Resources

Below are resources that are related to place naming from other Australian and international jurisdictions. The list is not exhaustive but is provided to connect those with an interest in place naming with additional information and resources to explore the topic further.

Some Australian sites and gazetteers

• Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy
• NSW Geographical Names Board
• ACT Government Planning
• Geographic Names Victoria
• WA Landgate
• South Australian Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure
• Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
• Antarctic Names
• Permanent Committee on Place Names (PCPN)
• National Gazetteer of Australia
• Australian National Placenames Survey

International sites and gazetteers

• Natural Resources Canada
• Land Information New Zealand
• Gazetteer of British Place Names
• United States Board on Geographical Names
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN)

Other resources

The following organisations and publications may be able to assist with identifying and gathering further information on particular place names.

• Library & Archives NT
• Genealogical Society of the Northern Territory
• Historical Society of the Northern Territory
• Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography, Volumes 1, 2 and 3
• Northern Territory Times and Gazette
  (a weekly published in Darwin between 1873 and 1928), state reference libraries may have microfilm copies
• Northern Standard
  (a weekly published in Darwin between 1921 and 1953), state reference libraries may have microfilm copies
• Appleton & Appleton: The Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places, Cambridge University Press, 1992
• Feeken, Feeken & Spate: The Discovery and Exploration of Australia, Thomas Nelson (Australia) Ltd, 1970
• Petrick, Jose: The History of Alice Springs through landmarks and street names, J Petrick, 1996

Read about the history of place naming laws.