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Australian postcodes are 4 digits and each state is usually identified by the first number digit.

The postcode’s primary purpose is for the sorting and delivery of mail however there may be exceptions to the list below.
In some regional and suburban areas, one postcode can cover more than one suburb, whereas in metropolitan areas, many postcodes may be used within a suburb.

• 0200 – The Australian National University
• 0xxx – (08xx, 09xx) is in Northern Territory (0800 is central Darwin)
• 1xxx & 2xxx – is in New South Wales (2000 is central Sydney) & ACT
• 3xxx & 8xxx – is in Victoria (3000 is central Melbourne)
• 4xxx & 9xxx – is in Queensland (4000 is central Brisbane)
• 5xxx – is in South Australia (5000 is central Adelaide)
• 6xxx – is in Western Australia (6000 is central Perth)
• 7xxx – is in Tasmania (7000 is central Hobart)

To find postcodes per city/town go toAustralian Post’s online postcode search, you will also find postage calculators and other postage information.

Australia uses 8-digit local phone numbers, and if you are interstate or oversas you will preced the local phone numer with a 2-digit state code as follows:

• 02 – New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory
• 03 – Victoria & Tasmania
• 04 – Mobile Telephones Australia-wide
• 07 – Queensland
• 08 – Western Australia
• 08 – South Australia
• 08 – Northern Territory

For example, if a phone number in New South Wales is 5555 1234 (not a real phone number)
:
When dialled from within New South Wales using a land line you dial 5555 1234.
When dialled from interstate or a moile phone, you dial 02 5555 1234.
When dialled from overseas to Australia, a phone number is:
: (your country outgoing access code) 61 7 5555 1234.
As the example above demonstrates, when calling from outside Australia, leave out the leading "0" from the area code or from the mobile telephone number.

The Australian Country Code is 61, used in the above international dialled number to Australia.

Calling Mobile Phones in Australia

Calling a mobile in Australia within Australia is 04 5555 1234.
Calling a mobile from overseas to Australia is +61 4 5555 1234

Telephone Directories

You can find more information about residential and business telephone numbers at the Australian White Pages online telephone directory which is Australia-wide.

And for business listings and telephone numbers you can visit Australian Yellow Pages business telephone directory also Australia-wide.

Emergency Telephone calls (Fire / Police / Ambulance)

Dial 000 for Emergency calls (Fire / Police / Ambulance) can be used throughout Australia

In summer some states in Australia have daylight saving

On the first Sunday in October New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania move their clocks forward one hour and on the first Sunday in April back one hour .

Western Australia trialed daylight saving from 2006 to 2009, but voted against it and now use Western Standard Time all year round.

Queensland currently use Eastern Standard Time all year round. Every year this is in much debate, as the Gold Coast and Brisbane are close to New South Wales, causing business hour disruptions. However, most of Queensland is in the tropics where residents have no desire to change their clocks in order to increase the amount of daylight and hot sunlight in which they live.

The Northern Territory do not change their clocks.

How to change your clock for the daylight savings:

• The night before the start of daylight savings time, set your clocks forward one hour.
• The night before the end of daylight savings time, set your clocks back one hour

You can get the latest changes using these links direct to the relevant page of the official state government sites for past and projected daylight saving start and finish dates:

• Daylight
  Saving in New South Wales
• Daylight
  Saving in Victoria
• Daylight
  Saving in Tasmania
• South Australian
  Daylight Saving Dates

The Standard Time zones are explained in the Australian Time Zones article.