Telephone Country and Area Codes - australia.gov.au http://australia.gov.au/ Telephone Country and Area Codes - australia.gov.au - Syndicated Content en-au http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Copyright 2008 Commonwealth of Australia GUM 60 Telephone Country and Area Codes

The phone country code to use when telephoning Australia from another country is 61. The area codes for the capital cities are:

  • Adelaide - 8
  • Brisbane - 7
  • Canberra - 2
  • Darwin - 8
  • Hobart - 3
  • Melbourne - 3
  • Perth - 8
  • Sydney - 2

For example, if you are calling Canberra from outside Australia, first dial your country's international access number, then dial 61, then dial 2, then dial the local phone number.

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