Editing Township (section)

==Australia==
{{See also|Suburbs and localities (Australia)}}
''[[The Australian National Dictionary]]'' defines a township as "a site reserved for and laid out as a [[town]]; such a site at an early stage of its occupation and development; a small town".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://australiannationaldictionary.com.au/oupnewindex1.php |title=Township|date=2022 |website=Australian National Dictionary |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=22 June 2022|quote=To those unacquainted with Australian colloquialisms the word 'township' is misleading. One is reluctant to give to a little [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]], containing barely a dozen houses, a title which would more properly apply to a town of moderate size. But, nevertheless, of that character are the majority of colonial townships.}}</ref> 

The term refers purely to the settlement; it does not refer to a unit of government. Townships are governed as part of a larger council (such as that of a [[shire]], [[district]] or [[city]]) or authority.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/2901.0Chapter23002016 |title=Australian Statistical Geography Standard |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2016 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics  |access-date=22 June 2022 }}</ref>