A quick look at the 62 big villages you can be asked to find on the map, before you play.
GuessTheDot is a free geography guessing game: you get a place name and a map full of dots, then click the one you think is right.
Villages with enough people that locals would call them a proper town, but small enough that they rarely make the news. Ranked play starts here, since cities are too easy to be a real test.
In Australia this set is spread across 7 different states, with Victoria home to the most of them (17).
Place kinds on GuessTheDot are a practical grouping by population and place type for gameplay, not a legal or historical designation. A place can hold official city rights (or an old city charter) and still show up here as a village if it stayed small, and the other way around: this is a rough size ladder for guessing, not a statement about a place's official status.
Sorted by population, biggest first.
| Place | Population | state |
|---|---|---|
| Caloundra | 96,305 | Queensland |
| Adelaide Hills | 72,260 | South Australia |
| St Albans | 37,629 | Victoria |
| Palmerston | 33,695 | Northern Territory |
| Parramatta | 30,211 | New South Wales |
| Balwyn North | 21,302 | Victoria |
| Burnie | 20,417 | Tasmania |
| Gawler | 20,006 | South Australia |
| Warragul | 19,856 | Victoria |
| Grafton | 19,255 | New South Wales |
| Torquay | 18,534 | Victoria |
| Mount Isa | 18,317 | Queensland |
| Capalaba | 18,002 | Queensland |
| Bairnsdale | 17,666 | Victoria |
| Batemans Bay | 17,519 | New South Wales |
| Broken Hill | 17,456 | New South Wales |
| Karratha | 17,013 | Western Australia |
| Horsham | 16,985 | Victoria |
| Taree | 16,359 | New South Wales |
| Muswellbrook | 16,000 | New South Wales |
| Warwick | 15,380 | Queensland |
| Rockingham | 15,312 | Western Australia |
| Port Hedland | 15,298 | Western Australia |
| Burwood | 15,147 | Victoria |
| Echuca | 15,056 | Victoria |
| Wallan | 15,004 | Victoria |
| Emerald | 14,906 | Queensland |
| Broome | 14,660 | Western Australia |
| Prospect | 14,584 | South Australia |
| Murray Bridge | 14,491 | South Australia |
| Sale | 14,296 | Victoria |
| West Wodonga | 14,281 | Victoria |
| Fawkner | 14,274 | Victoria |
| Ocean Grove | 14,165 | Victoria |
| Port Pirie | 13,896 | South Australia |
| Esperance | 13,883 | Western Australia |
| Port Lincoln | 13,810 | South Australia |
| Forster | 13,660 | New South Wales |
| Morwell | 13,620 | Victoria |
| Goonellabah | 13,351 | New South Wales |
| Maylands | 13,199 | Western Australia |
| Campbelltown | 13,193 | New South Wales |
| Coomera | 13,165 | Queensland |
| Redfern | 13,072 | New South Wales |
| Port Augusta | 12,788 | South Australia |
| Dalby | 12,758 | Queensland |
| Zetland | 12,622 | New South Wales |
| Woodridge | 12,579 | Queensland |
| Figtree | 12,335 | New South Wales |
| Caulfield South | 12,328 | Victoria |
| Newman | 12,316 | Western Australia |
| Moranbah | 12,068 | Queensland |
| Inverell | 12,057 | New South Wales |
| Gracemere | 12,023 | Queensland |
| Drouin | 11,887 | Victoria |
| Pymble | 11,775 | New South Wales |
| Turramurra | 11,690 | New South Wales |
| Toongabbie West | 11,578 | New South Wales |
| Swan Hill | 11,508 | Victoria |
| Mudgee | 11,457 | New South Wales |
| Happy Valley | 11,420 | South Australia |
| Bowen | 11,417 | Queensland |
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