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The Daily Insight

Does Australia have a postcode?

Author

James Stevens

Updated on March 02, 2026

Postcodes in Australia have four digits and are placed at the end of the Australian address, before the country. Postcodes were introduced in Australia in 1967 by the Postmaster-General’s Department and are now managed by Australia Post, Australia’s national postal service.

What is LGA Holsworthy?

Liverpool
Holsworthy is in the local government area of ‘Liverpool’. The ‘Liverpool’ local government area is classified as a ‘City’.

What is the postcode for Wattle Grove?

2173Wattle Grove / Postal code

What’s my area code Australia?

Area codes

Area codeRegionState or territory
02Central EastNew South Wales, Australian Capital Territory
03South EastVictoria, Tasmania
04Mobile telephonesAustralia-wide
07North EastQueensland

Is Holsworthy under Liverpool Council?

Liverpool City includes the suburbs and localities of Ashcroft, Austral, Badgerys Creek (part), Bringelly (part), Busby, Carnes Hill, Cartwright, Casula, Cecil Hills, Cecil Park (part), Chipping Norton, Denham Court (part), Edmondson Park, Elizabeth Hills, Greendale, Green Valley, Hammondville, Heckenberg, Hinchinbrook …

What LGA is Blacktown in?

Blacktown City Council is a local government area in Western Sydney, situated on the Cumberland Plain, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia….Blacktown City Council.

Blacktown City Council New South Wales
WebsiteBlacktown City Council

What Shire is Wattle Grove in?

Kalamunda
Wattle Grove is in the local government area of ‘Kalamunda’. The ‘Kalamunda’ local government area is classified as a ‘Shire’.

What is the postcode for hammondville?

2170Hammondville / Postal code

Where is Holsworthy in NSW?

Holsworthy, New South Wales. Holsworthy is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 31 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool.

What happened to Holsworthy in WW1?

During World War I it was home to a large internment camp for civilians of German or Austro-Hungarian background, the camp absorbed prisoners from the infamous Torrens Island Concentration Camp in 1915. The modern village of Holsworthy evolved after World War II to the north, with the barracks to the south.

What is the Holsworthy bushland known for?

The Holsworthy bushland retains many indigenous sites and has been referred to as “Sydney’s Kakadu”. There are more than 500 significant Tharawal sites in the area including campsites, tool making sites and rock art. The art is mostly engravings of hands, boomerangs, animals, birds and fish.

What does Holdsworthy mean?

It was originally spelt as Holdsworthy until after World War II, when the ‘d’ was dropped. This land belongs to the Tharawal people. With the arrival of the First Fleet, indigenous people were pushed back from their traditional lands in the area surrounding Sydney.