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Australian Network Information Centre

Open-knowledge reference entry

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General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 18, 2025
Entity authorityQ151619 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Australian Network Information Centre (AUNIC) was the national Internet registry for Australia from 1993 to 2001. In June 2001, AUNIC was disbanded and its responsibilities transferred to the Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), which serves the entire Asia-Pacific region.

The technical role of .au domain registry is performed by Identity Digital Australia, overseen by industry regulator auDA.

References

External links

aunic.net - official site.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Australian Network Information Centre” as open-knowledge reference entry. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993, 2001—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Australian, Network and Information can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as open-knowledge reference entry. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 18, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q151619. VIAF identifies the subject as 143578308. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1993 and 2001.

Critical limits

Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

Best used for
  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
Verify next

The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Australian Network Information Centre”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Australian Network Information Centre primary sources, Australian Network Information Centre archive and Australian research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Australian Network Information Centre”?
  2. What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
  3. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Australian Network Information Centre” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.