Yet more about postcodes.................the old system goes back to similar systems in BRITAIN etc. I think. As someone mentioned previously, the mail was sorted by hand (on board trains etc.) so there had to be a method to determine which State the mail was actually going too - since we all know most States have place names the same. Regards, Dorne. Dorne SAUNDERS (AUSTRALIA) Dornes1@bigpond.com FREE GENEALOGY LOOKUP (All AUSTRALIAN States + more) -Putting families together- ANTI VIRUS INSTALLED ************************************** TICK "YES" TO QUESTION 60 ON CENSUS NIGHT, 8 AUGUST 2006 ******************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherrie Blackman" <silkweb@tpg.com.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, 16 June 2006 6:21 PM Subject: Re: [AUST] Assistance required > Hi Ada, > > Well you learn something everyday. Not once in my 10 years of research > have I seen this been mentioned before. :) > > Kind regards, > Sherrie.