Australian Phone Number Changes

In order to cause as much confusion as possible Australian phone numbers have been progressively changed to 8 digits . From February 1998 none of the old number will work! (the last six-month changeover period will expire). There is a recorded message explaining the new number but this does not help much if you are sending a fax . The following is based on Austel's guide to the changes, modified for international calls:
(You might need Netscape Navigator to view the table properly)

Location	Old Number		New Number	Comment
Sydney	61 2 99XXXX		61 2 999XXXX
	61 2 9XXXXXX		61 2 99XXXXX
	61 2 2XXXXXX to		61 2 92XXXXXX
	61 2 8XXXXXX		61 2 98XXXXXX
	61 2 3XXXXX to		61 2 913XXXXX
	61 2 8XXXXX		61 2 918XXXXX
NSW Country	61 YY XXXXXX		61 2 YYXXXXXX	Some have 2 changes
Melbourne	61 3 XXXXXXX		61 3 9XXXXXXX
Victorian Country	61 YY XXXXXX		61 3 YYXXXXXX	Some have 2 changes
Brisbane	61 7 XXXXXXX		61 7 3XXXXXXX
QLD Country	61 7Y XXXXXX		61 7 4YXXXXXX	except 74 and 75 areas
QLD 74 areas	61 74 XXXXXX		61 7 54XXXXXX	eg Sunshine Coast
QLD 75 areas	61 75 XXXXXX		61 7 55XXXXXX	eg Gold Coast
Darwin/NT	61 89 XXXXXX		61 8 89XXXXXX
Adelaide	61 8 XXXXXXX		61 8 8XXXXXXX
	61 8 3XXXXX		61 8 833XXXXX
	61 8 4XXXXX		61 8 844XXXXX
SA Country	61 8Y XXXXXX		61 8 8YXXXXXX	Some have 2 changes
Hobart	61 02 XXXXXX		61 3 62XXXXXX
Tas Country	61 0Y XXXXXX		61 3 6YXXXXXX	Some have 2 changes
Perth	61 9 XXXXXXX		61 8 9XXXXXXX
WA Country	61 9Y XXXXXX		61 8 9YXXXXXX	Some have 2 changes
Canberra	61 6 XXXXXXX		61 2 6XXXXXXX

Try and program that into your PC phone directory!

Australian Telephone Directory - has latest phone number changes - but very few fax numbers are listed, of course.