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Locations in Australia with a Scottish name

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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.

Contents

Australian Capital Territory

  • Campbell (Robert Campbell)
  • Duntroon
  • Fraser
  • Lawson
  • Macgregor
  • Macquarie (Lachlan Macquarie)
  • Moncrieff
  • Stirling

    • New South Wales

  • 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))
  • 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

  • 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

  • Abbotsford
  • Abercorn
  • Abergowrie
  • Airdmillan
  • Airlie Beach
  • Albany Creek
  • Alloway
  • Alva
  • Argyll
  • Armstrong Beach
  • Athol
  • Auchenflower
  • Ayr
  • Balgowan
  • Ballandean
  • Ballogie
  • Balmoral Ridge
  • Balnagowan
  • Bannockburn
  • Barcaldine
  • 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)
  • Balmoral
  • Hamilton
  • Kelvin Grove (Kelvingrove Park)
  • Kenmore and Kenmore Hills
  • Macgregor (William MacGregor)
  • Mackenzie
  • 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 and Esk Island
  • Fraser Island (Eliza Fraser)
  • Glen Allyn
  • Glenbar
  • Glencoe
  • Glendale
  • Glenella
  • Glen Isla
  • Glenroy
  • Glenwood
  • Gordonstone
  • Gowrie Junction
  • Gowrie Mountain, Queensland
  • Grahams Creek
  • Haigslea (Douglas Haig)
  • Hamilton Island
  • Hazeldean
  • Irvinebank
  • Jardine Islet
  • Kennedy
  • Kilbirnie
  • Kilcoy
  • Kilkivan
  • Lamington, Queensland
  • Lammermoor
  • 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
  • New Beith
  • North Maclean, Queensland
  • Ormiston
  • Pentland
  • Port Douglas
  • Scotchy Pocket
  • Sinclair Island (Queensland)
  • Strathpine, Queensland (Strath + pine)
  • Tully
  • Westmar

    • South Australia

  • 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

  • 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 & City of Glenorchy
  • Granton
  • Howden
  • Lauderdale
  • Montrose

    • 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

  • 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 Stirling

    • References

    Locations in Australia with a Scottish name Wikipedia
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