Printable map of Australian states and territories

Eleven areas make a manageable sheet. That is why teachers print the Australian map for a lesson that has to finish: a labelling task, a colouring activity, a short test. This page has the version with regions and the blank outline, both as PDFs for A4 or Letter, in colour or black and white, with no names printed.

A whole-class labelling race

Print the version with regions for every pupil and read out the areas from the list further down this page one at a time. Pupils write each name in as they hear it, and the first to finish a correct sheet wins. Because there are only 11, it takes about as long as a spelling test.

Cities and the capital

On the blank outline, ask pupils to mark Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide with dots, and Canberra with a star. A younger class can do this with a classroom atlas, and an older one from memory first, then check.

Printing the right version

With regions shows the areas and suits labelling and colouring by a rule, such as one colour for each team in the room. Blank outline suits the cities task. Choose Black and white for photocopies. Print at 100% for a class set that must match the key, or use "fit to page" for a wall copy.

For names, a title or A3 paper, choose Customise before printing. The country has a sheet of its own in the printable map of Australia, and the editable map of the Australian states and territories is there for names on screen.