AUSTRALIAN FACTS AND FIGURES

State and Territory Codes

You can generally tell where something is from by the codes used for that state or territory.

nn below means a number xx below means a number or letter

	Phone Area Codes	Mail Postcodes	AM / FM Radio Callsigns	TV Callsigns	Amateur Callsigns
ACT	02	02nn*, 26nn, 29nn	1xx(x)	xx(x)Cn	VK1xx
NSW	02	1nnn*, 2nnn	2xx(x)	xx(x)Nn	VK2xx
VIC	03	8nnn*, 3nnn	3xx(x)	xx(x)Vn	VK3xx
QLD	07	9nnn*, 4nnn	4xx(x)	xx(x)Qn	VK4xx
SA	08	5nnn	5xx(x)	xx(x)Sn	VK5xx
WA	08	6nnn	6xx(x)	xx(x)Wn	VK6xx
TAS	03	7nnn	7xx(x)	xx(x)Tn	VK7xx
NT	08	08nn	8xx(x)	xx(x)Dn	VK8xx

* Used for PO boxes and large users only

Exceptions to the above postcodes – where state borders are geographically confusing or a postcode spans more than one state. There are also some specific postcodes for Australia's islands and territories that do not follow the state divisions.

Calling Australia from overseas

You need the country code for Australia + the area code for the state/territory + the phone number.

For example, to call Queensland from overseas it would be
61 (country code for Australia) + 7 (area code for QLD) + the phone number.

NOTE: You drop the leading 0 from the area code for international calls to Australia

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