Under the following headings you will find links to numerous toponymy and onomastic resurces.
Australian & NZ Placename Websites
We link you here to the naming authorities in Australia and New Zealand. These organisations have strongly supported the development of the ANPS and we are working in partnership with them to cover the cultural as well as the technical aspects of placenames.
ACT: ACTmapi - Spatial Data Team, Australian Capital Territory Government
NSW: Geographical Names Board of New South Wales
QLD: Department of Natural Resources & Mines: Queensland place names search
SA: SA Property & Planning Atlas
TAS:
WA: Landgate--Western Australian Place Names and Addressing
NZ: Land Information New Zealand
AUST:
Australian Indigenous languages websites
The following websites are a good starting point for anyone interested in Australia's Indigenous languages. These sites often include useful material about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander placenames.
Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
International websites
The links below are to placenames bodies in other English-speaking countries, many of which have been very supportive of the development of the ANPS and have provided the ANPS with advice and encouragement.
Canadian Geographical Names Database
Canadian Society for the Study of Names
United Kingdom: Permanent Committee on Geographical Names
United Kingdom: Gazetteer of British Place Names
Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland
The Placenames Database of Ireland
International Journals
Several international journals deal with placenames (toponymy) as well as with general issues of names and naming (onomastics):
The Canadian journal Onomastica Canadiana
Finally, the International Council of Onomastic Sciences website is a useful portal for names-related content: