Placenames Australia is a quarterly online publication containing articles and short pieces about the cultural aspects of placenames and placename research in Australia.
It began its life in March 1996 as The Bulletin of what was then the National Placenames Project. As the Project grew into the current Australian National Placenames Survey more design features were added to the newsletter and the number of subscribers and contributors continues to grow steadily.
The latest edition of our Newsletter is now available. Click the Issue date below to read this edition as a pdf.
Bendigo – a boxer’s nickname
Update on Modder Creek
Tom Thumbs Lagoon
Refreshing our websites
Paddys River
Yasawa (Fiji #29)
Puzzle 99: Nines
If you wish to read previous issues, back as far as 2001, a listing of all previous editions can be found on our Previous Newsletter page. Alternatively, if searching for past articles or references to particular placenames, our contents list of all previous issues may help .
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