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Western Australia
State
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s): The Wildflower State The Golden State
QLD NSW ACT WA NT SA VIC TAS Location of Western Australia in Australia 26°S 121°E
Country	Australia
Before federation	Colony of Western Australia
Established as the Swan River Colony	2 May 1829
Responsible government	21 October 1890
Federation	1 January 1901
Capital and largest city	Perth
Administration	139 local government areas
Demonym(s)	Western/West Australian West Aussie Sandgroper (colloquial)
Government
• Monarch	Charles III
• Governor	Chris Dawson
• Premier	Roger Cook (Labor)
Legislature	Parliament of Western Australia
• Upper house	Legislative Council
• Lower house	Legislative Assembly
Judiciary	Supreme Court of Western Australia
Parliament of Australia
• Senate	12 senators (of 76)
• House of Representatives	15 seats (of 151)
Area
• Total	2,527,013[1] km2 (975,685 sq mi) (1st)
Highest elevation (Mount Meharry)	1,249 m (4,098 ft)
Population
• June 2023 estimate	2,878,600[2] (4th)
• Density	1.11/km2 (2.9/sq mi) (7th)
GSP	2022 estimate
• Total	AU$377.257 billion[3] (4th)
• Per capita	AU$135,320 (1st)
HDI (2021)	0.967[4] very high · 2nd
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (AWST) UTC+08:45 (Eucla, Cocklebiddy, Madura, Mundrabilla; DST not observed)
Postal abbreviation	WA
ISO 3166 code	AU–WA
Symbols
Bird	Black swan (Cygnus atratus)
Fish	Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
Flower	Red and green kangaroo paw (Anigozanthos manglesii)
Mammal	Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)
Colour(s)	Black and gold
Fossil	Gogo fish (Mcnamaraspis kaprios)
Website	wa.gov.au

Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western third of the land area of Australia, excluding external territories.^[5] It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. With a total land area of 2,527,013 square kilometres (975,685 sq mi),^[5] Western Australia is Australia’s largest state as well as the second-largest subdivision of any country on Earth, surpassed only by the Sakha Republic in eastern Russia.