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This is a list of places named after famous people in Australia: Adelaide , South Australia – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen [ 1 ] Alice Springs , Northern Territory – Alice Todd, wife of astronomer Charles Todd [ 2 ]
Liawenee (/ l aɪ. ə ˈ w iː n i /) is a small town in Tasmania, Australia built near Great Lake and the River Ouse, and was established on 11 June 1920. The town is an ex-Hydro village and now a residence for Inland Fisheries Services (IFS) and a Tasmania Police station.
It has gained a measure of fame as it is the longest place name found in any English-speaking country, and possibly the longest place name in the world, according to World Atlas. [2] The name of the hill (with 85 characters) has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest place name. Other versions of the name, including longer ...
3.9 Australia. 3.10 Austria. 3.11 Azerbaijan. ... There are a number of places named after famous people. For more on the general etymology of place names see toponymy.
For example, Oxley is a place name in England, but Oxley, Queensland is named for the explorer John Oxley rather than the English place. Similarly, Kenilworth is a place name in England, but Kenilworth, Queensland is reportedly named after a novel of that name. In some cases the place name in England is that of a residence or farm; for example ...
Other inland areas are much cooler; Liawenee, located on the Central Plateau, is one of the coldest places in Australia with February temperatures ranging between 4 and 17 °C (39 and 63 °F). Autumn lasts between March and May and experiences changeable weather, where summer weather patterns gradually take on the shape of winter patterns.
It is the only place in the world where tall rainforest grows on sand. The process of formation of the podzol soils, in places forming layers 25 m (82 ft) thick, is also unique. [17] Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) South Australia, Queensland: 1994 698; viii, ix (natural)
Significant sections of South Australia and New South Wales are unincorporated, that is, have no defined local government, along with the ACT and smaller sections of Northern Territory and Victoria. Brisbane is the only state capital city with its respective LGA ( City of Brisbane ) covering a significant portion of its urban area.