Australia Area Codes Do not Exactly Match Political Territories

DIDX.net is a wholesale online direct inward dialing marketplace where thousands of service providers in 170 nations buy and sell phone numbers. They sell to service providers on DIDX who then resell to their consumer, SMB, and SME end-users. Australia DID are listed in area codes that do not exactly match political territories. Quite a conundrum for those who need Australia DID that are local to those important to them ... conundrum, yes, especially when the person calling the local Australian DID finds that it is not really local and will be paying long distance charges.

Check Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%2B61 for a pretty exhaustive and effective description of Australian area codes and how to dial an Australian DID no matter where you are. I've copied one section here from Wikipedia as listed on March 27, 2009 at 10:43 AM PST:

Geographic numbers (02, 03, 07, 08)
Geographical areas are identified by the first few digits of the local number:

02 33 Gosford, Central Coast (proposed)
02 38 Bowral, Crookwell, Goulburn, Marulan (proposed)
02 40 Newcastle, Lower Hunter, et al. (new)
02 41 Newcastle, Lower Hunter, et al. (proposed)
02 42 Wollongong
02 43 Gosford, Central Coast
02 44 Moruya, Nowra
02 45 Windsor, Richmond
02 46 Campbelltown
02 47 Penrith, Blue Mountains
02 48 Bowral, Crookwell, Goulburn, Marulan
02 49 Newcastle, Lower Hunter, et al.
02 50 Albury, Corryong, Wodonga (proposed)
02 51 Canberra, Queanbeyan, Yass (proposed)
02 52 Canberra, Queanbeyan, Yass (proposed)
02 53 Bathurst, Orange, et al. (new)
02 55 Kempsey, Taree, Lord Howe Island, Muswellbrook, et al. (new)
02 56 Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Lismore, et al. (new)
02 57 Armidale, Tamworth, Northern Tablelands, et al. (new)
02 58 Bourke, Dubbo, Far West, et al. (new)
02 59 Griffith, Wagga Wagga, Riverina, et al. (new)
02 60 Albury, Corryong, Wodonga
02 61 Canberra, Queanbeyan, Yass (new)
02 62 Canberra, Queanbeyan, Yass
02 63 Bathurst, Orange, et al.
02 64 Bega, Cooma
02 65 Kempsey, Taree, Lord Howe Island, Muswellbrook, et al.
02 66 Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Lismore, et al.
02 67 Armidale, Glen Innes, Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Narrabri, Tamworth, et al.
02 68 Bourke, Dubbo, Far West, et al.
02 69 Griffith, Wagga Wagga, Riverina, et al.
02 7 Sydney (proposed)
02 8 Sydney (new)
02 9 Sydney
03 40 Mildura, Balranald, et al. (new)
03 41 Bairnsdale, et al. (new)
03 42 Colac, Geelong (proposed)
03 43 Ballarat, et al. (new)
03 44 Bendigo, et al. (new)
03 45 Warrnambool, et al. (proposed)
03 47 Wangaratta, et al. (new)
03 48 Deniliquin, Numurkah, Shepparton (proposed)
03 49 Mornington, et al. (proposed - with exceptions)
03 50 Mildura, Balranald, et al.
03 51 Bairnsdale, et al.
03 52 Colac, Geelong
03 53 Ballarat, et al.
03 54 Bendigo, et al.
03 55 Warrnambool, et al.
03 56 Foster, Warragul, Drouin, et al.
03 57 Wangaratta, et al.
03 58 Deniliquin, Shepparton, et al.
03 59 Mornington, Pakenham, Rosebud, et al.
03 61 Hobart (new)
03 62 Hobart
03 63 Launceston, et al.
03 64 Devonport, Burnie, Queenstown, et al.
03 65 Devonport, Burnie, Queenstown, et al. (proposed)
03 67 Launceston, et al. (proposed)
03 7 Melbourne (proposed)
03 8 Melbourne (new)
03 9 Melbourne
07 2 Brisbane, Bribie Island (proposed)
07 3 Brisbane, Bribie Island
07 40 Cairns, et al.
07 41 Bundaberg, Kingaroy, et al.
07 42 Cairns, et al. (new)
07 43 Bundaberg, Kingaroy, et al. (proposed)
07 44 Townsville, et al. (new)
07 45 Toowoomba, Roma, south-west (new)
07 46 Toowoomba, Roma, South West, et al.
07 47 Townsville, et al.
07 48 Rockhampton, Mackay, et al. (new)
07 49 Rockhampton, Mackay, et al.
07 52 Sunshine Coast, Esk, Nambour, Gatton, Caboolture, et al. (proposed)
07 53 Sunshine Coast, Esk, Nambour, Gatton, Caboolture, et al. (new)
07 54 Sunshine Coast, Esk, Nambour, Gatton, Caboolture, et al.
07 55 Gold Coast, Beaudesert [not 07 5551]
07 56 Gold Coast, Beaudesert (new)
07 57 Gold Coast, Beaudesert (proposed)
07 76 Inglewood, Toowoomba, et al. (proposed)
08 51 Port Hedland, et al. (proposed)
08 52 Perth (proposed)
08 53 Perth (proposed)
08 54 Perth (proposed)
08 60 Bruce Rock, Great Victoria, Kalgoorlie, Merredin( new)
08 61 Perth (new)
08 62 Perth (new)
08 63 Perth (new)
08 64 Perth (new)
08 65 Perth (new)
08 67 Bridgetown, Bunbury, et al. (proposed - with exceptions)
08 68 Albany, et al. (new)
08 70 Adelaide (new)
08 71 Adelaide (new)
08 72 Adelaide (new)
08 73 Adelaide (new)
08 74 Adelaide (new)
08 75 Riverland, Murraylands, et al. (new)
08 76 Ceduna, et al. (new)
08 77 South East, et al. (proposed)
08 78 Mid North, et al. (proposed - with exceptions)
08 79 Northern Territory (Alice Springs, Darwin), et al. (new)
08 80 Broken Hill
08 81 Adelaide (new)
08 82 Adelaide
08 83 Adelaide
08 84 Adelaide
08 85 Riverland, Murraylands, et al.
08 86 Ceduna, et al.
08 87 South East, et al.
08 88 Mid North, et al.
08 89 Northern Territory (Alice Springs, Darwin), et al.
08 90 Kalgoorlie, et al.
08 91 Derby, et al. [inc Cocos & Christmas Islands]
08 92 Perth
08 93 Perth
08 94 Perth
08 95 Bullsbrook East, et al.
08 96 Moora, et al.
08 97 Bridgetown, et al.
08 98 Albany, et al.
08 99 Carnamah, et al.


^ means not the entire charge zone
(new) means new since renumbering
(proposed) means prefixes proposed by ACMA and legislated in early 2008[2]
0x 5551 reserved for fictitious use. (not including x=3)
0x 7010 reserved for fictitious use.



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