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Busselton Historical Society > Records

Key to Country Vehicle Number Plates - Shell Touring Service

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Overview

Leaflet (back and front) - white paper with red typed text

Historical information

List of Town Councils and Shire Councils prefixed vehicle number plates

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2024.63

Item type

Ephemera

Themes

Material

Paper

Width

100 mm

Height or length

265 mm

Inscriptions and markings

“Shell Touring Service – Key to Country Number Plates.
The following are the prefixes on car and truck number plates. Metropolitan letters have the geographical significance, but those used in country districts are related to the name of the Municipality or Shire”

Contextual information

This was a useful leaflet as it explained the location of each prefixed number plate, eg. Busselton is BSN

Keywords

Shell Dealer

Number Plate

Place made

Western Australia, Australia

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Last modified

Thursday, 9 April, 2026

Completeness

88

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