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This page is to be used for abbreviations in Australia. It takes precedence over the Abbreviations and Acronyms page in the Global Wazeopedia.

State abbreviations

Currently, the State field is not set for use in Australia. Where a state or territory abbreviation is required to distinguish between the same suburb (city) name in two different states, only the following abbreviations should be used, with the specified capitalisation.

State/territory name	Standard abbreviation
Australian Capital Territory	ACT
New South Wales	NSW
Northern Territory	NT
Queensland	Qld
South Australia	SA
Tasmania	Tas
Victoria	Vic
Western Australia	WA

Do not use fullstops afterwards (e.g. Qld.) or inside (e.g. N.S.W.) these abbreviations. Note the use of conventional (mixed-case) capitalisation (e.g. Tas).

Measurement Suffix Abbreviations

Suffix name	Standard abbreviation
Kilometre/ kilometer	km
Metre/ meter	m

Standard Suffix Abbreviations

Notes:

1. Only abbreviate suffixes ("road types").

"The Avenue", "The Grove ", etc. should not be abbreviated, as Avenue and Grove are not road types in this context.
"Parade Road" would be abbreviated to Parade Rd, as Parade is not a road type in this context. Similarly, "Mount Ousley Rd" should be recorded like that, without abbreviating the Mount.

2. Suffix abbreviations do not contain any punctuation, such as "." (Full-stops) or "-" (Hyphens).

3. In the event that the original suffix is a plural (i.e contains a "s" at the end) and only its singular form is present as an abbreviation, simply add an "s" to the end of the abbreviation.

4. If no abbreviation is given in this table, then spell out the word in full.

5. This list of abbreviations is based on AS/NZS 4819:2011, Rural and Urban Addressing

Suffix name	Standard abbreviation	Comment
Alley	Ally
Approach	App
Arcade	Arc
Avenue	Av	Ave appears in many places due to use by Australia Post
Boardwalk	Bwlk
Boulevard	Bvd
Break	Brk
Bypass	Bypa
Chase	Ch
Circuit	Cct
Close	Cl
Concourse	Con
Court	Ct
Crescent	Cr	Cres appears in many places due to use by Australia Post
Crest	Crst
Drive	Dr
Entrance	Ent
Esplanade	Esp
Expressway	Exp
Firetrail	Ftrl
Freeway	Fwy
Glade	Glde
Grange	Gra
Grove	Gr
Highway	Hwy
Motorway	Mwy
Parade	Pde
Parkway	Pwy
Passage	Psge
Place	Pl
Plaza	Plza
Promenade	Prom
Quays	Qys
Retreat	Rtt
Ridge	Rdge
Road	Rd
Square	Sq
Steps	Stps
Street	St
Subway	Sbwy
Terrace	Tce
Track	Trk
Trail	Trl
Vista	Vsta

Other Abbreviations

Prefixes, directional abbreviations and other (non-suffix) abbreviations should not be used, except for state/territory abbreviations as listed above.

1. Prefix abbreviations

"St " at the start of a suburb name is part of the legal name. It should not be expanded to "Saint".
"St " (meaning "Saint") as part of the street or city name should be shown as "St. " with the trailing full stop to cause it to be correctly pronounced by the TTS. (This mechanism is currently under review.)

2. Directional abbreviations include: East (E), South West (SW), Central (CN), Upper (UP), and Lower (LR).

These abbreviations should not be abbreviated.
In addition to not being abbreviated, directions should only be included when they are a part of the documented name, and not a suffix or prefix added at a later stage to describe location or orientation/ direction.
The street type should still be abbreviated e.g. "Smith Rd East" is correct; "Smith Road East" or "Smith Rd E" are not.