List of places in Australia named after people

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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

References

^ 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.
^ Alice Springs (town) Northern Territory Government Place Names Register Retrieved 9 June 2020.
^ "Swan River". The Hobart Town Courier. 14 August 1830. p. 2. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

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