On Wed, 19 May 2010, you wrote:
> >> But all isolated farms are isolated_dwellings, no ?
> >
> > No.
> > Some isolated farms (called stations) are as large as a hamlet. They are
> > isolated in terms of tens of kms from their neighbours. Some appear on
> > regular maps as if they were towns
> > I'm sure that the Argentinians and the Americans have similar farms.
> 
> then they should be tagged as place=hamlet, shouldn't they?
> 
no, they aren't hamlets, or villages. 
places which have a place= in Au have official place names on government 
registers (eg NSW Geographical Names Board)


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