Minjilang

TIWI ISLANDS

Nguiu

DARWIN RATES ACT AREA PALMERSTON

Oenpelli Nhulunbuy
DARWIN
WAGAIT
WEST ARNHEM ARMIDALE
BELYUEN LITCHFIELD Jabiru
EAST ARNHEM
COOMALIE
Adelaide River
PORT
MACQUARIE-
Daly River HASTINGS
Pine Creek ARMIDALE

MID-COAST
Katherine

KATHERINE Ngukurr PORT

MACQUARIE-
0 100 200 HASTINGS

KILOMETRES

ROPER GULF MID-COAST

CENTRAL COAST
Timber Creek

Borroloola
VICTORIA - DALY Daly Waters

Top Springs Cape Crawford HILLTOPS

Roadhouse
MURRUMBIDGEE COOTAMUNDRA-
GUNDAGAI CENTRAL COAST

EDWARD RIVER

MURRAY RIVER
Elliot FEDERATION QUEANBEYAN-
SNOWYHILLTOPS PALERANG
VALLEYS
MURRUMBIDGEE COOTAMUNDRA-
GUNDAGAI

Lajamanu
EDWARD RIVER
BARKLY
SNOWY MONARO
MURRAY RIVER FEDERATION QUEANBEYAN-
SNOWY PALERANG
VALLEYS

Tennant Creek

Tanami
SNOWY MONARO

CENTRAL DESERT

THE HILLS
NORTHERN
BEACHES

Yuendumu

THE HILLS
CUMBERLAND
NORTHERN
Harts Range
BEACHES

ALICE SPRINGS
Alice Springs

Hermannsburg
CUMBERLAND

INNER WEST
MacDONNELL
CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN
BAYSIDE
Yulara

GEORGES RIVER
Kulgera INNER WEST
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Australian Capital Territory

Climate zone map
Table 1 NCC climate zones for thermal design: Australian Capital Territory

Local Government Area Climate zone/s

Australian Capital Territory 7, 8
Jervis Bay 6

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Climate zone map
Table 2 NCC climate zones for thermal design: New South Wales (excluding
Sydney urban and surrounds)

Local Government Area Climate zone/s

Armidale 6, 8
Ballina 2
Balranald 4
Bathurst 7
Bega Valley 6
Bellingen 2
Berrigan 4
Bland 4
Blayney 7

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Local Government Area Climate zone/s

Blue Mountains 6
Bogan 4
Bourke 4
Brewarrina 4
Broken Hill 4
Byron 2
Cabonne 4
Carrathool 4
Central Coast 5
Central Darling 4
Cessnock 5
Clarence Valley 2
Cobar 4
Coffs Harbour 2
Coolamon 4
Coonamble 4
Cootamundra-Gundagai 4
Cowra 4
Dubbo 4
Dungog 5
Edward River 4
Eurobodalla 6
Federation 4
Forbes 4
Gilgandra 4
Glen Innes Severn 6, 8
Goulburn Mulwaree 7
Greater Hume 4

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 Climate zone map: New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory

Local Government Area Climate zone/s

Griffith 4
Gunnedah 4
Gwydir 4
Hawkesbury 6
Hay 4
Hilltops 4
Inverell 4
Junee 4
Kempsey 2
Kiama 5
Kyogle 2
Lachlan 4
Lake Macquarie 5
Leeton 4
Lismore 2
Lithgow 7
Liverpool Plains 4
Lockhart 4
Maitland 5
Mid Western 6
Mid-Coast 5, 8
Moree Plains 4
Murrumbidgee 4
Murray River 4
Muswellbrook 6
Nambucca 2
Narrabri 4
Narrandera 4

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 Climate zone map: New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory

Local Government Area Climate zone/s

Narromine 4
Newcastle 5
Oberon 7, 8
Parkes 4
Port Macquarie-Hastings 5
Port Stephens 5
Queanbeyan-Palerang 7
Richmond Valley 2
Shellharbour 5
Shoalhaven 6
Singleton 6
Snowy Monaro 7, 8
Snowy Valleys 7, 8
Tamworth 4
Temora 4
Tenterfield 6, 8
Tweed 2
Upper Hunter 6, 8
Upper Lachlan 7
Uralla 6
Wagga Wagga 4
Walcha 6, 8
Walgett 4
Warren 4
Warrumbungle 4
Weddin 4
Wentworth 4
Wingecarribee 6

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 Climate zone map: New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory

Local Government Area Climate zone/s

Wollondilly 6
Wollongong 5
Yass Valley 6

For further information, refer to the National Construction Code (ncc.abcb.gov.au).

Table 3 NCC climate zones for thermal design: Sydney urban (

Local Government Area Climate zone/s

Bayside 5
Burwood 5
Canada Bay 5
Canterbury-Bankstown 5
Georges River 5
Hunters Hill 5
Inner West 5
Lane Cove 5
Mosman 5
North Sydney 5
Randwick 5
Strathfield 5
Sydney 5
Waverley 5
Willoughby 5
Woollahra 5

For further information, refer to the National Construction Code (ncc.abcb.gov.au).

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 Climate zone map: New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory

Table 4 NCC climate zones for thermal design: Sydney surrounds

Local Government Area Climate zone/s

Blacktown 6
Camden 6
Campbelltown 6
Cumberland 6
Fairfield 6
Hornsby 5
Ku-Ring-Gai 5
Liverpool 6
Northern Beaches 5
Parramatta 6
Penrith 6
Ryde 5
Sutherland 5
The Hills 6

For further information, refer to the National Construction Code (ncc.abcb.gov.au).

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