Template:Infobox Australian place

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Usage

To use this template

1. Copy the relevant blank template from the Blank Infobox Template Page into the beginning of your document, remembering to put the code at the very top of the article and the first word of the article on the very next line.
2. Enter values for the fields as outlined in the table below. Fields left blank will automatically be hidden.
3. Preview.
4. Save the page with an appropriate edit summary.

Examples

• Examples of this template can found on the Examples Page.

Fields

All fields used by this template are optional. The following fields are available:

Field Name	Description	Valid for blank = all	Source/Notes	Values
type	infobox type			'city', 'suburb', 'town', 'lga', 'region'
name	name of locality			plain text
city	city name	suburb	List of cities in Australia	plain text, may be linked
state	state abbreviation			"qld", "nsw", "act", "vic", "tas", "sa", "wa", "nt", or leave blank for Australia - plain text, do not link
image	generic image of the locality			filename
imagesize	width of generic image of the locality			number
caption	caption for the locality image			wikitext (can contain links)
coordinates	See Notes below
force_national_map	forces pushpin map	region, city	Forces the pushpin map to use the Australian, rather than the state map, regardless of the contents of |state=.	"yes" or leave blank, plain text, do not link
latd latm lats	latitude	region, lga, city, town	|coordinates= field	degrees minutes seconds (optional for region and lga)
longd longm longs	longitude	region, lga, city, town	|coordinates= field	degrees minutes seconds (optional for region and lga)
pushpin_map_caption	caption	region, lga, city, town		optional, plain text or linked
pushpin_label_position	label position	region, lga, city, town		left, right, top, bottom default: right
pop	population	all; use approx for region	ABS	number
pop_footnotes	population footnote for references	all; use approx for region	ABS	wikitext (can contain links) Best when used with <ref> </ref> tags and {{cite web}}
poprank	population rank	city	List of cities in Australia by population	number
density	population density	city, region	ABS	unformatted number (people/km²)
density_footnotes	population density footnote for references	city, region	ABS	wikitext (can contain links) Best when used with <ref> </ref> tags and {{cite web}}
est	established			year
gazetted	date the place name was gazetted			date
postcode		suburb, town	List of postcodes in the Australian Capital Territory List of postcodes in New South Wales List of postcodes in Queensland List of postcodes in South Australia List of postcodes in Tasmania List of postcodes in Victoria List of postcodes in Western Australia List of postcodes in the Northern Territory	number
elevation	measured from sea level in metres	town, suburb	fallingrain.com	unformatted number (m)
elevation_footnotes	elevation footnote for references	town, suburb	fallingrain.com	wikitext (can contain links) Best when used with <ref> </ref> tags and {{cite web}}
area		city, lga, region	ABS	unformatted number (km²)
area_footnotes	area footnote for references	city, lga, region	ABS	wikitext (can contain links) Best when used with <ref> </ref> tags and {{cite web}}
timezone	timezone	city, region		plain text, link
utc	utc offset	city, region		"+" followed by number
timezone-dst	summer timezone	city, region		plain text, link
utc-dst	summer utc offset	city, region		"+" followed by number
propval		town, suburb	domain.com.au	plain text, link
mayor	Mayor of LGA	lga		plain text
dist#	See Notes below	town, suburb, city (other cities)	travelmate.com.au, maps, Google earth, whereis (get directions), Route planner - Victoria, Australia	unformatted number (km)
dir#	See Notes below	town, suburb, city (other cities)		plain text, link
location#	See Notes below	town, suburb, city	maps, Google earth	plain text, link
lga	local government area	suburb, town, region	NSW Geographical Names Board (NSW only)	plain text, link
lga2-lga4	2nd-4th LGAs	suburb, town, region		plain text, link
seat	LGA seat	lga		plain text, link
region	Name of region LGA is in	lga		plain text, link
county	lands administrative division (not in all areas)		Lands administrative divisions of Australia NSW Geographical Names Board (NSW only)	plain text, link
parish	NSW, Qld, Vic only		Lands administrative divisions of Australia NSW Geographical Names Board (NSW only)	plain text
hundred	parts of SA & NT only		Lands administrative divisions of Australia	plain text
stategov	the state government electoral area			plain text, link
stategov2-stategov5	2nd-5th state government electoral areas			plain text, link
fedgov	the federal government electoral area			plain text, link
fedgov2-fedgov4	2nd-4th federal government electoral areas			plain text, link
logo	Logo of LGA	lga	Individual LGA website	image link
logosize	width of LGA logo	lga	Individual LGA website	number
url	LGA website address	lga	Individual LGA website	url link
maxtemp	max average annual temperature	suburb, town	Bureau of Meteorology	number (°C)
mintemp	mix average annual temperature	suburb, town	Bureau of Meteorology	number (°C)
rainfall	average annual rainfall	suburb, town	Bureau of Meteorology	unformatted number (mm)
near-n/ne/e/se/s/sw/w/nw	neighbours (suburb, lga or landmark)	suburb, lga		plain text, link
near	Central to neighbours	suburb, lga	replaces name (best used without any near-* e.g. to specify a #link to the main text for further info)	plain text, link

Notes

Type

The infobox type affects the colour of the top bar of the infobox.

• Yellow: city
• Pink: suburb
• Green: town
• Blue: lga
• Purple: region
• Grey: undefined

Footnotes fields

Any references should be placed within the respective "_footnotes" field and not within the field reserved solely for a numeric value. For example, place the reference used for the area of City X in the parameter {{{area_footnotes}}} and not in the {{{area}}} parameter. Otherwise, an error may result.

Unformatted numbers and expression errors

Certain fields require numeric values to be entered in an unformatted/raw fashion—i.e. 1000.0 NOT 1,000.0. If an expression error is present, simply remove any commas or spaces from the number.

For coordinates, use {{coord}} with display=inline,title. Please do not be overly precise.

Dist#, Dir# and Location#

This is the distance and approximate direction to another location. The '#' is replaced with a number between 1 and 5. Therefore distances for up to five locations can be listed using the range 'dist1' - 'dist5'. Direction from the locations can be specified use 'dir1' - 'dir5' and the locations can be listed as 'location1' - 'location5'. Each dist# must be partnered with an appropriate location#. Dir# is optional.

Where to find information

• WikiProject Australian places - Useful Resources
• Australian Bureau of Statistics
• LGA links for each state
• Bureau of Meteorology > "Climate tables" (4th heading)

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. Within the hCard is a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

If the place or venue has "established", "founded", "opened" or similar dates, use {{start date}} for the earliest of those dates unless the date is before 1583 CE.

If it has a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• category
• county-name
• extended-address
• fn
• label
• locality
• nickname
• note
• org
• region
• street-address
• uid
• url
• vcard

Geo is produced by calling {{coord}}, and uses HTML classes:

• geo
• latitude
• longitude

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Precision

When giving coordinates, please use an appropriate level of precision. Do not use {{coord}}'s |name= parameter.