Australia States Quiz: Name All 8 States & Territories

Australia has 6 states and 2 mainland territories. This quiz shows a blank map of Australia. You type the name of each state or territory, and the map colors that area in place.

This is the easy quiz of the Country Regions category. Eight answers clear the map — a good first map quiz.

How to play

• Type names in any order. A correct name colors the area on the map at once.
• You can start to type right away. You do not need to click the answer box first.
• Type the full name. The postal abbreviations do not count. "NSW" does not score New South Wales.
• "Canberra" scores the Australian Capital Territory.
• A timer tracks your run. The quiz saves your best score and best time.

What counts in this quiz

• The 6 states and the 2 mainland territories: the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory.

What's not included — and why

• External territories, such as Christmas Island and Norfolk Island, are not on the map.
• Cities are not answers. Sydney and Melbourne do not score.

Good to know

• Western Australia covers about one third of the continent.
• The Australian Capital Territory is an enclave inside New South Wales. It exists because Sydney and Melbourne both wanted to be the capital.
• Tasmania is the only state that is an island.
• The Northern Territory is larger than every state except Western Australia and Queensland, but fewer than 300,000 people live there.