Australia has more skyscrapers per person than any other country in the world with a population greater than five million, and was one of the first countries in the world to play host to the skyscraper boom along with the United States and Canada. Australia`s first skyscraper as then defined was Melbourne`s now demolished APA Building, completed in 1889, which was among the tallest buildings in the world at the time. The nation`s first skyscraper as defined today by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat as buildings exceeding 150 metres was the Australia Square Tower in Sydney, completed in 1967. The vast majority of Australia`s buildings which exceed 150 metres in height are located in the eastern states of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, with a smaller number in Western Australia. While Australia`s other states and territories contain no skyscrapers as defined, they all play host to numerous high-rise buildings.
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