# Western Australia number plate: Standard

> The Western Australia standard number plate: format 9LL 999, for example 6JK 740, 1978 to 1997, car, van, truck, and bus.

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Part of [Western Australia license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--western-australia) (3 registration series).

![Western Australia (Australia) license plate, Standard (1978 to 1997)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/au-wa/au-wa-standard-1978/western-australia-license-plate-standard.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `9LL 999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1978–1997 |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Plate size | 372 × 134 mm |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `au-wa-standard-1978` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--western-australia/standard-1978) |

Sources:

- [web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010058/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Court/1997/07/Unveiling-of-new-generation-of-vehicle-licence-plates.aspx)
- [The 1978 sentence is footnoted in the article to a print periodical ('Registration Notes, Fleetline issue 41, December 1978, page 4') which was NOT obtained](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Western_Australia)

## About this plate

WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S PREVIOUS GENERAL ISSUE, 1978-1997, AUTHORED IN THE COMPLETION PASS. Both boundaries are secondary: 1978 from the article (itself footnoted to a print periodical that was not obtained), 1997 from the successor's own government start date, which is the firmer of the two. WHAT THIS SERIES BUYS THE PARSE LAYER: a WA string with a leading digit and SIX following characters is the current series; a leading digit with FIVE following characters is this one, the 1997 redesign added a character, which the Minister states in terms ("The new general purpose plates contain seven characters"). That is a clean, government-sourced length discriminator between two eras.

## How numbers are issued

6AA-000 onward, the leading digit advancing 6 -> 7 -> 8 -> 9 as each block exhausted; reported to have ended at 9MZ-999 (cars) and 9RZ-999 (trailers)

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Replaced by | [State series](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--western-australia/state-series) | 1997 to today |

## Other standard plates here

- [District series](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--western-australia/district-series) (documented since 1997)
- [State series](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--western-australia/state-series) (1997 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/au-wa/au-wa-standard-1978.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/western-australia?series=au-wa-standard-1978
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/au-wa` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "au-wa-standard-1978"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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