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Locations in Australia with a Scottish name

January 18, 2023

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

Main article: Scottish place names in other countries
The Perth skyline viewed from Elizabeth Quay

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. ^ "Airlie Beach (entry 49381)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  3. ^ "1066 (entry Ayr)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Barcaldine (entry 1587)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Esk (entry 45517)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Kilcoy (entry 18096)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  7. ^ "Kilkivan (entry 18114)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 April 2012.

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This is a list of placenames in Scotland which have subsequently been applied to parts of Australia by Scottish emigrants or explorers Main article Scottish place names in other countries This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 The Perth skyline viewed from Elizabeth Quay Contents 1 Australian Capital Territory 2 New South Wales 3 Northern Territory 4 Queensland 5 South Australia 6 Tasmania 7 Victoria 8 Western Australia 9 See also 10 ReferencesAustralian Capital Territory Edit Duntroon house in 1870 Campbell Robert Campbell Duntroon Fraser Lawson Macgregor Macquarie Lachlan Macquarie Moncrieff StirlingNew South Wales Edit 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 Dundee 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 Mount Imlay Lake Macquarie City of Lake Macquarie Balmoral New South Wales Macquarie Hills 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 Macquarie Links and Macquarie Park Melrose Park Minto and Minto Heights Mount Annan Seaforth Loch Seaforth Isle of Lewis Smeaton Grange ZetlandNorthern Territory Edit 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 CreekQueensland Edit View from Indian Head Fraser Island Queensland Australia Moreton Island Abbotsford Abercorn Abergowrie Airdmillan Airlie Beach 2 Albany Creek Alloway Alva via Ayr Aramac R R Mackenzie Argyll Armstrong Beach Athol 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 Auchenflower Balmoral Hamilton Kelvin Grove Kelvingrove Park Kenmore and Kenmore Hills MacGregor William MacGregor Mackenzie Robertson Burnside Cairns of Irish origin Bellenden Ker Buchan Point Glen Boughton Gordonvale Macalister Range Campbell Creek Campbells Pocket Charlestown Clinton Closeburn Colinton Conondale Cowan Cowan Craiglie Craigslea now part of Chermside Cromarty Crossdale Dalbeg Dail Beag Shire of Dalrymple Dalrymple Heights Shire of Dalrymple former Deuchar Shire of Douglas Dundas Dysart Esk 5 and Esk Island Fraser Island Eliza Fraser Glen Allyn Glenbar Glencoe Glendale Glenella Glen Isla Glenroy Glenwood Gordonstone Gowrie Junction Gowrie Mountain Grahams Creek Haigslea Douglas Haig Hamilton Island Hazeldean Irvinebank Jardine Islet Kennedy Kilbirnie Kilcoy 6 Kilkivan 7 Lamington Lammermoor Landsborough William Landsborough Logan City McEwens Beach Mackay See John Mackay Australian Pioneer Mackay Region Mackay Harbour North Mackay Mackay City West Mackay South Mackay East Mackay North Mackay Maclagan Maleny Mitchell Thomas Mitchell explorer Molendinar Molendinar Burn in Glasgow Morayfield Moreton Bay Moreton Bay Region and Moreton Island James Douglas 14th Earl of Morton Mount Dalrymple Murray Upper New Beith North Maclean Ormiston Pentland Port Douglas Ross River principal river of Townsville Scotchy Pocket Sinclair Island Strathpine Strath pine Tully WestmarSouth Australia Edit 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 KildaLobethal was known as Tweedvale for a number of years due to the World Wars Tasmania Edit 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 Firthside Firth Glenorchy amp City of Glenorchy Granton Howden Lauderdale MontroseVictoria Edit 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 Dallas 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 EastIvanhoe is named after the Walter Scott novel Ivanhoe Western Australia Edit 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 Applecross Ardross Armadale and City of Armadale Attadale Bassendean Brigadoon Burns Beach City of Cockburn and Cockburn Central Craigie Dalkeith Duncraig Eglinton Hamilton Hill Henderson Kinross Marmion Murdoch Port Kennedy Queens Park Stirling and City of StirlingSee also Edit Australia portal Scotland portalScottish Australians List of place names of Dutch origin in Australia List of locations in Australia with an English name Locations in Australia with a Irish name Locations in Australia with a Welsh nameReferences Edit The Heritage of Australia Macmillan Company 1981 p 2 34 Airlie Beach entry 49381 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 28 August 2015 1066 entry Ayr Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 29 April 2012 Barcaldine entry 1587 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 29 April 2012 Esk entry 45517 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 29 April 2012 Kilcoy entry 18096 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 29 April 2012 Kilkivan entry 18114 Queensland Place Names Queensland Government Retrieved 29 April 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Locations in Australia with a Scottish name amp oldid 1113964307, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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