Re: [Gnumed-devel] gmDemographics Question de vs au requirments

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Thursday 29 July 2004 20:42, Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 July 2004 22:56, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
> > > > > 1) The suburb/state/postcode thingy:
> >
> > Well, what is more specific in AU, eg what specifies other
> > fields more narrow - the postcode or the suburb name ?
>
> Neither.
> Liz
well to provide an explanation
i think that each government owned post office has an individual postcode.
you can define a locality either as suburb+state or suburb+postcode
but suburb on its own doesn't define the place 
eg Griffith NSW = Griffith 2680
Griffith ACT = Griffith 2603
in fact we usually record all three items.
eg Griffith NSW 2680

now, I live in 2680 but I don't live in Griffith. How does the post office 
handle this? Well we don't have a mail service to home at all so it doesn't 
matter.
Liz

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