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Neutral or calendar-based wording should be used, unless the season is clearly identified in its context or as a quotation. Alternatives are to specify the month(s) ("March to May" instead of Australian "autumn" or northern "spring"), or relative location in a year ("mid-2005" instead of Australian
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Daylight Time does not apply to the Northern Territory, Queensland or Western Australia. Generally, where Daylight time is applicable, it is in effect from early October until early April.
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Currencies of other nations within Australian articles should always be identified, especially other national dollars (e.g. New Zealand or the United States), to avoid confusion (e.g.
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Articles on historic subjects pre-dating SI/metric usage may use units as provided by sources, with conversion to modern units. Units in quotations should remain intact. Generally,
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Usually, a biographical article should be named in the way the name of the person who is the article's subject usually appears in English-language publications in Australia.
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template may be used on talk pages of Australian articles, especially in cases where editors require guidance on the applicable spelling conventions.
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Dates are indicated with the day before the month (International format), that is, "9 August" and "9 August 1965". Therefore, in accordance with
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Cultural sensitivities are often raised involving indigenous Australians with respect to publication of the names or images of dead people.
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Times of Australian events should be specified in the applicable local time using the time zone abbreviation from the above table e.g.
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as AUD in the ISO 4217 standard already means "Australian dollar" which would make AUD$ redundant ("Australian dollar dollar").
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For Knowledge (XXG) articles not specifically on Australian subjects, the Australian dollar should normally be identified as
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redirects there) is useful for currency formatting and includes a descriptive link to the Australian dollar article.
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If a subject has both an international and local pronunciation, the lead paragraph can include both using the
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may be provided in parentheses after the metric measurement as can be done conveniently using the
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Note that pronunciations should be supported by references, particularly dictionaries such as
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the parameter "df=yes" ("df" standing for "day first") should be used with the templates
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as this is not tailored for Australia's unique geography and government situation.
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Knowledge (XXG):Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Strong national ties to a topic
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on how to format and present article content within their area of interest.
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is considered the default where an unprefixed dollar sign is used e.g.
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For time zones of surrounding islands and external territories, see
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since there is no consensus for these. Do not use the abbreviation
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Knowledge (XXG):Naming conventions (geographic names) § Australia
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Knowledge (XXG):Manual of Style#National varieties of English
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Spelling used on Australian-related articles should follow
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for the article's infobox template. Do not use the generic
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Modern Australian measurements should be set out using the
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dates should be set out with the day before the month; and
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For currency values in articles on Australian topics, the
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The following time zones apply in mainland Australia:
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For general guidance on representing measurement, see
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Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Australia

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style
WikiProjects
This information
Knowledge (XXG) policy or guideline
thoroughly vetted by the community
Shortcut
WP:AUSTYLE
Manual of Style (MoS)
Content
Accessibility
Biography
Disambiguation pages
Organizing by subject
Gender identity
Hidden text
Infoboxes
Linking
Self-references
Words to watch
Formatting
Abbreviations
Capitalization
Dates and numbers
Pronunciation
Spelling
Text formatting
Titles of works

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