Template:Infobox Australian Place

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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.
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Copy over the values from the old template. Some of the infomation may be lost, put this into prose, or add a note to the talk page. Fields left blank will automatically be hidden.
Ensure the new values follow the standards outlined in the table below.
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Examples

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[edit] Fields

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

Field Name	Description	Valid for blank = all	Source	Values
type	infobox type			'city', 'suburb', 'town', 'lga'
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	ABS	number (km²)
lga	local government area	suburb, town		plain text, link
lga2	2nd LGA (if applicable)	suburb, town		plain text, link
city		suburb	List of cities in Australia	plain text, link
pop	population		ABS	number
poprank	population rank	city	List of cities in Australia by population	number
density	population density	city	ABS	number (people/km²)
postcode		suburb,town	List of postal codes in Australia	number
est	established			year
elevation	measured from sea level	town	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		suburb	domain.com.au	plain text, link
timezone/timezone-dst	timezone/summer timezone	city		plain text, link
utc/utc-dst	utc offset/summer utc offset	city		number
near-nw/n/ne/e/w/se/s/sw	neighbours	suburb, lga		plain text, link
dist#	See below	town, suburb, city(other cities)	travelmate.com, maps, google earth, whereis (get directions)	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#