Locations in Australia with a Scottish name
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 Elizabeth Quay
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
- 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
- Lake Macquarie
- City of Lake Macquarie
- Balmoral, New South Wales
- Macquarie Hills, New South Wales
- Paterson (William Paterson (explorer))
- 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
- Glen Helen
- Kintore
- MacDonnell Ranges
- Lake Mackay
- 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, 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
- 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
- Westmar
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 = Gleann Dubh - black glen)
- Glengarry
- Gordon
- Gowrie Park
- Gretna
- Invermay
- Lachlan
- Leith
- and Macquarie Plains
- 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
- 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 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
- Erskine
- Geikie Gorge
- 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 Stirling
See also[]
- Scottish Australian
- Australian place names changed from German names
References[]
- ^ 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.
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