List of places in Australia named after people

This is a list of places named after famous people in Australia:

• Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

• Alice Springs, Northern Territory – Alice Todd, wife of astronomer Charles Todd

• Augusta, Western Australia – Princess Augusta Sophia

• Bacchus Marsh, Victoria – William Bacchus, early resident

• Banks, Australian Capital Territory – Joseph Banks

• Bankstown, New South Wales – Joseph Banks

• Bathurst, New South Wales – Henry Bathurst

• Bendigo, Victoria – William Abednego Thompson indirectly

• Berry, New South Wales – Alexander Berry

• Bentleigh, Victoria – Thomas Bent

• Bicheno, Tasmania – James Ebenezer Bicheno

• Blackall, Queensland – Samuel Blackall

• Blaxland, New South Wales – Gregory Blaxland

• Bligh Park – William Bligh

• Bonner, Australian Capital Territory – Neville Bonner

• Bonython, Australian Capital Territory – John Bonython

• Bourke, New South Wales – Richard Bourke

• Bowen, Queensland – George Bowen

• Brisbane, Queensland – Thomas Brisbane

• Broome, Western Australia – Frederick Broome

• Bruce, Australian Capital Territory – Stanley Bruce

• Brunswick, Victoria – Caroline, Duchess of Brunswick

• Bunbury, Western Australia – Lieutenant Henry Bunbury

• Burnie, Tasmania – William Burnie, director of Van Diemen's Land company in the early 1840s

• Busselton, Western Australia – John Bussell

• Byron Bay, New South Wales – John Byron

• Cairns, Queensland – William Cairns

• Callaghan, New South Wales – Bede Callaghan

• Calwell, Australian Capital Territory – Arthur Calwell

• Casey, Australian Capital Territory – Richard Casey

• Chapman, Australian Capital Territory – Austin Chapman

• Chermside, Queensland – Herbert Chermside

• Chifley, Australian Capital Territory – Ben Chifey

• Chisholm, Australian Capital Territory – Caroline Chisholm

• Collie, Western Australia – Alexander Collie

• Conder, Australian Capital Territory – Charles Conder

• Cook, Australian Capital Territory – Joseph Cook

• Coombs, Australian Capital Territory – Herbert Coombs

• Cooktown, Queensland – James Cook

• Curtin, Australian Capital Territory – John Curtin

• Daglish, Western Australia – Henry Daglish

• Darling Point, New South Wales – Eliza, Lady Darling

• Darwin, Northern Territory – Charles Darwin

• Duffy, Australian Capital Territory – Charles Duffy

• Dunlop, Australian Capital Territory – Weary Dunlop

• Eden, New South Wales – George Eden

• Elizabeth, South Australia – Elizabeth II

• Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales – Elizabeth Macquarie

• Elizabeth Town, Tasmania – Elizabeth II

• Evatt, Australian Capital Territory – Herbert Vere Evatt

• Fadden, Australian Capital Territory – Arthur Fadden

• Farrer, Australian Capital Territory – William Farrer

• Fawkner, Victoria – John Pascoe Fawkner

• Fisher, Australian Capital Territory – Andrew Fisher

• Fitzroy, Victoria – Charles Augustus FitzRoy

• Flinders, Victoria – Matthew Flinders

• Flynn, Australian Capital Territory – John Flynn

• Forbes, New South Wales – Francis Forbes

• Forde, Australian Capital Territory – Frank Forde

• Franklin, Australian Capital Territory – Miles Franklin

• Fraser, Australian Capital Territory – Jim Fraser

• Fremantle, Western Australia – Charles Fremantle

• Garran, Australian Capital Territory – Robert Garran

• Gawler, South Australia – George Gawler

• Geraldton, Western Australia – Charles Fitzgerald

• Gilmore, Australian Capital Territory – Mary Gilmore

• Gordon, Australian Capital Territory – Adam Lindsay Gordon

• Gore Hill – William Gore

• Gosford, New South Wales – Earl of Gosford

• Goulburn, New South Wales – Henry Goulburn

• Gowrie, Australian Capital Territory – Earl of Gowrie

• Grafton, New South Wales – Duke of Grafton

• Greenway, Australian Capital Territory – Francis Greenway

• Harrison, Australian Capital Territory – Peter Harrison

• Harvey, Western Australia – John Harvey

• Hawker, Australian Capital Territory – Charles Hawker

• Healesville, Victoria – Richard Heales

• Henderson, Western Australia – Reginald Henderson

• Hervey Bay, Queensland – Augustus John Hervey

• Higgins, Australian Capital Territory – Henry Bournes Higgins

• Hobart, Tasmania – Lord Hobart

• Holbrook, New South Wales – Norman Douglas Holbrook

• Holder, Australian Capital Territory – Frederick Holder

• Holt, Australian Capital Territory – Harold Holt

• Hughes, Australian Capital Territory – Billy Hughes

• Hume, Australian Capital Territory – Hamilton Hume

• Huskisson, New South Wales – William Huskisson

• Isaacs, Australian Capital Territory – Isaac Isaacs

• Jervis Bay, New South Wales – John Jervis

• Kenny, Australian Capital Territory – Elizabeth Kenny

• La Perouse, New South Wales – Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse

• Lake Macquarie, New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie

• Lalor, Victoria – Peter Lalor (indirectly – via Peter Lalor Home-Building Cooperative Society)

• Landsborough, Queensland – William Landsborough

• Latham, Australian Capital Territory – John Latham

• Laverton, Western Australia – Doctor Charles Laver

• Lawson, Australian Capital Territory – Henry Lawson

• Lawson, New South Wales – William Lawson

• Leichhardt, New South Wales – Ludwig Leichhardt

• Leichhardt, Queensland – Ludwig Leichhardt

• Lithgow, New South Wales – William Lithgow

• Lorne, Victoria – John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Lorne

• Lyons, Australian Capital Territory – Joseph Lyons

• Macarthur, Australian Capital Territory – John Macarthur

• Mackay, Queensland – John Mackay

• Macquarie, Australian Capital Territory – Lachlan Macquarie

• Macnamara, Australian Capital Territory – Jean Macnamara

• MacGregor, Australian Capital Territory – William MacGregor

• Mawson, Australian Capital Territory – Douglas Mawson

• Mawson Lakes, South Australia – Douglas Mawson

• McKellar, Australian Capital Territory – Colin McKellar

• Melba, Australian Capital Territory – Nellie Melba

• Melbourne, Victoria – William Lamb, Lord Melbourne

• Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory – Thomas Mitchell

• Monash, Australian Capital Territory – John Monash

• Moncrieff, Australian Capital Territory – Gladys Moncrieff

• Morisset, New South Wales – James Morisset

• Mosman, New South Wales – Archibald Mosman

• Mount Gambier, South Australia – James Gambier

• Mount Hotham, Victoria – Charles Hotham

• Mount Lawley, Western Australia – Arthur Lawley

• Mulgrave, New South Wales – Baron Mulgrave

• Nicholls, Australian Capital Territory – Douglas Nicholls

• O'Connor, Australian Capital Territory – Richard O'Connor

• O'Connor, Western Australia – Charles Yelverton O'Connor

• O'Malley, Australian Capital Territory – King O'Malley

• Oxley, Australian Capital Territory – John Oxley

• Padbury, Western Australia – Walter Padbury

• Page, Australian Capital Territory – Earle Page

• Pagewood, New South Wales – Fred Page

• Parkes, Australian Capital Territory – Henry Parkes

• Parkes, New South Wales – Henry Parkes

• Pascoe Vale, Victoria – John Pascoe Fawkner

• Pearce, Australian Capital Territory – George Pearce

• Phillip, Australian Capital Territory – Arthur Phillip

• Picton, New South Wales – Thomas Picton

• Potts Point, New South Wales – Joseph Hyde Potts

• Queens Park, Western Australia – Queen Alexandra

• Reid, Australian Capital Territory – George Reid

• Richardson, Australian Capital Territory – Henry Richardson

• Rivett, Australian Capital Territory – David Rivett

• Roebourne, Western Australia – John Septimus Roe

• Sackville, New South Wales – Viscount Sackville

• Scoresby, Victoria – William Scoresby

• Scottsdale, Tasmania – James Scott

• Scullin, Australian Capital Territory – James Scullin

• Seddon, Victoria – Richard Seddon

• Shepparton, Victoria – Sherbourne Sheppard, squatter

• Spence, Australian Capital Territory – William Spence

• Spotswood, Victoria – Louisa Spotswood, wife of Richard Seddon

• Stirling, Australian Capital Territory – James Stirling

• Stirling, Western Australia – James Stirling

• Sturt, South Australia – Captain Charles Sturt

• Sutherland, New South Wales, – Forby Sutherland

• Sydney, New South Wales – Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney

• Symonston, Australian Capital Territory – Josiah Symon

• Taylor, Australian Capital Territory – Florence Taylor

• Theodore, Australian Capital Territory – Ted Theodore

• Throsby, Australian Capital Territory – Charles Throsby

• Tom Price, Western Australia – Thomas Moore Price

• Torrens, Australian Capital Territory – Robert Torrens

• Townsville, Queensland – Robert Towns

• Truganina, Victoria – Truganini

• Tullamarine, Victoria – Tullamareena

• Turner, Australian Capital Territory – George Turner

• Watson, Australian Capital Territory – Chris Watson

• Watsons Bay, New South Wales – Robert Watson

• Wellington, New South Wales – Duke of Wellington

• Wentworth, New South Wales – William Wentworth

• Wentworth Falls, New South Wales – William Wentworth

• Weston, Australian Capital Territory – Edward Weston

• Whitlam, Australian Capital Territory – Gough Whitlam

• Williamstown, Victoria – William IV

• Wisemans Ferry, New South Wales – Solomon Wiseman

• Wollstonecraft, New South Wales – Edward Wollstonecraft

• Wonga Park, Victoria – Simon Wonga

• Wright, Australian Capital Territory – Judith Wright

• Young, New South Wales – John Young