Australian postcodes have four digits; envelopes for posting from Australia reflect this.

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Australian postcodes are routing information, and while they are often associated with a single bounded geographical area (e.g. suburb or town) they are not always contiguous areas. They sometimes have quite complex geography, especially in areas beyond the urban fringe (e.g. the southern Queensland 4352 postcode, or the south-western Victoria 3221 postcode). Some postcodes cover large populations (e.g., postcode 4350 serving some 100,000 people in the City of Toowoomba). The postcodes range from as low as 0200 (for the Australian National University) to 9729 (for the Gold Coast). Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd)  - Product per capita  $40,170/person (6th) Population (End of November 2006)  - Population  4,164,590 (3rd)  - Density  2. ... Victoria may refer to: // Victoria of the United Kingdom, aka Queen Victoria, former British monarch Victoria (Australia), a state in Australia Victoria, British Columbia, the capital of the Canadian province Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory Victoria may also refer to: Victoria (name) Main disambiguation page: Victoria of the United... Toowoomba (also known as the The Garden City) is a city in South East Queensland, Australia. ...

Australian Postcodes are four digits long, and written after the name of the city, suburb, or town, and the state or territory:

400 Kent Street

Sydney NSW 2000

Australia

Format

Although the first digit of the post code indicates the state or territory, an abbreviation is also used:

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State and territory capitals

Each state or territory's capital has two separate post codes, for street addresses (ending with the digits '00') and PO Box addresses (ending with the digits '01'):

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Post Codes for PO Box and large users

In the late 1990s, new post code ranges were introduced for PO Box and large users in the following cities:

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Exceptions to these Postcode Ranges

Although postcode areas in Australia are supposed to correspond with state and territory boundaries, there are many exceptions as of 22 September 2005 (taken by querying Australia Post's own public database):

Some or all of the postcodes above may span two states. For example postcode 2620 covers both a suburb in NSW (Gundaroo) as well as a suburb in the ACT (Hume) - the postcode is within the ACT range.

Jervis Bay Territory, previously an exclave of the ACT but now a separate territory, is geographically located on the coast of NSW, just south of the towns of Vincentia and Huskisson, which accounts for it having a NSW postcode. The Jervis Bay Territory is a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia. ... D is Bs exclave, but is not an enclave. ...

See also

1. List of postcodes in the Australian Capital Territory
2. List of postcodes in New South Wales
3. List of postcodes in Queensland
4. List of postcodes in South Australia
5. List of postcodes in Victoria
6. List of postcodes in Western Australia
7. List of postcodes in the Northern Territory

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External links

• Australia Post
• Australia Post: Postcode Search
• Australian Postal Code Database