Australia
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Entity:
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Australia
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Main prefix:
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VK
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Prefixes logged:
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VK0, VK1,
VK2, VK3, VK4, VK5, VK6, VK7, VK8
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Time in capital city:
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UTC + 10 hours
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Time zones:
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UTC + 10 hours, + 8 hours, +8 hours 45 min, + 9 hours 30 min
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Continent:
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Australia and Oceania
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ITU zone:
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55, 58, 59
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CQ zone:
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29, 30
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| Islands on the Air (IOTA) Groups | OC001 Australia Main Land, OC004 Lord Howe Island, OC006 Tasmania, OC071 Western Australia State (North Coast) West, OC136 Victoria State Center, OC137 Queensland State (South Coast) South, OC138 Queensland State (Torres Strait), OC139 South Australia State East Center, OC140 Western Australia State (North West Coast) West, OC141 Northern Territory (Gulf of Carpentaria) North, OC142 Queensland State (South Coast) Center, OC154 Western Australia State (North Coast) East, OC160 Queensland State South Coast North, OC164 Western Australia State (South West Coast) South, OC170 Western Australia State (South Coast) East Centre, OC171 Queensland State (North Coast) South, OC172 Queensland State (North Coast) Center, OC173 Northern Territory (Arafura Sea Coast) West, OC183 Western Australia State (South West Coast) Centre, OC185 Northern Territory (Arafura Sea Coast) East, OC187 Queensland State (North Coast) North, OC193 Western Australia State (South Coast) West Centre, OC194 New South Wales State North, OC195Furneaux, OC196 Victoria State East, OC198 Northern Territory (Gulf of Carpentaria) South, OC199 Western Australia State (North West Coast) Center, OC206 Western Australia State (South West Coast) North, OC211 Houtman Abrolhos, OC212 New South Wales State Centre, OC214 Western Australia State (North West Coast) East, OC216 Ashmore and Cartier Islands, OC220 South Australia State West, OC223 New South Wales State South, OC227 Queensland State (Gulf of Carpentaria) South, OC228 South Australia State Esat, OC229 Northern Territory (Arafura Sea Coast) Centre, OC230 Western Australia Outliers (Rowley Rocks), OC233 Tasmania's Coastal Islands, OC234 Browse Island (Western Australian Outliers), OC243 Western Australia State South Coast West Group, OC251 Victoria State West Group, OC255 Queensland State (Gulf of Carpentaria) North group , OC261 South Australia State West Center, OC265 Coral Sea Islands Territory South , OC266 Western Australia (North Coast) Centre , OC267 Coral Sea Islands Territory North , OC294P |
| QSL Bureau |
VK1: Box 600, GPO, Canberra, ACT 2601 VK2: Box 3073, Teralba, NSW 2284 VK3: 40G Victory Boulevard, Ashburton, VIC 3147 VK4: P.O Box 1335, Maryborough QLD 4650 VK5: Box 10092, Gouger Street, Adelaide, SA 5000 VK6: c/o N. Penfold, VK6NE, Box 10, West Perth, WA 6872 VK7: Box 371D, GPO, Hobart, TAS 7001 VK8: c/o Len Holbrook, VK8DK, PO Box 1434, Katherine 0871, NT VK9-0: c/o N. Penfold, VK6NE, 2 Moss Court, Kingsley, WA 6026 |
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Capital:
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Canberra
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Geographic
coordinates: |
27° 00' S, 133° 00' E
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Internet
country code: |
.au
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| Country dialing code: | 61 |
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Independence:
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1 January 1901 (federation of UK colonies)
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Government
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democratic, federal-state system recognizing the British
monarch as sovereign
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Dependent
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Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos
(Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands,
Norfolk Island
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