Template:Infobox Australian place
Purpose
{{Infobox Australian place}} is used to add infoboxes to articles on places in Australian states and territories. It is not limited to populated places such as cities, towns and suburbs, but may be used on any place including regions, local government areas, cadastral units, protected areas and even some areas that do not fall into any of the preceding descriptions and for which no other infobox is appropriate. It is the standard infobox used in Australian articles. Australian articles using {{Infobox settlement}} should be converted to use this infobox.
The infobox has been extensively customised for Australia and includes automation that results in some parameters being redundant to other parameters. For example, if population density (in the |density=
parameter) is not specified, this will be automatically generated based on the |pop=
and |area=
parameters. It is therefore important to read parameter descriptions thoroughly, to avoid unnecessarily providing redundant or incorrect information.
For infoboxes that require reformatting, general cleanup or addition of missing parameters, Template:Infobox Australian place/cleanup can be substituted. This will reformat the infobox and remove invalid parameters.
Usage
To use this template
- Copy the relevant blank template from the Blank infobox page into the beginning of your document, remembering to put the code on the line directly before the start of the article's lead.
- Enter values for the parameters as outlined under § Parameters, particularly
|type=
and|state=
. Parameters left blank will automatically be hidden. - Preview the page with your edits.
- Save the page with an appropriate edit summary (e.g., "Added {{[[Template:Infobox Australian place|Infobox Australian place]]}}", which will display as, "Added {{Infobox Australian place}}" ).
Examples
- Examples of this template can be found on the examples page.
Parameters
Both type
and state
are required parameters. All other parameters used by this template are optional.
Required
These parameters must be set for every infobox as they affect the behaviour of many other parameters.
The |type=
parameter sets up the template for a specific type of location. It regulates which parameters can be used and sets the colour of the top bar of the infobox. The entered values for this parameter should be plain, unlinked text.
Accepted value | Description | Colour of top bar[a] |
---|---|---|
city
|
A city. | Light Goldenrod Yellow |
suburb
|
A suburb, a form of administrative region generally used in cities and towns. | Antique White |
town
|
A town or other settlement. | Snow Flurry |
lga
|
An Australian local government area (LGA) - a particular form of administrative region, used to create local governments. Many LGAs will use terms such as "Town of", "District Council of", "Shire of", "City of", etc., in their names.
Note that the ACT does not have any system of local government, and therefore does not have LGAs. |
Lavender |
region
|
Mauve | |
cadastral
|
Light Yellow | |
protected
|
No colour
(An IUCN category can be used to display a coloured banner - see § IUCN categories for protected areas.) | |
other
|
No colour | |
undefined | Occurs when the parameter has been left blank. | Very Light Grey |
- ^ Colour names per the colour names given by colourblindness.com
The |state=
parameter defines the state or territory of the infobox's location. It sets up the template to refer to and link to the correct state or territory throughout. The entered values for this parameter should be plain, unlinked text; for consistency, lower case is preferred. If the parameter is left blank, the infobox will default to au
(i.e., Australia).
Accepted value | State or territory |
---|---|
act
|
Australian Capital Territory (ACT) |
nsw
|
New South Wales (NSW) |
nt
|
Northern Territory (NT) |
qld
|
Queensland (Qld or QLD) |
sa
|
South Australia (SA) |
tas
|
Tasmania (Tas or TAS) |
vic
|
Victoria (Vic or VIC) |
wa
|
Western Australia (WA) |
jbt
|
Jervis Bay Territory (JBT) |
ni
|
Norfolk Island (NI) |
au
|
Australia - use when no other value is applicable. |
Optional
Parameter | Available for |type=
|
Description | Notes | Potential sources | Values |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
name | all | Name of infobox's place | If not present or blank, the infobox title will not be shown. If specified, will be used as the text for the URL, and in the table of nearest neighbours. | Plain text. | |
native_name | all | Placename in local Indigenous Australian language(s) | Name of a place in the local Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander language, if different from name.
Native is a deprecated archaic term in the Australian context, but is used in this template for consistency with other templates. Please don't use the term in articles. |
plain text, or use {{nativename}} .
Add <ref></ref> with a citation where possible. | |
native_name_lang | all | ISO 639-1 code, e.g. nys for Noongar, for the Indigenous Australian language, if available | If there are names in multiple Indigenous Australian languages, enter those names into the |native_name= parameter using {{lang}} instead.Native is a deprecated archaic term in the Australian context, but is used in this template for consistency with other templates. Please don't use the term in articles.Prerequisite parameters:
|
plain text | |
city | ??(recommended for suburb) | City name | Name will be auto-linked if no wikilink is defined.In some cases it may be desirable to include the name of a non-city here. | List of cities in Australia | plain text, may be linked. |
iucn_category | protected | The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) category applicable to the protected area. | For more information on how this parameter is displayed, see IUCN categories below. | Plain text, do not wikilink. Accepted values are:
| |
iucn_ref | protected | A reference demonstrating the IUCN category | Prerequisite parameters:
|
Wikitext (can contain links).Best when used with <ref></ref> tags and a citation template | |
image | all | Image of the locality | For cadastral units, this is typically a map showing its location within the state or territory. | filename | |
image_upright | all | Width of image of the locality (in relation to default thumbnail size) | The size should not be set to a value that would result in an image width greater than 300px. See help below for guidance on determining the value to be used, and WP:IMGSIZE for rationale. | Unformatted number. If not specified, the image width defaults to 1.23 , which is approximately 270px for readers that haven't changed their default thumbnail size at Special:Preferences.
| |
caption | all | Caption for the locality image | wikitext (can contain links) | ||
image_alt | all | Alt text for the image | wikitext (can contain links) | ||
image2 | all | A second image of the locality | In LGA articles this is typically used where a map of the LGA is required but the appropriate location map template is not available in Category:Australia location map modules. | filename | |
image2_upright | all | Width of the second image of the locality (in relation to default thumbnail size) | The size should not be set to a value that would result in an image width greater than 300px. See help below for guidance on determining the value to be used, and WP:IMGSIZE for rationale. | Unformatted number. If not specified, the image width defaults to 1.23 , which is approximately 270px for readers that haven't changed their default thumbnail size at Special:Preferences.
| |
caption2 | all | caption for the second locality image | wikitext (can contain links) | ||
image2_alt | all | Alt text for the image | wikitext (can contain links) | ||
nearest_town_or_city | protected | nearest town or city to the area | If the area is not within a town or city, the nearest town or city to the area can be listed here. If only one, wikilinking may be omitted as the article will be automatically linked. If there are more than one, use {{Plainlist}}. | Wikitext (can contain links) | |
coordinates | ??(recommended for all) | Displays coordinates of the locality. Triggers a map to automatically generate (can be adjusted in various ways). | For coordinates, use {{coord}} with display=inline,title. Please do not be overly precise.
The automatic map will be of the state, with a pushpin identifying the position specified in {{coord}}. Parameters to adjust or toggle the map are under § Location map generated by coordinates. A second map can be generated using wikidata as well (see § Location map generated by wikidata). |
Example: {{Coord|32|45|41.3|S|151|44|38.6|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|display=inline,title}} | |
coord_ref | ??(recommended for all except protected) | Footnote demonstrating the coordinates value | Prerequisite parameters:
|
wikitext (can contain links)Best when used with <ref></ref> tags and a citation template | |
pop | ??(recommended for all except protected) | Population statistic (use approximate if |type=region )
|
If left empty, population data will be displayed from Wikidata (for appropriate geography). See Notes below for more information. | ABS (generic) 2016 Census QuickStats |
Number. should be plain, either with or without a comma. i.e. 12345 or 12,345
Do not add anything else, including years or references. |
pop_year | ??(recommended for all except protected) | Year applicable to the population figure | Prerequisite parameters:
|
ABS (generic) 2016 Census QuickStats |
Number. When the population is for a census year, use {{CensusAU}} |
pop_footnotes | ??(recommended for all except protected) | Footnote demonstrating the population statistic | Prerequisite parameters:
|
ABS (generic) 2016 Census QuickStats |
wikitext (can contain links)Best when used with <ref></ref> tags and {{Census 2016 AUS}} |
pop2 | ??(recommended for all except protected) | Second population statistic (use approximate if |type=region )
|
See Clarence Town, New South Wales for an example of when a second population figure is useful.Prerequisite parameters:
|
ABS (generic) 2016 Census QuickStats |
Number. Should be unformatted, and can be with or without a comma. i.e. 12345 or 12,345
Do not add anything else, including years or references. |
pop2_year | ??(recommended for all except protected) | Year applicable to the second population figure | Prerequisite parameters:
|
ABS (generic) 2016 Census QuickStats |
Number. When the population is for a census year, use {{CensusAU}} |
pop2_footnotes | ??(recommended for all except protected) | Footnote demonstrating the second population statistic | Prerequisite parameters:
|
ABS (generic) 2016 Census QuickStats |
wikitext (can contain links)Best when used with <ref></ref> tags and {{Census 2016 AUS}} |
poprank | ??(recommended for city) | population rank within Australia | Prerequisite parameters:
|
List of cities in Australia by population | Use eg: '1st', '15th' |
density | all(recommended for city, region) | population density | Will auto-calculate if both pop and area are defined | ABS | unformatted number, in people/km² |
density_footnotes | all(recommended for city, region) | population density footnote for references | ABS | wikitext (can contain links)Best when used with <ref></ref> tags and a citation template | |
established | all | Date the location was established | Options include:
| ||
established_footnotes | all | Reference demonstrating the establishment date | wikitext (can contain links)Best when used with <ref> </ref> tags and a citation template | ||
abolished | all | Date the location was abolished | If the exact date is unknown, a year will suffice | date | |
gazetted | all | Date the place name was gazetted | date | ||
postcode | all(recommended for suburb, town) | Postcode(s) for the place | Australia Post postcode search tool | number | |
elevation | all(recommended for suburb, town) | The elevation, measured from sea level in metres | unformatted number in metres | ||
elevation_footnotes | all(recommended for suburb, town) | Footnote demonstrating the elevation | wikitext (can contain links)Best when used with <ref> </ref> tags and a citation template | ||
area | all | The area of the location | ABS | unformatted number in km2 | |
area_footnotes | all | Footnote demonstrating the area | ABS | wikitext (can contain links)Best when used with <ref> </ref> tags and a citation template | |
timezone | all(recommended for city, suburb, town, lga, region) | Timezone of the location | Time in Australia | Plain text, linked. Either the full name or the abbreviation can be used (e.g., either [[Australian Western Standard Time]] or [[Australian Western Standard Time|AWST]] can be used).The utc parameter must also be set.
| |
utc | all(recommended for city, suburb, town, lga, region) | UTC offset of the timezone | The standard values are:
|
"+" followed by number, e.g., +8:00 (for AWST)
| |
timezone-dst | all(recommended for city, suburb, town, lga, region) | Daylight saving timezone (where applied) | Daylight saving time in Australia | Plain text, linked. Either the full name or the abbreviation can be used (e.g., either [[Australian Eastern Daylight Time]] or [[Australian Eastern Daylight Time|AEDT]] can be used).The utc-dst parameter must also be set.
| |
utc-dst | all(recommended for city, suburb, town, lga, region) | UTC offset of the daylight saving timezone | The standard values are:
|
"+" followed by number, e.g., +11:00 (for AEDT)
| |
mayor | lga | Mayor of the LGA | Name of the mayor only. Do not include titles, postnominals or political party information. | Plain text | |
mayortitle | lga | Title of the mayor | Wikitext (can be wikilinked), or blank.
If left blank, will default to "Mayor". | ||
location# (up to location5) | all(recommended for city, suburb, town) | Specified location(s) to display the distance and direction from | Normally other cities or population centres.See § Notes below | Maps such as Google Earth | Plain text, may be wikilinked. If no wikilink is given, the text will be automatically wikilinked. |
dist# (up to dist5) | all(recommended for city, suburb, town) | The distance by road (not direct) from the specified location(s) | Distance by road, not direct.See § Notes below | Maps such as Google earth, whereis, Visit Victoria route planner | unformatted number in km |
dir# (up to dir5) | all(recommended for city, suburb, town) | The direction (preferably cardinal) from the specified location(s), normally other cities or population centres | See § Notes below | Plain text. Normally a cardinal direction, either as an initialism (e.g. N , SE , NNW ) or the word in lower case (per MOS:COMPASS; e.g., north , south-east , north-north-west ).
| |
lga | all(recommended for city, suburb, town) | Name of the local government area | This parameter will display in a way that makes little sense when |type=lga , but it can be used if necessary.
|
NSW Geographical Names Board | Plain text, may be wikilinked. If no wikilink is given, the text will be automatically wikilinked. |
lga2lga3lga4lga5 | all(recommended for city, suburb, town) | Names of additional LGAs | This parameter displays in a way that makes no sense when |type=lga , but it can be used if necessary.
If more than 5 LGAs are required, use {{plainlist}} as necessary. See Hunter Region for an example. |
Plain text, can be wikilinked. If no wikilink is given, the text will be automatically wikilinked. | |
seat | all(recommended for lga) | Council seat of the LGA | Plain text, can be wikilinked. If no wikilink is given, the text will be automatically wikilinked. | ||
region | all(recommended for city, suburb, town, lga, cadastral, protected) | Name of region location is in | Plain text, can be wikilinked. If no wikilink is given, the text will be automatically wikilinked. | ||
county | all(recommended for city, suburb, town, lga) | Name of the county (a type of lands administrative division) | Not used in all areas. | NSW Geographical Names Board | Plain text, can be wikilinked. If no wikilink is given, the text will be automatically wikilinked. |
parish | all(recommended for city, suburb, town) | Name of the parish (a type of lands administrative division) | Only used in NSW, Qld and Vic. | NSW Geographical Names Board | Plain text, can be wikilinked. |
hundred | cadastral | Name of the hundred (a type of lands administrative division) | Not used in all areas. | Plain text, can be wikilinked. | |
former_hundred | cadastral | Former name of the hundred (a type of lands administrative division) | Not used in all areas. | Plain text, can be wikilinked. | |
division | cadastral | Name of the division (a type of lands administrative division) | Only used in NSW - lands administrative divisions of New South Wales | Plain text, can be wikilinked. | |
stategovstategov2stategov3stategov4stategov5 | all(recommended for city, suburb, town, lga, region) | The place's state government electorate(s) | Plain text, can be wikilinked. | ||
fedgovfedgov2fedgov3fedgov4 | all(recommended for city, suburb, town, lga, region) | The place's federal government electorate(s) | Plain text, can be wikilinked. | ||
logo | all(recommended for lga) | Logo of place | For LGAs, these can be sourced from individual LGA websites. | Image link (do not include "File:" or "Image:") | |
logo_upright | all(recommended for lga) | Width of logo (in relation to default thumbnail size) | The size should not be set to a value that would result in an logo width greater than 300px. See help below for guidance on determining the value to be used, and WP:IMGSIZE for rationale. | Unformatted number. If not specified, the logo width defaults to 1.23 , which is approximately 270px for readers that haven't changed their default thumbnail size at Special:Preferences.
| |
logo_alt | all(recommended for lga) | Alt text for the logo | Wikitext, can be wikilinked. | ||
visitation_num | protected | The number of visitors in a recent year | Unformatted number | ||
visitation_year | protected | The year when visitation_num was counted
|
Prerequisite parameters:
|
Unformatted year | |
visitation_footnotes | protected | Footnote demonstrating the number of visitors | Prerequisite parameters:
|
Wikitext, can be wikilinked.Best when used with <ref> </ref> tags and a citation template | |
managing_authorities | protected | authority that manages the area | Name of the authority or organisation that manages the area. | Wikitext, can be wikilinked. If no wikilink is given, the text will be automatically wikilinked. | |
url | all(recommended for lga, protected) | URL for the location's individual website | Do not use for former LGAs | Bare url, e.g., http://www.example.com | |
maxtemp | all(recommended for suburb, town) | Maximum average annual temperature | Bureau of Meteorology's climate data | unformatted number, in °C | |
maxtemp_footnotes | all(recommended for suburb, town) | Footnote demonstrating the maximum temperature | Bureau of Meteorology's climate data | Wikitext, can contain templates, html, wikilinks, external links, etc.Best when used with <ref> </ref> tags and a citation template | |
mintemp | all(recommended for suburb, town) | Minimum average annual temperature | Bureau of Meteorology's climate data | unformatted number, in °C | |
mintemp_footnotes | all(recommended for suburb, town) | Footnote demonstrating the minimum temperature | Bureau of Meteorology's climate data | wikitext (can contain links)Best when used with <ref> </ref> tags and a citation template | |
rainfall | all(recommended for suburb, town) | Average annual rainfall | Bureau of Meteorology's climate data | unformatted number, in mm | |
rainfall_footnotes | all(recommended for suburb, town) | Footnote demonstrating the annual rainfall | Bureau of Meteorology's climate data | wikitext (can contain links)Best when used with <ref> </ref> tags and a citation template | |
near-nwnear-nnear-nenear-wnear-enear-swnear-snear-se | all(recommended for suburb, lga) | Neighbours which share borders with the infobox's location | It is best when all listed neighbours are of the same type (e.g., suburbs around a suburb). When the place of a neighbour is instead taken by something like an ocean or another state/territory, include it in italics. | Plain text, linked. Can be formatted.
For example, the LGA of the City of Melville has a neighbour to its east, the City of Canning. Canning would be entered as | |
near | all(recommended for suburb, lga) | Central to neighbours | Replaces name in centre of table of near-* values. (Can also be used without any near-* e.g. to specify a section link to the main text for further info.) | plain text, link (ideally to a section of the article with further information) | |
footnotes | all | General footnotes, used to provide footnotes supporting information in parameters without a dedicated parameter for footnotes. | wikitext (can contain links)Best when used with <ref> </ref> tags. | ||
_noautocat | all | Prevents automatic categorisation | This should only be used when absolutely necessary, when the automatic categorisation built into this template causes errors. A hidden note should be included to explain why the parameter is being used in the article. | "yes" to not categorise
leave blank to categorise |
Location map generated by coordinates
The recommended and most common location map is auto-generated by |coordinates=
, but can be toggled off using |map_type=nomap
(see in table). All of the following parameters require |coordinates=
to be properly set using {{coord}}.
Parameter | Available for |type=
|
Description | Notes | Values | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
coordinates | See § coordinates for details | ||||
map_alt | all | Alt text for the location map | Prerequisite parameters:
|
wikitext (can contain links) | |
map_type | all | Toggles whether a location map is automatically generated | Prerequisite parameters:
|
Available options are:
| |
force_national_map | all(recommended for city, region, protected) | Forces location map to use a map of Australia as a whole | Prerequisite parameters:
|
yes to force map of Australia, or leave blank. Plain text, do not link
| |
use_lga_map | all(recommended for suburb, lga, protected) | Forces location map to use the LGA's map which is available to Module:Location map | First confirm whether there is a map for that LGA - see Category:Australia location map modules.Prerequisite parameters:
|
yes to force map of the LGA, or leave blank
| |
alternative_location_map | all | Forces the location map to use an alternative map available to Module:Location map | It can be used to display an LGA map in infoboxes where |lga= cannot be set.Prerequisite parameters:
|
Name of the alternative map (Category:Australia location map modules includes all available maps) | |
relief | all | Forces relief-style map, if available | Prerequisite parameters:
|
yes to force relief-style map, or leave blank
| |
pushpin_map_caption | all | Caption for the location map | Prerequisite parameters:
|
Plain text or wikitext | |
pushpin_label_position | all | Position of the pushpin's caption, in relation to the pushpin | Prerequisite parameters:
|
left , right , top , bottom If this is not set, the default is left
|
Location map generated by wikidata
A second map can be generated using pre-defined wikidata. This can either replace, or be in addition to, the map generated by the |coordinates=
parameter. It will display below the § Location map generated by coordinates map.
Parameter | Available for |type=
|
Description | Notes | Values |
---|---|---|---|---|
local_map | all | Enable map of local area, as defined by wikidata | This map will display below the map generated by |coordinates= if that map is also present. For the map to display properly, the current location must be connected to a wikidata entry and a map border must have been created on OpenStreetMap.
|
yes will display the map
|
zoom | all | Change zoom size of local_map | For more information, see {{Infobox mapframe}} instructions.Prerequisite parameters:
|
Numeric value between 1 and 18 . If left blank, zoom size defaults to 10 .
|
local_map_id | all(recommended for other) | Wikidata ID for the location, if the infobox is on an article that does not connect to the location's wikidata entry | Search Wikidata for an IDPrerequisite parameters:
|
An unlinked wikidata ID, e.g. Q595259 for Raymond Terrace. The ID will begin with "Q".
|
Notes
IUCN categories for protected areas
Depending on the value given for |iucn_category=
, one of the following banners will be displayed below the name. Valid values are Ia, Ib, II, III, IV, V and VI. For more information read the IUCN protected area categories article.
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) |
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) |
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) |
Calculating "image_upright"
The |image_upright=
parameter, and |image2_upright=
and |logo_upright=
where applicable, are provided so as to facilitate the use of scalable images in this infobox, in accordance with the instructions at WP:IMAGESIZE, which advises against the use of "px" (for example: thumb|300px
), as this forces a fixed image width.
Scalable images respect the user's base preference, which may have been selected for that user's particular devices. Module:InfoboxImage, which is used in this infobox, accommodates the use of scaling. However, setting the appropriate scale is slightly more complex than setting a raw "px" value. This guide provides a quick conversion table to make the process of setting a scale easier. It is based on a default thumbnail setting of 220px.
170px
→upright=0.75
180px
→upright=0.8
190px
→upright=0.85
200px
→upright=0.9
210px
→upright=0.95
220px
→upright=1
230px
→upright=1.05
240px
→upright=1.1
250px
→upright=1.15
260px
→upright=1.2
270px
→upright=1.23
280px
→upright=1.25
290px
→upright=1.3
300px
→upright=1.35
Footnote and reference parameters
Any references to support a parameter reserved solely for a numeric value should be placed within the respective |..._footnotes=
or |..._ref=
parameters. For example, place the reference used for the area of City X in the |area_footnotes=
parameters and not in the |area=
parameter. Otherwise, an error may result.
Unformatted numbers and expression errors
Certain parameters 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.
Dist#, Dir# and Location#
This is the distance and approximate direction from another location. The '#' is replaced with a number between 1 and 5. Therefore, five locations can be listed, using |location1=
through |location5=
. The distances can be listed using |dist1=
through |dist5=
. Direction from the locations is optional, and can be specified using |dir1=
through |dir5=
.
Population from Wikidata
If the |pop=
parameter is left empty or not supplied, the template will attempt to retrieve population data from Wikidata. For more information, see the documentation of Module:PopulationFromWikidata. This is a new feature as of June 2022 (to coincide with the release of the 2021 Australian Census data). Please report any feedback to Template talk:Infobox Australian place.
Where to find information
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian places#Useful Resources
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- LGA links for each state
- Climate Data Online at the Bureau of Meteorology
Tracking categories
- Category:Australian place articles using Wikidata population values (3,576) – articles that display population values from Wikidata, rather than directly via the
|pop=
parameter.
Deprecated parameters
- Category:Australian place articles using missing parameters (2) – articles that include deprecated parameters are automatically added. As of 5 April 2016, the tracked parameters are
|imagesize=
,|image2size=
,|imagesize2=
,|image_alt2=
,|logosize=
and|official_site=
.
Errors
- Category:Australian place articles using missing parameters (2) – articles that contain general errors are automatically added.
- Category:Australian place articles with no population year (79) – articles missing
|pop_year=
or|pop2_year=
parameters are automatically added. - Category:Australian place articles with no population footnotes (248) – articles missing
|pop_footnotes=
or|pop2_footnotes=
parameters are automatically added. - Category:Australian place articles with density errors (0)
- Category:Pages using infobox Australian place with unknown parameters (5) – articles using parameters that are not included in the infobox. This category may include articles with incorrectly spelled parameters.
Temporary
- Category:Pages using infobox Australian place with lga type and location map (101)
- Category:Pages using infobox Australian place with an implicitly suppressed location map (229)
- Category:Pages using infobox Australian place with an explicitly suppressed location map (587)
Subpages
- Template:Infobox Australian place
- Template:Infobox Australian place/Blank
- Template:Infobox Australian place/Examples
- Template:Infobox Australian place/doc
- Template:Infobox Australian place/sandbox
- Template:Infobox Australian place/sandbox/doc
- Template:Infobox Australian place/testcases
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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See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox Australian place in articles based on its TemplateData.
TemplateData for Infobox Australian place Display information about a place in Australia in a standard infobox format.
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