Comment on Mapping Australia by the Nearest City with a Population of 100,000 or More
Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 weeks agoI don’t know for sure, but that doesn’t really sound true. It sounds like on of those “just so” stories. Like when people say the definition of a “city” is a place that has a cathedral.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
The GPO was the location for Main Roads Departments eg when it says 25 km to Ingham, they mean to the main Post Office. Well it was back when I worked for Qld Main Roads in the 1980s as a Surveyor. I forget the designated names for post offices, I think GPO was the main one in each town and PO was other branches ?
Of course when it says 25km to X and X has no PO I can’t remember what they used ?
That might be of zero consequence to the ABS or this map.