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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 ...
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As of 21 February 2019 the Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW, which is maintained by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales, lists 265 places that are assigned or recorded as towns in New South Wales. [1] [2] [3]
1919 Yarram Yarram postmark – the town is now Yarram These names are examples of reduplication, a common theme in Australian toponymy, especially in names derived from Indigenous Australian languages such as Wiradjuri. Reduplication is often used as an intensifier such as "Wagga Wagga" many crows and "Tilba Tilba" many waters. The phenomenon has been the subject of interest in popular ...
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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 ]
Since 1993, only local government areas in New South Wales can be declared as "cities" by the Government, under the Local Government Act 1993. [1] Although the present version of the Act specifies no criteria for city status, [2] a previous version of the Act specified that to be a city, a Council area must: