Place names in Australia
Dec 15th 2004, 1:18 am
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Place names in Australia
Just found this http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/
I typed in my own surname and there's a place in each state with it.... My target is now to get to Bonner Rock and have my photo taken on it
I typed in my own surname and there's a place in each state with it.... My target is now to get to Bonner Rock and have my photo taken on it
Dec 15th 2004, 1:36 am
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Re: Place names in Australia
Originally Posted by mlbonner
Just found this http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/
I typed in my own surname and there's a place in each state with it.... My target is now to get to Bonner Rock and have my photo taken on it
I typed in my own surname and there's a place in each state with it.... My target is now to get to Bonner Rock and have my photo taken on it
Dec 15th 2004, 1:50 am
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Re: Place names in Australia
Ah, a good way to waste some more hours, endless names to look up!! 
Dec 15th 2004, 1:55 am
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Re: Place names in Australia
Originally Posted by Pollyana
Ah, a good way to waste some more hours, endless names to look up!!
Dec 15th 2004, 8:46 am
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Re: Place names in Australia
River naming ... murray, darling, murray, darling , murray/darling depending on stretch, darling...
geek naming is more fun... that have some very funny names
geek naming is more fun... that have some very funny names
Dec 15th 2004, 9:32 am
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Re: Place names in Australia
Many Australian place names are either to remind 'one' of home or a person or have aboriginal derivation or are geographical in origin. Melbourne (as in Lord Melbourne, place in Derbyshire) suburbs include -
(King) Williams Town, Beaumaris, Doncaster, Sandringham, Malvern, Camberwell, Glenhuntly etc.
Moonee Ponds, Murrumbeena, Dandenong, Kooyong, Mordialloc, etc.
Ferntree Gully, Laburnum, Fishermens Bend, Wattle Glen, Park Orchards etc.
I couldn't find OzTennisville or similar!
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(King) Williams Town, Beaumaris, Doncaster, Sandringham, Malvern, Camberwell, Glenhuntly etc.
Moonee Ponds, Murrumbeena, Dandenong, Kooyong, Mordialloc, etc.
Ferntree Gully, Laburnum, Fishermens Bend, Wattle Glen, Park Orchards etc.
I couldn't find OzTennisville or similar!
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Dec 15th 2004, 10:21 am
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Re: Place names in Australia
Originally Posted by OzTennis
Many Australian place names are either to remind 'one' of home or a person or have aboriginal derivation or are geographical in origin. Melbourne (as in Lord Melbourne, place in Derbyshire) suburbs include -
(King) Williams Town, Beaumaris, Doncaster, Sandringham, Malvern, Camberwell, Glenhuntly etc.
Moonee Ponds, Murrumbeena, Dandenong, Kooyong, Mordialloc, etc.
Ferntree Gully, Laburnum, Fishermens Bend, Wattle Glen, Park Orchards etc.
I couldn't find OzTennisville or similar!
OzTennis
(King) Williams Town, Beaumaris, Doncaster, Sandringham, Malvern, Camberwell, Glenhuntly etc.
Moonee Ponds, Murrumbeena, Dandenong, Kooyong, Mordialloc, etc.
Ferntree Gully, Laburnum, Fishermens Bend, Wattle Glen, Park Orchards etc.
I couldn't find OzTennisville or similar!
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Dec 15th 2004, 10:29 am
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Re: Place names in Australia
Originally Posted by OzTennis
Many Australian place names are either to remind 'one' of home or a person or have aboriginal derivation or are geographical in origin. Melbourne (as in Lord Melbourne, place in Derbyshire) suburbs include -
(King) Williams Town, Beaumaris, Doncaster, Sandringham, Malvern, Camberwell, Glenhuntly etc.
Moonee Ponds, Murrumbeena, Dandenong, Kooyong, Mordialloc, etc.
Ferntree Gully, Laburnum, Fishermens Bend, Wattle Glen, Park Orchards etc.
I couldn't find OzTennisville or similar!
OzTennis
(King) Williams Town, Beaumaris, Doncaster, Sandringham, Malvern, Camberwell, Glenhuntly etc.
Moonee Ponds, Murrumbeena, Dandenong, Kooyong, Mordialloc, etc.
Ferntree Gully, Laburnum, Fishermens Bend, Wattle Glen, Park Orchards etc.
I couldn't find OzTennisville or similar!
OzTennis
Dec 15th 2004, 10:36 am
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Re: Place names in Australia
Originally Posted by datamile
River naming ... murray, darling, murray, darling , murray/darling depending on stretch, darling...
geek naming is more fun... that have some very funny names
geek naming is more fun... that have some very funny names
OzTennis
Dec 15th 2004, 11:48 am
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Re: Place names in Australia
Originally Posted by OzTennis
I always remember a Geography lesson at my high school in Melbourne. One of the guys in the class (Murray Wilson) was fancied by most of the girls in the class. The teacher asked the class to name so many Australian rivers. To much laughter Wendy put up her hand and slowly said 'oh Murray darling'. We used to call Wendy 'spinnakers' because our school was by the sea and she had large.
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Dec 15th 2004, 12:13 pm
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Re: Place names in Australia
Originally Posted by scutterUK
i think we killed it, i can't get the site working.
Dec 15th 2004, 12:28 pm
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Re: Place names in Australia
Originally Posted by mlbonner
Just found this http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/
I typed in my own surname and there's a place in each state with it.... My target is now to get to Bonner Rock and have my photo taken on it
I typed in my own surname and there's a place in each state with it.... My target is now to get to Bonner Rock and have my photo taken on it
2 of interest to me, first one Geordie Bay right here in WA and secondly Mount Walton but not to sure I fancy being shagged
Dec 15th 2004, 8:16 pm
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Re: Place names in Australia
Well I'm 6'7" and there's a place in NSW called Big Spirabo, which is very similar to my surname
Dec 15th 2004, 8:24 pm
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Re: Place names in Australia
Originally Posted by mlbonner
Just found this http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/
I typed in my own surname and there's a place in each state with it.... My target is now to get to Bonner Rock and have my photo taken on it
I typed in my own surname and there's a place in each state with it.... My target is now to get to Bonner Rock and have my photo taken on it
Dec 15th 2004, 8:33 pm
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Re: Place names in Australia
Originally Posted by Coogee Rocks
Anyone no a good place to look up surname history on the web? (without paying to much!)
Good luck
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