Template:Infobox Australian place
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Usage
- To use this template
- 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.
- Enter values for the fields as outlined in the table below. Fields left blank will automatically be hidden.
- Preview.
- 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 |
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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= .
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"yes" or leave blank, plain text, do not link |
latd latm lats |
latitude | region, lga, city, town | |coordinates= field
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degrees minutes seconds (optional for region and lga) |
longd longm longs |
longitude | region, lga, city, town | |coordinates= field
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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.
Coordinates
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.
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