Victoria

state of Australia
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Victoria
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Victoria was established on July 1, 1851. It covers an area of 227k[1] and has a population of 7.1M as of 2025[2]. The head of state is Margaret Gardner[3]. It operates in the UTC+10:00, Australia/Melbourne, and UTC+11:00 time zones[4].

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Australia[3]
  • Country: Australia[4]
  • Head of government: Jacinta Allan[5]
  • Continent: Australian continent[6]
  • Head of state: Margaret Gardner[7]
  • Capital: Melbourne[8]
  • Official language: Australian English[9]
  • Shares border with: South Australia[10], New South Wales[11], Tasmania[12]
  • Main regulatory text: Constitution of Victoria[13]
  • Basic form of government: constitutional monarchy[14], representative democracy[15]
  • Named after: Victoria[16]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Alpine Shire[17], City of Ballarat[18], City of Banyule[19], Bass Coast Shire[20], Shire of Baw Baw[21], City of Bayside[22], Rural City of Benalla[23], City of Boroondara[24], City of Brimbank[25], Shire of Buloke[26], Shire of Campaspe[27], Shire of Cardinia[28], City of Casey[29], Shire of Central Goldfields[30]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Victoria include Victoria cricket team[31], a cricket team[32], in Australia[33], founded in 1851[34], headquartered in Melbourne[35].

Why It Matters

Victoria has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Victoria is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for Victoria include Victoria cricket team[31], a cricket team[32], in Australia[33], founded in 1851[34], headquartered in Melbourne[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . governor.vic.gov.au. governor.vic.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . governor.vic.gov.au. governor.vic.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . governor.vic.gov.au. governor.vic.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · Wikibility · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Victoria_Australia
    Head of government → Daniel Andrews, Jacinta Allan
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Locations/Victoria_Australia"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → xVD9e
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['victoria', 'vic']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: vic, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289966848|vic (#289966848)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  4. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['victoria', 'vic']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: victoria, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289966908|victoria (#289966908)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0392105-Victoria
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0392105-Victoria, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  6. 23w ago · Kalendar · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Economy of topic → Economy of Victoria (state)
    Archives at → Public Record Office Victoria
    Executive body → Victoria State Government
    Main regulatory text → Constitution of Victoria
    + 83 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Head of government: Linda Dessau"
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