Locations in Australia with a Scottish name

This is a list of placenames in Scotland which have subsequently been applied to parts of Australia by Scottish emigrants or explorers.



Australian Capital Territory



 * Campbell (Robert Campbell)
 * Duntroon
 * Fraser
 * Lawson
 * Macgregor
 * Macquarie (Lachlan Macquarie)
 * Moncrieff
 * Stirling

New South Wales



 * Aberdeen
 * Abermain
 * Abernethy
 * Appin
 * Armidale (Armadale), suburbs include Ben Venue
 * Balranald
 * Ben Lomond
 * Breadalbane
 * Buchanan
 * Campbelltown
 * Carabost
 * Cessnock
 * Dalgety
 * Dundee
 * Duns Creek
 * Fingal Bay (Fingal, Scottish form of Finn MacCool)
 * Fingal Head
 * Galston
 * Glencoe
 * Glendale
 * Glen Innes and Glen Innes Severn Council
 * Glenmore (now called Elsmore)
 * Hamilton
 * Inverell and Inverell Shire
 * Invergowrie
 * Largs
 * Lismore
 * Lithgow
 * Lochinvar
 * Lorn
 * Maclean
 * Maitland
 * Mossgiel
 * Mount Imlay
 * Lake Macquarie
 * City of Lake Macquarie
 * Balmoral, New South Wales
 * Macquarie Hills
 * Paterson (William Paterson (explorer))
 * Pitnacree
 * Scone
 * Scotland Island
 * Stuart Town
 * Sutherland
 * Sutherland Point
 * Sutherland Shire
 * Tweed River
 * Tweed Heads
 * Tweed Shire
 * Tweed Valley
 * Tweed Volcano
 * Suburbs of Sydney
 * Abbotford
 * Alfords Point
 * Airds
 * Annandale (Annandale)
 * Annangrove
 * Balmain and Balmain East
 * Balmoral
 * Blair Athol
 * Blairmount
 * Bonnyrigg and Bonnyrigg Heights
 * Busby
 * Campbelltown
 * Camperdown
 * Castlecrag (by architect Walter Burley Griffin, who named the suburb after a towering crag of rock overlooking Middle Harbour, known locally as Edinburgh Castle)
 * Cawdor
 * Clyde
 * Cowan
 * Davidson, suburb in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney and Electoral district of Davidson, a seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
 * Doonside
 * Dundas and Dundas Valley
 * Elderslie
 * Erskineville
 * Glenmore Park
 * Glenorie
 * Macdonaldtown
 * Macquarie Fields
 * Macquarie Links
 * Macquarie Park
 * Melrose Park
 * Minto and Minto Heights
 * Mount Annan
 * Seaforth (Loch Seaforth, Isle of Lewis)
 * Smeaton Grange
 * Zetland

Northern Territory



 * Cape Crawford
 * Douglas / Daly Esplanade Conservation Area
 * Douglas Hot Springs (Tjuwaliyn) Nature Park
 * Glen Helen
 * Kintore
 * Kintore Caves Nature Park
 * MacDonnell Ranges
 * Lake Mackay
 * Point Stuart Coastal Reserve
 * Stuart Highway
 * Tennant Creek

Queensland

 * Abbotsford
 * Abercorn
 * Abergowrie
 * Airdmillan
 * Airlie Beach
 * Albany Creek
 * Alloway
 * Alva, via Ayr
 * Aramac (R. R. Mackenzie)
 * Argyll
 * Armstrong Beach
 * Athol
 * Ayr
 * Balgowan
 * Ballandean
 * Ballogie
 * Balmoral Ridge
 * Balnagowan
 * Bannockburn
 * Barcaldine
 * Barlyne
 * Birnam (Scenic Rim Region)
 * Birnam (Toowoomba Region)
 * Blairmore
 * Bogie
 * Bon Accord, Queensland (Bon Accord, slogan of Aberdeen)
 * Braemore, Queensland
 * Breadalbane, Queensland
 * Brisbane (Thomas Brisbane)
 * Auchenflower
 * Balmoral
 * Hamilton
 * Kelvin Grove (Kelvingrove Park)
 * Kenmore and Kenmore Hills
 * MacGregor (William MacGregor)
 * Mackenzie
 * Robertson
 * Burnside
 * Cairns (of Irish origin)
 * Bellenden Ker
 * Buchan Point
 * Glen Boughton
 * Gordonvale
 * Macalister Range
 * Campbell Creek
 * Campbells Pocket
 * Charlestown
 * Clinton
 * Closeburn
 * Colinton
 * Conondale
 * Cowan Cowan
 * Craiglie
 * Craigslea, now part of Chermside
 * Cromarty
 * Crossdale
 * Dalbeg (Dail Beag)
 * Shire of Dalrymple
 * Dalrymple Heights
 * Shire of Dalrymple (former)
 * Deuchar
 * Shire of Douglas
 * Dundas
 * Dysart
 * Esk and Esk Island
 * Fraser Island (Eliza Fraser)
 * Glen Allyn
 * Glenbar
 * Glencoe
 * Glendale
 * Glenella
 * Glen Isla
 * Glenroy
 * Glenwood
 * Gordonstone
 * Gowrie Junction
 * Gowrie Mountain
 * Grahams Creek
 * Haigslea (Douglas Haig)
 * Hamilton Island
 * Hazeldean
 * Irvinebank
 * Jardine Islet
 * Kennedy
 * Kilbirnie
 * Kilcoy
 * Kilkivan
 * Lamington
 * Lammermoor
 * Landsborough (William Landsborough)
 * Logan City
 * McEwens Beach
 * Mackay (See John Mackay (Australian Pioneer))
 * Mackay Region
 * Mackay Harbour
 * North Mackay
 * Mackay City
 * West Mackay
 * South Mackay
 * East Mackay
 * North Mackay
 * Maclagan
 * Maleny
 * Mitchell (Thomas Mitchell (explorer))
 * Molendinar (Molendinar Burn in Glasgow)
 * Morayfield
 * Moreton Bay, City of Moreton Bay and Moreton Island (James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton)
 * Mount Dalrymple
 * Murray Upper
 * New Beith
 * North Maclean
 * Ormiston
 * Pentland
 * Port Douglas
 * Ross River, principal river of Townsville
 * Scotchy Pocket
 * Sinclair Island
 * Strathpine (Strath + pine)
 * Tully
 * Westmar

South Australia

 * Ardrossan
 * Balgowan
 * Bute
 * Cockburn
 * Edinburgh
 * Hamilton
 * Jamestown (James Fergusson)
 * Keith
 * Lochiel
 * Maitland
 * McLaren Vale
 * Melrose
 * Port Pirie
 * Stenhouse Bay
 * Stirling
 * Strathalbyn
 * Talisker Conservation Park (Talisker, Skye)
 * Adelaide Suburbs
 * Aberfoyle Park
 * Athol Park,
 * Blair Athol
 * Burnside (named 1839 by Peter Anderson, a Scots migrant)
 * Campbelltown
 * Craigmore
 * Edinburgh (RAAF Base Edinburgh)
 * Glenalta
 * Glenelg, Glenelg North and Glenelg South
 * Glengowrie
 * Glen Osmond
 * Glenside
 * Largs Bay and Largs North
 * McLaren Flat and McLaren Vale
 * Skye
 * St Kilda

Lobethal was known as Tweedvale for a number of years, due to the World Wars.

Tasmania



 * Aberdeen
 * Ben Lomond
 * Breadalbane
 * Calder
 * Campbell Town
 * Currie
 * Douglas River
 * Dysart
 * Elderslie
 * Fingal
 * Forth
 * Glen Dhu (Glen Dhu = Gleann Dubh - black glen)
 * Glengarry
 * Gordon
 * Gowrie Park
 * Gretna
 * Invermay
 * Killiekrankie
 * Lachlan
 * Leith
 * Macquarie and Macquarie Plains
 * Macquarie Island
 * Melrose
 * Mount Murchison (Tasmania)
 * Patersonia, an old name for Launceston.
 * Perth
 * Port Dalrymple (Dalrymple), the old name for George Town.
 * Strathblane
 * Upper Esk, North Esk River and South Esk River
 * Suburbs of Hobart-Glenorchy-
 * Firthside ("Firth")
 * Glenorchy & City of Glenorchy
 * Granton
 * Howden
 * Lauderdale
 * Montrose

Victoria



 * Aberfeldy
 * Bairnsdale (corruption of Bernisdale in Skye)
 * Balmoral
 * Bannockburn
 * Bonnie Doon
 * Buchan
 * Cardross
 * Cassilis
 * Clunes
 * Clyde
 * Dallas
 * Don Valley (Strathdon)
 * Donald
 * Dunkeld
 * Ensay
 * Fingal
 * Glenburn
 * Glenmaggie
 * Glenrowan
 * Glenthompson
 * Grampians National Park, home of the Grampian mountain range,
 * Hamilton
 * Invergordon
 * Inverloch
 * Jamieson
 * Kilmore
 * Lismore, Victoria
 * Loch
 * Lorne
 * Niddrie
 * Orbost
 * Rutherglen
 * St Andrews
 * Scotsburn
 * Skye
 * Strathbogie
 * Strathmerton
 * Strathmore
 * Melbourne Suburbs
 * Abbotsford
 * Aberfeldie
 * Ardeer
 * Armadale
 * Arthurs Seat (Arthur's Seat)
 * Baxter
 * Blairgowrie
 * Cairnlea
 * Calder Park
 * Carnegie from Andrew Carnegie
 * Craigieburn
 * Dallas
 * Glen Eira
 * Glen Huntly
 * Glen Iris
 * Glen Waverley (tribute to Scott, cf Ivanhoe, Victoria)
 * Glenroy
 * Kilsyth
 * Knoxfield
 * Macleod
 * McCrae
 * McKinnon
 * Montrose
 * St Kilda and St Kilda East

Ivanhoe is named after the Walter Scott novel, Ivanhoe.

Western Australia

 * Albany (Albany an old name for Scotland, cf Alba)
 * Agnew
 * Lake Argyle
 * Balfour Downs
 * Bruce Rock
 * Carnegie
 * Erskine
 * Geikie Gorge
 * Glen Iris
 * Lake Mackay
 * Marvel Loch
 * Menzies
 * Murchison and Murchison River, Western Australia
 * Murray Street
 * Perth
 * Stirling Range
 * Perth Suburbs
 * Applecross
 * Ardross
 * Armadale and City of Armadale
 * Attadale
 * Bassendean
 * Brigadoon
 * Burns Beach
 * City of Cockburn and Cockburn Central
 * Craigie
 * Dalkeith
 * Duncraig
 * Eglinton
 * Hamilton Hill
 * Henderson
 * Kinross
 * Marmion
 * Murdoch
 * Port Kennedy
 * Queens Park
 * Stirling and City of Stirling