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Australian Cities Named for British and Irish Places/People

Name the Australian cities and towns with populations greater than 10,000 that are named directly for British or Irish places/people.
* these origins are uncertain
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Places
Scottish city
P
Perth
WA
2,043,762
Northeastern city
N
Newcastle
NSW
348,539
Surrey village*
A
Albury
NSW
91,516
Cornwall town
L
Launceston
TAS
80,943
______ Mowbray, Leicestershire town
M
Melton
VIC
76,346
_______-on-Thames, Middlesex/Surrey town
S
Sunbury
VIC
38,010
Staffordshire town
T
Tamworth
NSW
35,415
Inner Hebrides island
L
Lismore
NSW
27,916
Southwestern county
D
Devonport
TAS
24,591
________ Castle, baronial mansion in Galston, Ayrshire
C
Cessnock
NSW
23,211
Devon town
T
Torquay
VIC
22,998
Isle of Skye village
A
Armidale
NSW
21,312
Sussex market town
H
Horsham
VIC
16,289
East Midlands city and county town
(P)L
Port Lincoln
SA
14,404
West Midlands county town
W
Warwick
QLD
14,110
Isle of Skye village
B
Bairnsdale
VIC
13,734
Cumbria market town
U
Ulverstone
TAS
12,723
Isle of Man village*
D
Dalby
QLD
12,082
Worcestershire village
K
Kempsey
NSW
11,073
Angus village and parish*
A(B)
Airlie Beach
QLD
10,646
 
 
 
 
 
People
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount ______, politician
S
Sydney
NSW
4,698,656
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount _________, prime minister
M
Melbourne
VIC
4,585,537
Thomas _______, army officer, astronomer, NSW governor
B
Brisbane
QLD
2,287,896
Robert ______, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire, colonial secretary
H
Hobart
TAS
197,451
Robert _____, mariner, businessman, politician
T
Townsville
QLD
173,724
William _____, QLD governor
C
Cairns
QLD
153,181
Charles ______, naturalist, evolution theorist
D
Darwin
NT
122,207
Frederick Lewis ________, naval officer*
M
Maitland
NSW
89,597
John ______, explorer, pioneer
Mackay
QLD
80,455
Henry William St Pierre _______, army officer
B
Bunbury
WA
75,196
Augustus ______, 3rd Earl of Bristol, naval officer, politician
H(B)
Hervey Bay
QLD
57,722
John ____, shipbuilder
C(H)
Coffs Harbour
NSW
51,069
Sherbourne ________, early settler
S
Shepparton
VIC
49,862
Lachlan _________, army officer, NSW governor
(P)M
Port Macquarie
NSW
47,793
Henry _______, 3rd Earl _______, colonial secretary
B
Bathurst
NSW
36,230
William Ewart ________, prime minister
G
Gladstone
QLD
34,703
Charles Fitz_____, naval officer, WA governor
Geraldton
WA
32,717
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and _____
A
Albany
WA
31,128
George ______, governor of SA
G
Gawler
SA
28,562
The ______ family, early settlers
B
Busselton
WA
27,233
James ______, 1st Baron ______, naval officer
(M)G
Mount Gambier
SA
26,734
_____ Todd, née Bell, wife of pioneer Charles Todd
A(S)
Alice Springs
NT
24,855
Henry _______, colonial secretary, chancellor
G
Goulburn
NSW
23,963
____ FitzRoy, née Lennox, wife of officer and governor Charles Augustus FitzRoy
M
Maryborough
QLD
22,237
James _______, officer, penal colony administrator
Morisset
NSW
22,150
William Henry _______, soldier, settler
B(M)
Bacchus Marsh
VIC
21,692
Collet ______, army officer, explorer
(M)B
Mount Barker
SA
21,554
Arthur Hill ______, NSW Labor party politician
G
Griffith
NSW
20,799
William ______, director of the Van Diemen's Land Company
B
Burnie
TAS
20,267
George ______, soldier, colonial secretary
M(B)
Murray Bridge
SA
17,457
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of ______, prime minister
G
Grafton
NSW
17,155
Anne ________, farmer, pioneer
D
Drysdale
VIC
16,199
Benjamin _________, explorer, settler
S
Singleton
NSW
14,229
Robert ____, general, Afghan War hero
Sale
VIC
14,100
______ Sophia Young, née Marryat, wife of governor Henry Young
(P)A
Port Augusta
SA
12,788
Prince _______, Duke of Albany, youngest son of Queen Victoria
L
Leopold
VIC
12,319
_____ Lindsay, née Morison, wife of settler Thomas Archer
G
Gracemere
QLD
11,534
William ______, auditor-general
L
Lithgow
NSW
11,197
Henry Fyshe _______, colonial civil servant
G
Gisborne
VIC
10,999
William Handcock, 1st Viscount __________, politician
C
Castlemaine
VIC
10,577
John _____, naval officer and explorer, grandfather of a famous poet
B(B)
Byron Bay
NSW
10,538
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of _______, prime minister
P
Portland
VIC
10,450
 
 
 
 
 
Ships
HMS _____, captained by Richard Crozier
V(H)
Victor Harbor
SA
16,709
HMS Lady ______, named for Frances, the wife of Horatio ______
N(B)
Nelson Bay
NSW
14,593
The John _____, named for John _____, merchant
(P)P
Port Pirie
SA
13,708
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