Template:Infobox Australian Place

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Enter a place name

This template contains one or more optional parameters: see the talk page for details. This template employs some extremely complicated and esoteric features of template syntax. Please do not attempt to alter it unless you are certain that you understand the setup and are prepared to repair any consequent collateral damage if the results are unexpected. Any experiments should be conducted in your user space.

Shortcut: WP:IAP

[change] 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.

To upgrade an existing template to this template

1. Copy the relevant blank template from the Blank Infobox Template Page into the beginning of your document, just above the preexisting template
2. Copy over the values from the old template. Some of the information may be lost, put this into prose, or add a note to the talk page. Fields left blank will automatically be hidden.
3. Ensure the new values follow the standards outlined in the table below.
4. Delete the code for the old template, remembering to put the first word of the article on the very next line.
5. Preview.
6. Save the page with an appropriate edit summary.

Examples

• Examples of this template can found on the talk page.

[change] Fields

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

Field Name	Description	Valid for blank = all	Source	Values
type	infobox type			'city', 'suburb', 'town', 'lga', 'region'
name	name of locality			plain text
state				'sa', 'vic', 'wa', 'tas', 'act', 'nt', 'qld', plain text, link
image	generic image of the locality			filename
caption	caption for the locality image			wikitext (can contain links)
area		city, lga, region	ABS	number (km²)
lga	local government area	suburb, town, region		plain text, link
lga2	2nd LGA (if applicable) (2-4)	suburb, town, region		plain text, link
city		suburb	List of cities in Australia	plain text, link
pop	population	all; use approx for region	ABS	number
poprank	population rank	city	List of cities in Australia by population	number
density	population density	city, region	ABS	number (people/km²)
postcode		suburb, town	List of postal codes in Australia	number
est	established			year
elevation	measured from sea level	town, suburb	fallingrain.com	number (m)
seat	LGA seat	lga		plain text, link
mayor	Mayor of LGA	lga		plain text
region	Name of region LGA is in	lga		plain text, link
logo	Logo of LGA	lga	Individual LGA website	image link
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	number (mm)
stategov	the state government electoral area			plain text, link
fedgov	the federal government electoral area			plain text, link
propval		town, suburb	domain.com.au	plain text, link
timezone/timezone-dst	timezone/summer timezone	city, region		plain text, link
utc/utc-dst	utc offset/summer utc offset	city, region		number
near-nw/n/ne/e/w/se/s/sw	neighbours (suburb, lga or landmark)	suburb, lga		plain text, link
county	cadastral division (not in all areas)		Cadastral divisions of Australia	plain text, link
landdistrict	WA, Tas			plain text
parish	NSW, Qld, Vic, Tas only		Parish (country subdivision)	plain text
hundred	parts of SA & NT only		Hundred (country subdivision)	plain text
dist#	See below	town, suburb, city (other cities)	travelmate.com, maps, Google earth, whereis (get directions), Route planner - Victoria, Australia	number (km)
location#	See below	town, suburb, city	maps, Google earth	plain text, link

Notes:

• Dist# and Location#: This is the distance to another location. The '#' is replaced with a number between 1 and 5. Therefore distances, for up to to five locations, can be listed using the range 'dist1' - 'dist5', and locations can be listed as 'location1' - 'location5'. Each dist# must be partnered with an appropriate location#

[change] Notes

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

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

[change] 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)

[change] Coordinates

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

[change] Microformat

The HTML mark up created by this template includes an hCard microformat. This makes the place-name and location understandable by computers. The hCard includes information that also makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) understandable, 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.

hCard uses HTML classes including:

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

Please do not rename or remove these classes.

When giving coordinates, please do not be overly precise.