Australian placenames can evoke the history of local Aboriginal people and the country’s long-distance explorers, as well as its unique natural features. Map resources include historical maps highlighting significant events, towns and settlements.

The Australian National Placenames Database  when completed contain all known Australian names, documenting their pronunciation, origin, meaning, history, cultural significance, status, and location. It will eventually be accessible over the Internet to everyone.

1. Gazetteer of Australia
2. ACT – Land Information Centre
3. NSW – Geographical Names Board
4. QLD – Department of Natural Resources
5. SA – Place Names Online
6. TAS – Nomenclature Board
7. VIC – Place Names
8. WA – Department of Land Info
9. NT – Department of Planning & Infrastructure
10. Australian National Placenames Survey
11. Australian Antarctic Division
12. Australian Hydrographic Service – Dept of Defence
13. Defence Topographic Agency – Dept of Defence
14. Intergovernmental Committee for Surveying and Mapping
15. Committee for Geographical Names of Australasia
16. Education – What’s in a Name?
17. National Library of Australia – Gazetteers
18. Australian Council of Professional Historians
19. Aboriginal Languages of Australia
20. Australian Institute for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies
21. Aboriginal place names around Sydney Harbour
22. FATSIL Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Corporation of Languages