Scottish place names in Australia

This is a list of placenames in Scotland which have subsequently been applied to parts of Australia by Scottish emigrants or explorers.

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
The Perth skyline viewed from the Swan River

Australian Capital Territory

Duntroon house in 1870

New South Wales

Harbour from Castlecrag
Annandale Post Office, an example of the Federation Queen Anne style, is on the Register of the National Estate.[1]
Upper Tweed Valley showing the caldera wall
Cessnock, New South Wales
Mount Annan Botanic Gardens

Northern Territory

View along the West MacDonnell Ranges from the Larapinta Trail, near Glen Helen

Queensland

View from Indian Head, Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia
Moreton Island

South Australia

Ardrossan, SA
Stirling main street.

Lobethal was known as Tweedvale for a number of years, due to the World Wars.

Tasmania

North Esk River from a bridge in Launceston
Summit of Ben Lomond

Victoria

The Balconies (formerly known as the 'Jaws of Death') - Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia
St Kilda town hall
Remains of old automobiles in the ghost town of Cassilis, Victoria.

Ivanhoe is named after the Walter Scott novel, Ivanhoe.

Western Australia

Stirling Range from the north
Applecross Senior High School, located in Ardross, WA
Lake Mackay from space, November 1989

See also

References

  1. The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/34
  2. "Place name details - Airlie Beach". Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  3. "Place name details - Ayr". Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  4. "Place name details - Barcaldine". Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  5. "Place name details - Esk". Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  6. "Place name details - Kilcoy". Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  7. "Place name details - Kilkivan". Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 April 2012.