Australia - Postcodes and Telephone Area Codes

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Post Codes

• 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)
• Australian Post has an online postcode search as well as postage calculators and other postage information 

Telephone Area Codes

Australia uses 8-digit local phone numbers preceded by a 2-digit STD area code.

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

So our phone number in Queensland is 38896800.
When dialled from interstate, it is 07 38896800

The Australian Country Code is 61. When calling from outside Australia, leave out the leading "0" from the area code or from the mobile telephone number. 

So, when calling us from overseas, our phone number is:
(your country outgoing IDD access code) 61 7 38896800 

• Australian White Pages online telephone directory Australia-wide

• Australian Yellow Pages business telephone directory Australia-wide

Emergency Telephone calls (Fire / Police / Ambulance)

• Dial 000 for Emergency calls (Fire / Police / Ambulance) in Australia