Talk:List of reduplicated Australian place names

Change
There is a serious restriction of locality/town in title - should be places - any objections to another change? SatuSuro 07:35, 12 May 2008 (UTC)


 * No objection from me - town is a tricky word in Austrlia with the definition varying from state to state.  Regards--Matilda talk 07:45, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Unspecific
Saying 'aboriginal word' is terribly unspecific, lumping together as it does hundreds of Indigenous Australian languages (including many extinct ones). It's like saying that the 'Springs' in 'Alice Springs' is a 'European word' or 'white word'. Without the more specific information, I would say this article serves no encyclopedic purpose. &mdash; mark &#9998; 09:54, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

List of repeated names
(At present, non Australian names are not numerous enough to justify a separate threads.)


 * 🇫🇯 Fiji
 * Savu Savu


 * 🇮🇳 India
 * Budge Budge

(A few species of animals, especially archetypal ones, have repeated names)


 * Ratus ratus

(Some people have duplicated names)

(These can be perfect where the two names are identical.)


 * Abdullah Abdullah - former foreign minister of Afghanistan
 * Cao Cao - chinese war lord

(They can be imperfect where the two names are slightly different for grammatical reasons).


 * Peter Peters - rugby league player.

New York (City) New York (State)
Because there are not a lot of non-Australian repeated names, we don't want to throw out New York (City), New York (State) too quickly. Tabletop (talk) 05:44, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Other near misses

 * Ivan Ivanov - archetypal Russian.
 * Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov

Emphasis
There are at least two formula for giving a position extra emphasis:


 * King of Kings - emperor
 * Shahenshah - emperor


 * Soldier's Soldier

Tabletop (talk) 12:48, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Burra
See Burra Burra in South Australia.

Tabletop (talk) 10:38, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Wonga Wonga Vine
See Pandorea pandorana for Wonga Wonga vine.

Tabletop (talk) 06:53, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Complete List
This | blog article contains a list of all 234 official place names, extracted from the 2010 Australian Gazeteer. 220.238.46.131 (talk) 22:28, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

CfD listify decision July 5
The following articles need to be added to the list. These were in a category that was deleted and they are not listed in the article.


 * Banka Banka Station
 * Shire of Bet Bet
 * Bon Bon Reserve
 * Book Book, New South Wales
 * Boonoo Boonoo River
 * Booti Booti National Park
 * County of Buln Buln
 * Buln Buln, Victoria
 * Burra Burra
 * Burrin Burrin Reserve
 * Durren Durren, New South Wales
 * Guda Guda Community
 * HM Prison Langi Kal Kal
 * Division of Jagajaga
 * Jika Jika Province
 * Jil Jil, Victoria
 * Joel Joel, Victoria
 * County of Kara Kara
 * Karlu Karlu
 * Ki Ki, South Australia
 * Koonung Koonung Creek
 * Marramarra National Park
 * Mia Mia, Victoria
 * Mitta Mitta, New South Wales
 * Mulla Mulla Creek
 * Mullum Mullum Creek
 * Nar Nar Goon, Victoria
 * Never Never River
 * Nowa Nowa, Victoria
 * Nuga Nuga National Park
 * Numby Numby
 * Tol Tol, Victoria
 * Willi Willi National Park
 * Wog Wog River
 * Wooli Wooli River
 * Lake Yamma Yamma
 * Yarra Yarra River

Vegaswikian (talk) 21:43, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Tribe
The Wakka Wakka is a tribe, not a place. Which list should it be recorded? Tabletop (talk) 08:22, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Tribe
The Wakka Wakka is a tribe, not a place. Which list should it be recorded? Tabletop (talk) 08:22, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Red link or black non-link
We have a mixture of both in this article. Recommend change all black to red. Downsize43 (talk) 03:32, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

Paraparap
The Darwin suburb of Parap was previously Paraparap. Doesn't quite belong here but worth a mention. If it could be restored it would be the longest palindromic placename in Australia. Quite euphonious too! Doug butler (talk) 13:13, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 2 one external links on List of reduplicated Australian place names. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20090519033602/http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+country+town+names+-+g to http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+country+town+names+-+g
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20081006235100/http://www.golgol-p.schools.nsw.edu.au:80/golgol.html to http://www.golgol-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/golgol.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.

Cheers.—cyberbot II  Talk to my owner :Online 08:31, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Wee Wee
This website talks of a Wee Wee Creek in NSW. Jimp 12:19, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 3 external links on List of reduplicated Australian place names. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History%2Bof%2Bcountry%2Btown%2Bnames%2B-%2Bg
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20140407085519/https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=4182 to https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=4182
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20140407085327/https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=4181 to https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=4181

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 04:27, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on List of reduplicated Australian place names. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20140204033523/http://www.onmydoorstep.com.au/heritage-listing/31077/bael-bael-homestead to http://www.onmydoorstep.com.au/heritage-listing/31077/bael-bael-homestead

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 00:51, 2 January 2018 (UTC)