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.
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The Perth skyline viewed from the Swan River
Australian Capital Territory
Duntroon house in 1870
- Campbell (Robert Campbell)
- Duntroon
- Fraser
- Lawson
- Macgregor
- Macquarie (Lachlan Macquarie)
- Moncrieff
- Stirling
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
- Aberdeen
- Abermain
- Abernethy
- Appin
- Armidale (Armadale), suburbs include "Ben Venue"
- Balranald
- Ben Lomond
- Breadalbane
- Buchanan
- Campbelltown
- Carabost
- Cessnock
- Dalgety
- Duns Creek
- Fingal Bay (Fingal, Scottish form of Finn MacCool)
- Fingal Head
- Galston
- Glencoe
- Glendale
- Glen Innes and Glen Innes Severn Council
- Glenmore (now called "Elsmore")
- Hamilton
- Inverell and Inverell Shire
- Invergowrie
- Largs
- Lismore
- Lithgow
- Lochinvar
- Lorn
- Maclean
- Maitland
- Mossgiel
- Lake Macquarie
- Paterson (William Paterson (explorer))
- Pitnacree
- Scone
- Scotland Island
- Stuart Town
- Sutherland
- Sutherland Point
- Sutherland Shire
- Tweed River
- Tweed Heads
- Tweed Shire
- Tweed Valley
- Tweed Volcano
- Suburbs of Sydney
- Abbotford
- Alfords Point
- Airds
- Annandale (Annandale)
- Annangrove
- Balmain and Balmain East
- Balmoral
- Blair Athol
- Blairmount
- Bonnyrigg and Bonnyrigg Heights
- Busby
- Campbelltown
- Camperdown
- Castlecrag (by architect Walter Burley Griffin, who named the suburb after a towering crag of rock overlooking Middle Harbour, known locally as Edinburgh Castle)
- Cawdor
- Clyde
- Cowan
- Davidson, suburb in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney and Electoral district of Davidson, a seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- Doonside
- Dundas and Dundas Valley
- Elderslie
- Erskineville
- Glenmore Park
- Glenorie
- Macdonaldtown
- Macquarie Fields and Macquarie Links and Macquarie Park
- Melrose Park
- Minto and Minto Heights
- Mount Annan
- Seaforth and North Seaforth (Loch Seaforth, Isle of Lewis)
- Smeaton Grange
- Zetland (Zetland
Northern Territory
View along the West MacDonnell Ranges from the Larapinta Trail, near Glen Helen
- Cape Crawford
- Douglas / Daly Esplanade Conservation Area
- Douglas Hot Springs (Tjuwaliyn) Nature Park
- Glen Helen
- Kintore
- Kintore Caves Nature Park
- MacDonnell Ranges
- Lake Mackay
- Point Stuart Coastal Reserve
- Stuart Highway
- Tennant Creek
Queensland
View from Indian Head, Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia
Moreton Island
- Abbotsford
- Abercorn
- Abergowrie
- Airdmillan
- Airlie Beach[2]
- Albany Creek
- Alloway
- Alva
- Argyll
- Armstrong Beach
- Athol
- Auchenflower
- Ayr[3]
- Balgowan
- Ballandean
- Ballogie
- Balmoral Ridge
- Balnagowan
- Bannockburn
- Barcaldine[4]
- Barlyne
- Birnam (Scenic Rim Region)
- Birnam (Toowoomba Region)
- Blairmore
- Bogie
- Bon Accord, Queensland (Bon Accord, slogan of Aberdeen)
- Braemore, Queensland
- Breadalbane, Queensland
- Brisbane (Thomas Brisbane)
- Burnside, Queensland
- Cairns (of Irish origin)
- Bellenden Ker
- Buchan Point
- Glen Boughton
- Gordonvale
- Macalister Range
- Campbell Creek
- Campbells Pocket, Queensland
- Charlestown
- Clinton
- Closeburn
- Colinton
- Conondale
- Cowan Cowan
- Craiglie
- Craigslea
- Cromarty
- Crossdale
- Dalbeg (Dail Beag)
- Shire of Dalrymple
- Dalrymple Heights
- Shire of Dalrymple (former)
- Deuchar
- Shire of Douglas
- Dundas, Queensland
- Dysart
- Esk[5] and Esk Island
- Fraser Island (Eliza Fraser)
- Glen Allyn, Queensland
- Glenbar
- Glencoe
- Glendale, Queensland
- Glenella
- Glen Isla, Queensland
- Glenroy
- Glenwood
- Gordonstone
- Gowrie Junction, Queensland
- Gowrie Mountain, Queensland
- Grahams Creek, Queensland
- Haigslea (Douglas Haig)
- Hamilton Island (Queensland)
- Hazeldean
- Irvinebank, Queensland
- Jardine Islet (Queensland)
- Kennedy, Queensland
- Kilbirnie
- Kilcoy[6]
- Kilkivan[7]
- Lamington, Queensland
- Lammermoor, Queensland
- Landsborough (William Landsborough)
- Logan City
- McEwens Beach, Queensland
- Mackay (See John Mackay (Australian Pioneer))
- Mackay Region
- Mackay Harbour
- North Mackay
- Mackay City
- West Mackay
- South Mackay
- East Mackay
- North Mackay
- Maclagan
- Maleny, Queensland
- Mitchell, Queensland (Thomas Mitchell (explorer))
- Morayfield, Queensland
- Moreton Bay, Moreton Bay Region and Moreton Island (James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton)
- Mount Dalrymple
- Murray Upper, Queensland
- New Beith, Queensland
- North Maclean, Queensland
- Ormiston
- Pentland
- Port Douglas
- Scotchy Pocket
- Sinclair Island (Queensland)
- Strathpine, Queensland (Strath + pine)
- Tully
- Westmar, Queensland
South Australia
Ardrossan, SA
Stirling main street.
- Ardrossan
- Balgowan
- Bute
- Cockburn
- Edinburgh
- Hamilton
- Jamestown (James Fergusson)
- Keith
- Lochiel
- Maitland
- McLaren Vale
- Melrose
- Port Pirie
- Stenhouse Bay
- Stirling
- Strathalbyn
- Talisker Conservation Park (Talisker, Skye)
- Adelaide Suburbs
- Aberfoyle Park
- Athol Park,
- Blair Athol
- Burnside (named 1839 by Peter Anderson, a Scots migrant)
- Campbelltown
- Craigmore
- Edinburgh (RAAF Base Edinburgh)
- Glenalta
- Glenelg, Glenelg North and Glenelg South
- Glengowrie
- Glen Osmond
- Glenside
- Largs Bay and Largs North
- McLaren Flat and McLaren Vale
- Skye
- St Kilda
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
- Aberdeen
- Ben Lomond
- Breadalbane
- Calder
- Campbell Town
- Currie
- Douglas River
- Dysart
- Elderslie
- Fingal
- Forth
- Glen Dhu (Glen Dhu = Gleann Dubh - black glen)
- Glengarry
- Gordon
- Gowrie Park
- Gretna
- Invermay
- Killiekrankie
- Lachlan
- Leith
- Macquarie and Macquarie Plains
- Macquarie Island
- Melrose
- Mount Murchison (Tasmania)
- Patersonia, an old name for Launceston.
- Perth
- Port Dalrymple (Dalrymple), the old name for George Town.
- Strathblane
- Upper Esk, North Esk River and South Esk River
- Suburbs of Hobart-Glenorchy-
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.
- Aberfeldy
- Bairnsdale (corruption of Bernisdale in Skye)
- Balmoral
- Bannockburn
- Bonnie Doon
- Buchan
- Cardross
- Cassilis
- Clunes
- Clyde
- Don Valley (Strathdon)
- Donald
- Dunkeld
- Ensay
- Fingal
- Glenburn
- Glenmaggie
- Glenrowan
- Glenthompson
- Grampians National Park, home of the Grampian mountain range,
- Hamilton
- Invergordon
- Inverloch
- Jamieson
- Kilmore
- Lismore, Victoria
- Loch
- Lorne
- Niddrie
- Orbost
- Rutherglen
- St Andrews
- Scotsburn
- Skye
- Strathbogie
- Strathmerton
- Strathmore
- Melbourne Suburbs
- Abbotsford
- Aberfeldie
- Ardeer
- Armadale
- Arthurs Seat (Arthur's Seat)
- Baxter
- Blairgowrie
- Cairnlea
- Calder Park
- Carnegie from Andrew Carnegie
- Craigieburn
- Dallas
- Glen Eira
- Glen Huntly
- Glen Iris
- Glen Waverley (tribute to Scott, cf Ivanhoe, Victoria)
- Glenroy
- Kilsyth
- Knoxfield
- Macleod
- McCrae
- McKinnon
- Montrose
- St Kilda and St Kilda East
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
- Albany (Albany an old name for Scotland, cf Alba)
- Agnew
- Lake Argyle
- Balfour Downs
- Bruce Rock
- Carnegie
- Erskine
- Geikie Gorge
- Glen Iris
- Lake Mackay
- Marvel Loch
- Menzies
- Murchison and Murchison River, Western Australia
- Murray Street
- Perth
- Stirling Range
- Perth Suburbs
See also
- Scottish Australian
- Australian place names changed from German names
References
- ↑ The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/34
- ↑ "Place name details - Airlie Beach". Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ↑ "Place name details - Ayr". Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ↑ "Place name details - Barcaldine". Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ↑ "Place name details - Esk". Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ↑ "Place name details - Kilcoy". Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ↑ "Place name details - Kilkivan". Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
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