What's the capital of Australia? If you answered Sydney, you're wrong but in good company, with travel website VirtualTourist.com coming up with a list of the 10 most surprising non-capital cities ...

Teachers have vowed to show their students a map of Australia with original Aboriginal names of capital cities in a bid to better educate kids about the nation's indigenous history.

It shows that, overall, the smaller cities outpaced their state or territory capital in terms of growth. The only exception was Mount Gambier in South Australia.

The population in Australia’s largest cities is booming – but not everywhere. Even as our major capitals expand, the number of residents in some suburbs is shrinking. Melbourne added 119,000 ...