ABBREVIATIONS
The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this publication:
| A | Area |
| AC | Aboriginal council |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| Adel. | Adelaide |
| ARIA | Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| ASGS | Australian Statistical Geography Standard |
| ATSI | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |
| B | Borough |
| Bal | Balance |
| BSD | Brisbane Statistical Division |
| C | City |
| C'maine | Castlemaine |
| C. Goldfields | Central Goldfields |
| CD | collection district |
| DC | District Council |
| excl. | excluding |
| E. | East |
| Gr. | Greater |
| incl. | including |
| I./Is | Island |
| LGA | local government area |
| M'borough | Maryborough |
| M | Municipality |
| M. Downs | Murrumba Downs |
| MB | Mesh Block |
| MSR | major statistical region |
| Mt C'tha | Mount Coot-tha |
| N. | North/Northern |
| Norw. P'ham St Ptrs | Norwood, Payneham and St Peters |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| OT | Other Territories |
| P'sula | Peninsula |
| Port Pirie C Dists | Port Pirie City and Districts |
| Pt | Part |
| Qld | Queensland |
| R | Regional Council |
| RA | Remoteness Area |
| RC | Rural City |
| RegC | Regional Council |
| Res. | Reservoir |
| S | Shire |
| S'bank-D'lands | Southbank-Docklands |
| S'saye | Strathfieldsaye |
| S C'st | Sunshine Coast |
| S Dist | statistical district |
| S. | South/Southern |
| S/T | state or territory |
| SA | South Australia |
| SD | statistical division |
| SLA | statistical local area |
| SOS | Section of State |
| SR | statistical region |
| SRS | statistical region sector |
| SSD | statistical subdivision |
| T | Town |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| UC/L | Urban Centre/Locality |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| W. | West |
| WA | Western Australia |
| Wtrs | Waters |