Country sub-division: States and Territories
Internation Telephone Dialling Prefix: 61
Country Telephone Format: (99) 9999-9999
The first set of two digits is the area code.
The second set of four digits is the prefix.
The third set of four digits is the suffix.
National ID Number:
Country Postal Code Format: 9999
This first digit more or less represents the major states and
territories with the following overall standards:-
0800-0899 = Northern Territory
2000-2999 = New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory
3000-3999 = Victoria
4000-4999 = Queensland
5000-5999 = South Australia
6000-6999 = Western Australia
7000-7499 = Tasmania
Country Currency Format: $999,999.99 AUD
Currency is two decimal places separated by a period.
Repeated digit separator is a comma every three digits.
Currency symbol is a $
ISO 4217 Currency code is AUD
Hundred = 100
Thousand = 1,000
Million = 1,000,000
Billion = 1,000,000,000
The following lists contain an abreviation and description.
States (capital cities in brackets):
NSW = New South Wales (Sydney)
Vic = Victoria (Melbourne)
Qld = Queensland (Brisbane)
SA = South Australia (Adelaide)
WA = Western Australia (Perth)
Tas = Tasmania (Hobart)
Internal Territories (capital cities in brackets):
ACT = Australian Capital Territory (Canberra)
NT = Northern Territory
(Darwin)
External Territories (no common abbreviations in use):
Norfolk Island
Coral Sea Islands Territory (uninhabited)
The Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Christmas Island
The Ashmore and Cartier Islands Territory (uninhabited)
The Territory of Heard Island and The McDonald Islands
The Australian Antarctic Territory
MODEL ADDRESSES
Mr. Wes Rogers
200 King William Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Australia
Mr. S. Tan
200 Broadway Rd
WEST BEACH SA 5024
AUSTRALIA
Silkhouse Travel
(Attn Mr. A. Brown)
PO Box 37
SPRINGVALE VIC 3171
AUSTRALIA
The General Manager
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
GPO Box 2000
Sydney NSW 2001
Australia
Attn: Mr. P. Master
Australia Post
International Postal Affairs
PO Box 1
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
OTHER INFORMATION:
Population: approx. 18 million
Area: 7,692,024 Square KM
Units of measure: All Metric
Capital City: Canberra
Language: English (though some would disagree!)
Posted by:Simon Brewer
Other info: http://www.cs.latrobe.edu.au/~huc/oz-postcode-yuan/
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