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Standard:
ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
Committee:
ISO/TC 46
ICS:
01.140.30
Alpha-2 code
AU
Short name
AUSTRALIA
Short name lower case
Australia
Full name
Alpha-3 code
AUS
Numeric code
036
Remarks
Independent
Yes
Territory name
Ashmore and Cartier Islands , Coral Sea Islands , Lord Howe Island, Macquarie Island
Status
Officially assigned
Remark part 1
Often referred to as the Commonwealth of Australia. Includes: Lord Howe Island, Macquarie Island; and also Ashmore and Cartier Islands, and Coral Sea Islands which are Australian external territories.
This code is part of collection(s)
Country Codes Collection
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Additional information

Administrative language(s) alpha-2 Administrative language(s) alpha-3 Local short name
en eng Australia

Subdivisions

2 territory (en) / territoire (fr)

6 state (en) / État (fr)

List source

AS 4590:2006 Interchange of client information – Page 82 – Table 4

Code source

AS 4590:2006 Interchange of client information – Page 82 – Table 4

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
territory AU-ACT Australian Capital Territory en
state AU-NSW New South Wales en
territory AU-NT Northern Territory en
state AU-QLD Queensland en
state AU-SA South Australia en
state AU-TAS Tasmania en
state AU-VIC Victoria en
state AU-WA Western Australia en

Change history of country code

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Short description of change (fr)
2016-11-15 Update List Source; update Code Source Mise à jour de la Liste Source ; mise à jour du Code Source
2015-11-27 Update List Source Mise à jour de la Liste Source