atw: Re: Australian Standards for Letters

Good point about address layout, Daryl!
The link didn't work for me, but if others are interested, go to the Australia Post homepage (http://www.auspost.com.au) and put Address Format in the search box. 

ros
PS: Speaking of fossilesque matters, I still have my old hard-copy of the Australia Post Style guide from the 1970s - the kind that had the manual updates stuffed in front instead of being filed in the correct section etc. Memories... :) 
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On 28/10/2008, at 7:23 AM, Daryl Colquhoun wrote:
Question 1 - Does anyone know where I can find Australian Standards for the layout and presentation of letters (correspondence).
Interestingly enough, the German standard relating to this very thing was for several decades DIN's (German Institute for Standardization) best-seller. (I learned this by looking at the display at the DIN's headquarters; I can't find a web reference.) So naturally I thought Australia would have one. However, enquiries of SAI Global, including a phone call, suggest that there is no such standard. I suggest that you trawl their website yourself and ring them, to double-check.
I note Brian's sad comments (quaintly phrased in terms of an obsolete unit of measure). Still, if want to have a go as browbeating fossilesque colleagues, you could refer to Australia Post. They don't make standards but they are explicit on at least how to set out the address; see http://www.auspost.com.au/BCP/0,1467,CH2092 ~MO19,00.html.
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