Placenames Australia – signposting our culture and heritage

Placenames Australia (Inc.) is a not-for-profit organisation aiming to promote the understanding and application of toponomy in Australia, and to provide ongoing support for the Australian National Placenames Survey.

Placenames Australia offers a diverse range of projects and products, and services researchers, governments, media, businesses and the general public.


We publish a variety of technical and occasional papers and data reports on placenames in Australia.

The cornerstone of our existence – working toward a complete cultural database of Australian placenames, their origins, and the motivations behind them.

Our quarterly newsletter of articles submitted from our network of researchers.

Test your knowledge of Australian placenames with this month’s trivia questions, taken from one of our Newsletters.

Connection and collaboration is our driving force.

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