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AusRegistry was founded in 2000 and has its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia.  AusRegistry was initially founded under the name RegistrarsAsia Pty Ltd. (now AusRegistry Group Pty Ltd.).<ref>[http://www.ausregistrygroup.com.au/about.php About AusRegistry]</ref> AusRegistry Pty Ltd. is a subsidiary of the AusRegistry Group Pty Ltd. which was founded in December, 2001.  

AusRegistry was founded in 2000 and has its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia.  AusRegistry was initially founded under the name RegistrarsAsia Pty Ltd. (now AusRegistry Group Pty Ltd.).<ref>[http://www.ausregistrygroup.com.au/about.php About AusRegistry]</ref> AusRegistry Pty Ltd. is a subsidiary of the AusRegistry Group Pty Ltd. which was founded in December, 2001.  

AusRegistry secured a four year contract to operate the domain name registry for [[auDA]], in 2002. A second four year period was obtained in 2005, with the contract beginning in June of 2006. The [[.au]] Registry Licence Agreement that [[auDA]] has with AusRegistry was subsequently extended until 2014<ref>[http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-26022009/ auDA extends AusRegistry's .au registry term to 2014]</ref>, which both parties announced in February, 2009.

AusRegistry secured a four year contract to operate the domain name registry for [[auDA]], the [[.au]] [[ccTLD]] manager, in 2002. A second four year period was obtained in 2005, with the contract beginning in June of 2006. The [[.au]] Registry Licence Agreement that [[auDA]] has with AusRegistry was subsequently extended until 2014<ref>[http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-26022009/ auDA extends AusRegistry's .au registry term to 2014]</ref>, which both parties announced in February, 2009.

Given that AusRegistry manages all [[SLD]]s in Australia, is involved with the [[ccTLD]] itself, and the IT infrastructure for primary name and [[WhoIs]] servers within the .au namespace, it effectively runs much of the Internet in Australia. [[auDA]] and AusRegistry acknowledged the important roles they both play in promoting the Internet in Australia when the .au registration number hit 2 million in March, 2011.<ref>[http://www.itwire.com/it-policy-news/regulation/45625-aussie-au-domain-registrations-hits-2-million iTWire.com]</ref>  

Given that AusRegistry manages all [[SLD]]s in Australia, is involved with the [[ccTLD]] itself, and the IT infrastructure for primary name and [[WhoIs]] servers within the .au namespace, it effectively runs much of the Internet in Australia. [[auDA]] and AusRegistry acknowledged the important roles they both play in promoting the Internet in Australia when the .au registration number hit 2 million in March, 2011.<ref>[http://www.itwire.com/it-policy-news/regulation/45625-aussie-au-domain-registrations-hits-2-million iTWire.com]</ref>