"ginger FISH" <cyrille.lefevre&#167;scifi-art.com> said:
> To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, 2 July 2002 15:28
[...]
> Oh, and does anybody know where to delegate a .com.au domain name today ?
[...]

whois -h whois.aunic.net com.au

person:      DigiTost com.au administrator
address:     19/34-36 Regent Street, Redfern
address:     Sydney
address:     NSW 2016
address:     AU
phone:       +61 02 83991641
e-mail:      admin&#167;digitost.com
nic-hdl:     DC2359-AU
remarks:     (Organisation) DigiTost studio
remarks:     Created 20020329
changed:     nobody&#167;aunic.net 20020517
source:      AUNIC

person:      DigiTost com.au hostmaster
address:     19/34-36 Regent Street, Redfern
address:     Sydney
address:     NSW 2016
address:     AU
phone:       +61 02 83991641
e-mail:      hostmaster&#167;digitost.com
nic-hdl:     DC2360-AU
remarks:     (Organisation) DigiTost studio
remarks:     Created 20020329
changed:     nobody&#167;aunic.net 20020517
source:      AUNIC

www.com.au resolves to 203.2.75.99

whois -h whois.apnic.net 203.2.75.99

% Rights restricted by copyright. See
http://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html
% (whois6.apnic.net)

inetnum:     203.2.75.0 - 203.2.75.255
netname:     OPTUSINTERNET-AU
descr:       OPTUS INTERNET - RETAIL
descr:       INTERNET SERVICES
descr:       St Leonards, NSW
country:     AU
admin-c:     TN38-AP
tech-c:      TN38-AP
mnt-by:      APNIC-HM
mnt-lower:   MAINT-AU-OPTUSINTERNET
changed:     nobody&#167;aunic.net 20010524
changed:     aunic-transfer&#167;apnic.net 20010525
changed:     hostmaster&#167;apnic.net 20011004
source:      APNIC

person:      Thi Nguyen
address:     34 Waterloo Rd
address:     North Ryde
address:     NSW 2113
country:     AU
phone:       +61-2-9027-1740
fax-no:      +61-2-9027-1866
e-mail:      thi.nguyen&#167;optus.com.au
nic-hdl:     TN38-AP
mnt-by:      MAINT-AU-OPTUSINTERNET
changed:     Thi.Nguyen&#167;optus.com.au 20020529
source:      APNIC

I know I didn't answer your question :-)
Colin