Alphabet of My Favorite Australian Place-Names (The European List)
Submitted by bertie on Mon, 11/07/2005 - 13:35
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- Australind, WA
- Burning Mountain, NSW - Named for a slow-burning coal seam that is calculated to have been smouldering for the last 5500 years.
- Come-By-Chance
- Donnybrook Spa, VIC - A spa is a resort where you go to relax and 'take the waters', right? But 'donnybrook' is slang for a large brawl or riot.
- Eaglehawk Neck, TAS
- Fannie Bay
- Groote Eylandt, NT (17thC. Dutch for Large Island)
- Humpty Doo, NT
- Indented Head
- Jerry's Plains, NSW
- Kenilworth, QLD
- Lightning Ridge
- Monkey Mia
- Ninety Mile Beach (yes, it's the beach's length)
- Oatlands
- Port Fairy
- Queenscliff, VIC
- Radium Hill
- Seventeen Seventy
- Townsville
- Urbenville, NSW
- Violet Town, VIC
- Wycheproof
- X
- Yarra Glen, VIC
- Z
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