |
NA |
NA
|
QLD |
Queensland |
GMT+10 |
NA |
NA |
NA
|
SA |
South Australia |
GMT+9:30 |
GMT+10:30 |
Standard Time |
Summer Time 26 October 2003 to 7 March 2004 3am local time |
TAS |
Tasmania |
GMT+10 |
GMT+11 |
Standard Time |
Summer Time |
VIC |
Victoria |
GMT+10 |
GMT+11 |
Standard Time
|
Summer Time 26 October 2003 to 28 March 2004 3am local time |
WA |
Western Australia
|
GMT+8 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Place |
Administrative Division |
Lat |
Long |
Adelaide |
South Australia |
34.93°S |
138.60°E |
Albany |
Western Australia |
35.02°S |
117.88°E |
Albury-Wodonga |
New South Wales |
36.06°S |
146.92°E |
Alice Springs |
Northern Territory |
23.70°S |
133.87°E |
Armidale |
New South Wales |
30.51°S |
151.66°E |
Ballarat |
Victoria |
37.56°S |
143.84°E |
Bathurst-Orange |
New South Wales |
33.42°S |
149.57°E |
Bendigo |
Victoria |
36.76°S |
144.28°E |
Brisbane |
Queensland |
27.46°S |
153.02°E |
Broken Hill |
New South Wales |
31.95°S |
141.44°E |
Bunbury |
Western Australia |
33.35°S |
115.65°E |
Bundaberg |
Queensland |
24.87°S |
152.35°E |
Burnie-Devonport |
Tasmania |
41.06°S |
145.89°E |
Cairns |
Queensland |
16.92°S |
145.75°E |
Caloundra |
Queensland |
26.81°S |
153.13°E |
Canberra |
ACT |
35.31°S |
149.13°E |
Coffs Harbour |
New South Wales |
30.30°S |
153.12°E |
Cranbourne |
Victoria |
38.11°S |
145.27°E |
Darwin |
Northern Territory |
12.43°S |
130.85°E |
Dubbo |
New South Wales |
32.25°S |
148.60°E |
Geelong |
Victoria |
38.14°S |
144.32°E |
Geraldton |
Western Australia |
28.77°S |
114.59°E |
Gladstone |
Queensland |
23.85°S |
151.25°E |
Gold Coast |
Queensland |
28.07°S |
153.44°E |
Goulburn |
New South Wales |
34.75°S |
149.71°E |
Hastings |
Victoria |
38.31°S |
145.19°E |
Hervey Bay |
Queensland |
25.29°S |
152.84°E |
Hobart |
Tasmania |
42.85°S |
147.29°E |
Kalgoorlie-Boulder |
Western Australia |
30.74°S |
121.46°E |
Launceston |
Tasmania |
41.45°S |
147.13°E |
Lismore |
New South Wales |
28.81°S |
153.29°E |
Mackay |
Queensland |
21.14°S |
149.18°E |
Mandurah |
Western Australia |
32.53°S |
115.75°E |
Maroochydore-Mooloolaba |
Queensland |
26.68°S |
153.12°E |
Maryborough |
Queensland |
25.54°S |
152.72°E |
Melbourne |
Victoria |
37.81°S |
144.96°E |
Melton |
Victoria |
37.69°S |
144.57°E |
Mildura |
Victoria |
34.19°S |
142.16°E |
Mount Gambier |
South Australia |
37.84°S |
140.77°E |
Mount Isa |
Queensland |
20.73°S |
139.48°E |
Newcastle |
New South Wales |
32.92°S |
151.75°E |
Palmerston |
Northern Territory |
12.40°S |
130.90°E |
Perth |
Western Australia |
31.96°S |
115.84°E |
Port Macquarie |
New South Wales |
31.44°S |
152.91°E |
Queanbeyan |
New South Wales |
35.35°S |
149.22°E |
Richmond-Windsor |
New South Wales |
33.60°S |
150.74°E |
Rockhampton |
Queensland |
23.37°S |
150.51°E |
Roebourne |
Western Australia |
20.77°S |
117.13°E |
Shepparton-Mooroopna |
Victoria |
36.37°S |
145.40°E |
Shoalhaven |
New South Wales |
34.88°S |
150.59°E |
Sunbury |
Victoria |
37.57°S |
144.71°E |
Sunshine Coast |
Queensland |
25.88°S |
152.56°E |
Sydney |
New South Wales |
33.87°S |
151.21°E |
Tamworth |
New South Wales |
31.10°S |
150.92°E |
Taree |
New South Wales |
31.90°S |
152.47°E |
Tewantin-Noosa |
Queensland |
26.39°S |
153.03°E |
Toowoomba |
Queensland |
27.56°S |
151.96°E |
Townsville |
Queensland |
19.26°S |
146.78°E |
Traralgon |
Victoria |
38.20°S |
146.53°E |
Wagga Wagga |
New South Wales |
35.12°S |
147.35°E |
Warrnambool |
Victoria |
38.38°S |
142.47°E |
Whyalla |
South Australia |
33.03°S |
137.57°E |
Wollongong |
New South Wales |
34.42°S |
150.87°E |
Source: Australian Federal Government: www.fed.gov.au
