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List of places in Australia named after people information


This is a list of places named after famous people in Australia:

  • Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen[1]
  • Alice Springs, Northern Territory – Alice Todd, wife of astronomer Charles Todd[2]
  • Augusta, Western Australia – Princess Augusta Sophia[3]
  • Bacchus Marsh, Victoria – William Bacchus, early resident
  • Banks, Australian Capital Territory – Joseph Banks
  • Bankstown, New South Wales – Joseph Banks
  • Bathurst, New South Wales – Henry Bathurst
  • Bendigo, Victoria – William Abednego Thompson indirectly
  • Berry, New South Wales – Alexander Berry
  • Bentleigh, Victoria – Thomas Bent
  • Bicheno, Tasmania – James Ebenezer Bicheno
  • Blackall, Queensland – Samuel Blackall
  • Blaxland, New South Wales – Gregory Blaxland
  • Bligh Park – William Bligh
  • Bonner, Australian Capital Territory – Neville Bonner
  • Bonython, Australian Capital Territory – John Bonython
  • Bourke, New South Wales – Richard Bourke
  • Bowen, Queensland – George Bowen
  • Brisbane, Queensland – Thomas Brisbane
  • Broome, Western Australia – Frederick Broome
  • Bruce, Australian Capital Territory – Stanley Bruce
  • Brunswick, Victoria – Caroline, Duchess of Brunswick
  • Bunbury, Western Australia – Lieutenant Henry Bunbury
  • Burnie, Tasmania – William Burnie, director of Van Diemen's Land company in the early 1840s
  • Busselton, Western Australia – John Bussell
  • Byron Bay, New South Wales – John Byron
  • Cairns, Queensland – William Cairns
  • Callaghan, New South Wales – Bede Callaghan
  • Calwell, Australian Capital Territory – Arthur Calwell
  • Casey, Australian Capital Territory – Richard Casey
  • Chapman, Australian Capital Territory – Austin Chapman
  • Chermside, Queensland – Herbert Chermside
  • Chifley, Australian Capital Territory – Ben Chifey
  • Chisholm, Australian Capital Territory – Caroline Chisholm
  • Collie, Western Australia – Alexander Collie
  • Conder, Australian Capital Territory – Charles Conder
  • Cook, Australian Capital Territory – Joseph Cook
  • Coombs, Australian Capital Territory – Herbert Coombs
  • Cooktown, Queensland – James Cook
  • Curtin, Australian Capital Territory – John Curtin
  • Daglish, Western Australia – Henry Daglish
  • Darling Point, New South Wales – Eliza, Lady Darling
  • Darwin, Northern Territory – Charles Darwin
  • Duffy, Australian Capital Territory – Charles Duffy
  • Dunlop, Australian Capital Territory – Weary Dunlop
  • Eden, New South Wales – George Eden
  • Elizabeth, South Australia – Elizabeth II
  • Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales – Elizabeth Macquarie
  • Elizabeth Town, Tasmania – Elizabeth II
  • Evatt, Australian Capital Territory – Herbert Vere Evatt
  • Fadden, Australian Capital Territory – Arthur Fadden
  • Farrer, Australian Capital Territory – William Farrer
  • Fawkner, Victoria – John Pascoe Fawkner
  • Fisher, Australian Capital Territory – Andrew Fisher
  • Fitzroy, Victoria – Charles Augustus FitzRoy
  • Flinders, Victoria – Matthew Flinders
  • Flynn, Australian Capital Territory – John Flynn
  • Forbes, New South Wales – Francis Forbes
  • Forde, Australian Capital Territory – Frank Forde
  • Franklin, Australian Capital Territory – Miles Franklin
  • Fraser, Australian Capital Territory – Jim Fraser
  • Fremantle, Western Australia – Charles Fremantle
  • Garran, Australian Capital Territory – Robert Garran
  • Gawler, South Australia – George Gawler
  • Geraldton, Western Australia – Charles Fitzgerald
  • Gilmore, Australian Capital Territory – Mary Gilmore
  • Gordon, Australian Capital Territory – Adam Lindsay Gordon
  • Gore Hill – William Gore
  • Gosford, New South Wales – Earl of Gosford
  • Goulburn, New South Wales – Henry Goulburn
  • Gowrie, Australian Capital Territory – Earl of Gowrie
  • Grafton, New South Wales – Duke of Grafton
  • Greenway, Australian Capital Territory – Francis Greenway
  • Harrison, Australian Capital Territory – Peter Harrison
  • Harvey, Western Australia – John Harvey
  • Hawker, Australian Capital Territory – Charles Hawker
  • Healesville, Victoria – Richard Heales
  • Henderson, Western Australia – Reginald Henderson
  • Hervey Bay, Queensland – Augustus John Hervey
  • Higgins, Australian Capital Territory – Henry Bournes Higgins
  • Hobart, Tasmania – Lord Hobart
  • Holbrook, New South Wales – Norman Douglas Holbrook
  • Holder, Australian Capital Territory – Frederick Holder
  • Holt, Australian Capital Territory – Harold Holt
  • Hughes, Australian Capital Territory – Billy Hughes
  • Hume, Australian Capital Territory – Hamilton Hume
  • Huskisson, New South Wales – William Huskisson
  • Isaacs, Australian Capital Territory – Isaac Isaacs
  • Jervis Bay, New South Wales – John Jervis
  • Kenny, Australian Capital Territory – Elizabeth Kenny
  • La Perouse, New South Wales – Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse
  • Lake Macquarie, New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie
  • Lalor, Victoria – Peter Lalor (indirectly – via Peter Lalor Home-Building Cooperative Society)
  • Landsborough, Queensland – William Landsborough
  • Latham, Australian Capital Territory – John Latham
  • Laverton, Western Australia – Doctor Charles Laver
  • Lawson, Australian Capital Territory – Henry Lawson
  • Lawson, New South Wales – William Lawson
  • Leichhardt, New South Wales – Ludwig Leichhardt
  • Leichhardt, Queensland – Ludwig Leichhardt
  • Lithgow, New South Wales – William Lithgow
  • Lorne, Victoria – John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Lorne
  • Lyons, Australian Capital Territory – Joseph Lyons
  • Macarthur, Australian Capital Territory – John Macarthur
  • Mackay, Queensland – John Mackay
  • Macquarie, Australian Capital Territory – Lachlan Macquarie
  • Macnamara, Australian Capital Territory – Jean Macnamara
  • MacGregor, Australian Capital Territory – William MacGregor
  • Mawson, Australian Capital Territory – Douglas Mawson
  • Mawson Lakes, South Australia – Douglas Mawson
  • McKellar, Australian Capital Territory – Colin McKellar
  • Melba, Australian Capital Territory – Nellie Melba
  • Melbourne, Victoria – William Lamb, Lord Melbourne
  • Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory – Thomas Mitchell
  • Monash, Australian Capital Territory – John Monash
  • Moncrieff, Australian Capital Territory – Gladys Moncrieff
  • Morisset, New South Wales – James Morisset
  • Mosman, New South Wales – Archibald Mosman
  • Mount Gambier, South Australia – James Gambier
  • Mount Hotham, Victoria – Charles Hotham
  • Mount Lawley, Western Australia – Arthur Lawley
  • Mulgrave, New South Wales – Baron Mulgrave
  • Nicholls, Australian Capital Territory – Douglas Nicholls
  • O'Connor, Australian Capital Territory – Richard O'Connor
  • O'Connor, Western Australia – Charles Yelverton O'Connor
  • O'Malley, Australian Capital Territory – King O'Malley
  • Oxley, Australian Capital Territory – John Oxley
  • Padbury, Western Australia – Walter Padbury
  • Page, Australian Capital Territory – Earle Page
  • Pagewood, New South Wales – Fred Page
  • Parkes, Australian Capital Territory – Henry Parkes
  • Parkes, New South Wales – Henry Parkes
  • Pascoe Vale, Victoria – John Pascoe Fawkner
  • Pearce, Australian Capital Territory – George Pearce
  • Phillip, Australian Capital Territory – Arthur Phillip
  • Picton, New South Wales – Thomas Picton
  • Potts Point, New South Wales – Joseph Hyde Potts
  • Queens Park, Western Australia – Queen Alexandra
  • Reid, Australian Capital Territory – George Reid
  • Richardson, Australian Capital Territory – Henry Richardson
  • Rivett, Australian Capital Territory – David Rivett
  • Roebourne, Western Australia – John Septimus Roe
  • Sackville, New South Wales – Viscount Sackville
  • Scoresby, Victoria – William Scoresby
  • Scottsdale, Tasmania – James Scott
  • Scullin, Australian Capital Territory – James Scullin
  • Seddon, Victoria – Richard Seddon
  • Shepparton, Victoria – Sherbourne Sheppard, squatter
  • Spence, Australian Capital Territory – William Spence
  • Spotswood, Victoria – Louisa Spotswood, wife of Richard Seddon
  • Stirling, Australian Capital Territory – James Stirling
  • Stirling, Western Australia – James Stirling
  • Sturt, South Australia – Captain Charles Sturt
  • Sutherland, New South Wales, – Forby Sutherland
  • Sydney, New South Wales – Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
  • Symonston, Australian Capital Territory – Josiah Symon
  • Taylor, Australian Capital Territory – Florence Taylor
  • Theodore, Australian Capital Territory – Ted Theodore
  • Throsby, Australian Capital Territory – Charles Throsby
  • Tom Price, Western Australia – Thomas Moore Price
  • Torrens, Australian Capital Territory – Robert Torrens
  • Townsville, Queensland – Robert Towns
  • Truganina, Victoria – Truganini
  • Tullamarine, Victoria – Tullamareena
  • Turner, Australian Capital Territory – George Turner
  • Watson, Australian Capital Territory – Chris Watson
  • Watsons Bay, New South Wales – Robert Watson
  • Wellington, New South Wales – Duke of Wellington
  • Wentworth, New South Wales – William Wentworth
  • Wentworth Falls, New South Wales – William Wentworth
  • Weston, Australian Capital Territory – Edward Weston
  • Whitlam, Australian Capital Territory – Gough Whitlam
  • Williamstown, Victoria – William IV
  • Wisemans Ferry, New South Wales – Solomon Wiseman
  • Wollstonecraft, New South Wales – Edward Wollstonecraft
  • Wonga Park, Victoria – Simon Wonga
  • Wright, Australian Capital Territory – Judith Wright
  • Young, New South Wales – John Young
  1. ^ Cockburn, Rodney (1990). South Australia: What's in a Name? (PDF) (3rd ed.). Axiom. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. ^ Alice Springs (town) Northern Territory Government Place Names Register Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Swan River". The Hobart Town Courier. 14 August 1830. p. 2. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

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