Western Australia
Western Australia is Australia's largest state by land area, making up the western third of the continent. It is geographically so large that it covers more land than Greenland or even countries like Mexico.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Perth and Fremantle.
Kalgoorlie–Boulder
Kalgoorlie–Boulder is a regional city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as South West and Goldfields–Esperance.
South West
The South West is a region of Western Australia.
Goldfields–Esperance
The Goldfields–Esperance region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.Western Australia
- State with 3,080,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 536 metres (1,759 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Swan River Colony”
- …is abbreviated as “WA”
- Description: state of Australia
- Also known as“AU-WA”“State of WA”“State of Western Australia”“W. Aust.”“W.A.”“West Australia”“West Coast”“Western Oz”
- Neighbors
- Categories
- Location
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Latitude of center
-25.2303° or 25° 13′ 49″ south
Longitude of center
121.0187° or 121° 1′ 7″ east
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Western Australia” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Wes-Australië”
- Albanian: “Australia Perëndimore”
- Amharic: “ምዕራብ አውስትራልያ”
- Arabic: “أستراليا الغربية”
- Aragonese: “Australia Occidental”
- Armenian: “Արևմտյան Ավստրալիա”
- Asturian: “Australia Occidental”
- Azerbaijani: “Qərbi Avstraliya”
- Balinese: “Ostrali Kawan”
- Basque: “Mendebaldeko Australia”
- Belarusian: “Заходняя Аўстралія”
- Belarusian: “штат Заходняя Аўстралія”
- Bengali: “পশ্চিম অস্ট্রেলিয়া”
- Betawi: “Ostrali Kulon”
- Bosnian: “Zapadna Australija”
- Breton: “Aostralia ar C’hornôg”
- Breton: “Western Australia”
- Bulgarian: “Западна Австралия”
- Burmese: “အနောက်ဩစတြေးလျပြည်နယ်”
- Catalan: “Austràlia Occidental”
- Cebuano: “State of Western Australia”
- Cebuano: “Western Australia”
- Central Kurdish: “ئوسترالیای ڕۆژاوا”
- Cherokee: “ᏭᏕᎵᎬᏗᏢ ᎡᎳᏗᏜ”
- Chinese: “西澳”
- Chinese: “西澳大利亚州”
- Chinese: “西澳大利亞州”
- Chinese: “西澳州”
- Chuvash: “Анăç Австрали”
- Corsican: “AU-WA”
- Corsican: “Australia Occidentale”
- Corsican: “Statu di l’Australia Occidentale”
- Corsican: “WA”
- Croatian: “Zapadna Australija”
- Czech: “Západní Austrálie”
- Danish: “Western Australia”
- Dimli (individual language): “Australyay Rocawani”
- Dimli (individual language): “Awıstralya Rocawani”
- Dutch: “Staat van West-Australië”
- Dutch: “State of Western Australia”
- Dutch: “WA”
- Dutch: “West-Australië”
- Dutch: “Western Australia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ويسترن اوستراليا”
- Esperanto: “Okcidenta Aŭstralio”
- Estonian: “Lääne-Austraalia”
- Faroese: “Vesturavstralia”
- Fiji Hindi: “Western Australia”
- Fijian: “Ra Ositerelia”
- Finnish: “Länsi-Australia”
- Finnish: “West Australia”
- Finnish: “Western Australia”
- French: “Australie de l’Ouest”
- French: “Australie occidentale”
- French: “Australie-Occidentale”
- French: “État d’Australie-Occidentale”
- French: “État de l’Australie-Occidentale”
- Galician: “Australia Occidental”
- Georgian: “დასავლეთი ავსტრალია”
- German: “West-Australien”
- German: “Westaustralien”
- German: “Western Australia”
- Greek: “AU-WA”
- Greek: “WA”
- Greek: “Δυτική Αυστραλία”
- Gujarati: “વેસ્ટર્ન ઑસ્ટ્રેલિયા”
- Hausa: “Kudu Australiya”
- Hawaiian: “‘Aukekulelia Komohana”
- Hawaiian: “ʻAukekulelia Komohana”
- Hebrew: “אוסטרליה המערבית”
- Hindi: “वेस्टर्न ऑस्ट्रेलिया”
- Hungarian: “Nyugat-Ausztrália”
- Icelandic: “Vestur-Ástralía”
- Iloko: “Akinlaud nga Australia”
- Inari Sami: “Uárji-Australia”
- Indonesian: “Australia Barat”
- Irish: “An Astráil Thiar”
- Irish: “Iarthar na hAstráile”
- Italian: “Australia dell’Ovest”
- Italian: “Australia Occidentale”
- Japanese: “西オーストラリア”
- Japanese: “西オーストラリア州”
- Javanese: “Ostrali Kulon”
- Kabyle: “Usṭralya Tutrimt”
- Kannada: “ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೇಲಿಯಾ”
- Karachay-Balkar: “Кюнбатыш Австралия”
- Kazakh: “Батыс Австралия”
- Kirghiz: “Батыс Австралия”
- Kirghiz: “Батыш Австралия (штат)”
- Kirghiz: “Батыш Австралия”
- Korean: “웨스턴오스트레일리아주”
- Kurdish: “Awistralyaya Rojava”
- Latin: “Australia Occidentalis”
- Latvian: “Rietumaustrālija”
- Ligurian: “Australia Oçidentâ”
- Limburgan: “Wes-Australië”
- Lithuanian: “Vakarų Australija”
- Livvi: “Päivänlasku-Australii”
- Lombard: “Australia Ocidental”
- Luxembourgish: “Westaustralien”
- Macedonian: “Западна Австралија”
- Magahi: “पश्चिमी आस्ट्रेलिया”
- Malagasy: “Aostralia Andrefana”
- Malagasy: “Western Australia”
- Malay: “Australia Barat”
- Malayalam: “വെസ്റ്റേൺ ഓസ്ട്രേലിയ”
- Manx: “Yn Austrail Heear”
- Maori: “Ahitereiria ki te Hauāuru”
- Marathi: “वेस्टर्न ऑस्ट्रेलिया”
- Mazanderani: “غربی استرالیا”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Să̤ Ó̤-ciŭ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sai Ò-chiu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Se Australia”
- Minangkabau: “Australia Barat”
- Mingrelian: “ბჟადალი ავსტრალია”
- Mongolian: “Баруун Австрали”
- Moroccan Arabic: “ؤسطراليا دلغرب”
- Nepali: “पश्चिमी अस्ट्रेलिया”
- Northern Frisian: “Western Australia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vest-Australia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Western Australia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vest-Australia”
- Norwegian: “Vest-Australia”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Austràlia Occidentala”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Westerne Australand”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Westerne Australia”
- Oromo: “Giddhe Australia”
- Ossetian: “Ныгуылæн Австрали”
- Pampanga: “Albugang Australia”
- Pampanga: “Western Australia”
- Panjabi: “ਪੱਛਮੀ ਆਸਟਰੇਲੀਆ”
- Persian: “استرالیای غربی”
- Piemontese: “Australia Ossidental”
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: “West Ostrielya”
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Westen Ostrielya”
- Polish: “Australia Zachodnia”
- Portuguese: “Austrália Ocidental”
- Pushto: “لویدیځه اسټرالیا”
- Romanian: “Australia de Vest”
- Romanian: “Western Australia”
- Romansh: “Australia Occidentala”
- Russian: “Западная Австралия”
- Russian: “Штат Западная Австралия”
- Samoan: “Ausetalia i Sisifo”
- Sardinian: “Austràlia Otzidentale”
- Saterfriesisch: “Western Australia”
- Scots: “Wastren Austrailie”
- Scots: “Wastren Australie”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Astràilia an Iar”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Astràilia-an-Iar”
- Serbian: “Западна Аустралија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zapadna Australija”
- Shan: “မိူင်းဢေႃႉသထရေးလီးယႃး ပွတ်းတူၵ်း”
- Sicilian: “Australia Uccidintali”
- Sindhi: “الهندي واري آسٽريليا”
- Sindhi: “الھنديون آسٽريليا”
- Sindhi: “اولهائون آسٽريليا”
- Sindhi: “ويسٽرن آسٽريليا”
- Sinhala: “දකුණු ඔස්ට්රේලියාව”
- Sinhala: “බටහිර ඕස්ට්රේලියාව”
- Skolt Sami: “Viõstâr-Australia”
- Slovak: “Západná Austrália”
- Slovenian: “Zahodna Avstralija”
- Somali: “Galbeed Australia”
- South Azerbaijani: “باتی اوستورالیا”
- South Azerbaijani: “غربی اوسترالیا”
- Spanish: “Australia Occidental (Australia)”
- Spanish: “Australia Occidental”
- Spanish: “Estado de Australia Occidental”
- Swahili: “Australia ya Magharibi”
- Swedish: “Västaustralien”
- Swedish: “Västra Australien”
- Swedish: “West Australia”
- Swedish: “Western Australia”
- Tagalog: “Kanlurang Australia”
- Tagalog: “Western Australia”
- Tajik: “Австралияи Ғарбӣ”
- Tamil: “மேற்கு ஆத்திரேலியா”
- Tamil: “மேற்கு ஆஸ்திரேலியா”
- Tatar: “Көнбатыш Австралия”
- Tatar: “Көнбатыш Аустралия”
- Telugu: “పశ్చిమ ఆస్ట్రేలియా”
- Thai: “เปียเซนซ่า”
- Thai: “รัฐเวสเทิร์นออสเตรเลีย”
- Tok Pisin: “Wes Ostrelia”
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): “ʻAositelēlia Hihifo”
- Turkish: “Batı Avustralya”
- Ukrainian: “Західна Австралія”
- Urdu: “مغربی آسٹریلیا”
- Uzbek: “Gʻarbiy avstraliya”
- Uzbek: “Gʻarbiy Avstraliya”
- Venetian: “Austrałia Osidental”
- Venetian: “Western Australia”
- Vietnamese: “Tây Úc”
- Vlaams: “West-Australië”
- Waray (Philippines): “Western Australia”
- Welsh: “Gorllewin Awstralia”
- Western Frisian: “AU-WA”
- Western Frisian: “Steat West-Austraalje”
- Western Frisian: “West-Austraalje”
- Western Panjabi: “لہندا آسٹریلیا”
- Western Panjabi: “لہندا اسٹریلیا”
- Western Panjabi: “لیندا آسٹریلیا”
- Western Panjabi: “مغربی آسٹریلیا”
- Wu Chinese: “西澳大利亚州”
- Yue Chinese: “西澳洲”
- “ma Wesan Oselija”
- “ma Wetanoselija”
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.