Gazetteer of Australia




The Gazetteer of Australia is an index or dictionary of the location and spelling of geographical names across Australia. Geographic names include towns, suburbs and roads, plus geographical features such as hills, rivers, and lakes.


The index is compiled by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM) from determinations made by state, territory, and Australian government agencies.


The authorities that work on geographic names in Australia are as follows:




  • Australian Capital Territory - National Memorials Committee - National Memorials Ordinance 1928[1]


  • New South Wales - Geographical Names Board of New South Wales[2] - Geographical Names Act, 1966


  • Northern Territory - Place Names Committee for the Northern Territory - Place Names Act 1978[3]


  • Queensland - Department of Natural Resources and Mines manages Queensland place names - Queensland Place Names Act 1988[4]


  • South Australia - Geographical Names Board of South Australia - Act 101 1969[5]


  • Tasmania - Nomenclature Board of Tasmania - Survey Co-ordination Act 1944 amendments of 1955 and 1964[6]


  • Victoria - Place Names Committee - Survey Co-ordination (Place Names) Act 1965, updated to Geographic Place Names Act 1998[7][8]


  • Western Australia - Geographic Names Committee[9][10] - Land Administration Act 1997[11] (originally the Nomenclature Advisory Committee, appointed in 1936)


As of January 2012, there are 370,000 place names in Australia. These are searchable in an online database hosted by Geoscience Australia and the entire data set can be purchased from the same organisation, with the 2010 version being available for download.



See also



  • Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia

  • Suburbs and localities (Australia)



References





  1. ^ ACT Place Names Committee Archived 2013-04-19 at the Wayback Machine.


  2. ^ Geographical Names Board of New South Wales


  3. ^ Place Names Committee for the Northern Territory


  4. ^ Queensland place names Archived 2013-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.


  5. ^ Place Names SA Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine.


  6. ^ The List


  7. ^ "VICNAMES". Land.vic.gov.au. State of Victoria. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  8. ^ VICNAMES Archived 2011-10-19 at the Wayback Machine.


  9. ^ "Geographic Names Committee". Landgate. Landgate. Archived from the original on 11 June 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2011.


  10. ^ Western Australian Place Names and Addressing Archived 2013-06-22 at the Wayback Machine.


  11. ^ "Legislation that supports geographic naming procedures". Landgate. Landgate. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2011.




External links



  • Australian place name search

  • Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia




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