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Australian Cities Etymologies #1
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Year provided is the year the name was first given to the area.
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British Home Secretary Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount __
1780s
Sydney
British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Robert __, 4th Earl Buckinghamshire
1800s
Hobart
an English city also famous for its status as a major coal-exporting port
1800s
Newcastle
the Dharawal people's name for the area, meaning perhaps 'sound of the sea' or 'five islands'
1820s
Wollongong
the river on which it is located, itself named after New South Wales Governor Sir Thomas __
1820s
Brisbane
a Scottish city, which derives its name from the Pictish for 'wood' or 'copse'
1820s
Perth
the German consort of King William IV, Queen __ of Saxe-Meiningen
1830s
Adelaide
British Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount __
1830s
Melbourne
the Wathaurong aboriginal name for the area, which probably means 'resting place'
1830s
Ballarat
Prince William of __, an associate of namer Thomas Mitchell during the Peninsula War, who went on to become King William II of the Netherlands
1840s
Orange
a local creek, itself named after the nickname of a local shepherd and barenuckle prizefighter, William Abednego Thompson
1850s
Bendigo
the businessman who financed the establishment of the city, Robert __. The city is sometimes thought (incorrectly) to have a tautological name
1860s
Townsville
a local aboriginal kinship group, combined with a Saxon geographical suffix
1870s
Bundaberg
the port it was situated in, itself named by the crew of the HMS Beagle after their former shipmate Charles __, Origin of Species author
1910s
Darwin
the Ngunnawal people's name for the area, meaning perhaps ‘meeting place’ or 'woman's breasts'
1910s
Canberra
the area's inflated and booming real estate market. Originally a nickname given by journalists to a stretch of then-distinct townships
1950s
Gold Coast
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