Scottish place names in Australia

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

Australian Capital Territory

* Campbell, Australian Capital Territory (Robert Campbell)
* Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory
* Fraser, Australian Capital Territory
* Lawson, Australian Capital Territory
* Macgregor, Australian Capital Territory
* Macquarie, Australian Capital Territory (Lachlan Macquarie)
* Moncrieff, Australian Capital Territory
* Stirling, Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

*Appin, New South Wales
*Armidale, New South Wales (Armadale), suburbs include "Ben Venue"
*Ben Lomond
*Breadalbane, New South Wales
*Campbelltown
*Fingal Bay, New South Wales (Fingal, Scottish form of Finn MacCool)
*Fingal Head (New South Wales) (Fingal, Scottish form of Finn MacCool)
*Hamilton
*Glencoe, New South Wales
*Glen Innes & Glen Innes Severn Council
*Glenmore (now called "Elsmore")
*Inverell & Inverell Shire
*Invergowrie
*Lismore
*Lithgow
*Maitland
*Mossgiel, New South Wales
* Suburbs of Newcastle (not a Scottish name)
** Abernethy, New South Wales
** Balmoral, New South Wales (Lake Macquarie)
** Buchanan, New South Wales
** City of Lake Macquarie
** Cessnock
** Duninald
** Duns Creek, New South Wales
** Glendale, New South Wales
** Largs, New South Wales
** Lochinvar, New South Wales
** Lorn, New South Wales
** Macquarie Hills, New South Wales
** Paterson, New South Wales (William Paterson (explorer))
** Pitnacree, New South Wales
*Tweed River
**Tweed Heads, New South Wales
**Tweed Shire Council
**Tweed Valley
**Tweed Volcano
*Scone
*Scotland Island, New South Wales
*Stuart Town
*Sutherland Point
*Sutherland Shire (defunct name)

*Suburbs of Sydney
**Abbotford
**Alfords Point, New South Wales
**Airds, New South Wales
**Annandale, New South Wales (Annandale)
**Annangrove, New South Wale
**Balmain & Balmain East
**Balmoral, New South Wales
**Blair Athol, New South Wales
**Blairmount, New South Wales
**Bonnyrigg Heights, New South Wales
**Bonnyrigg, New South Wales
**Busby, New South Wales
**Campbelltown, New South Wales
**Camperdown, New South Wales
**Castlecrag, New South Wales (by architect Walter Burley Griffin, who named the suburb after a towering crag of rock overlooking Middle Harbour, known locally as Edinburgh Castle)
**Cawdor, New South Wales
**Clyde, New South Wales
**Cowan, New South Wales
**Davidson, New South Wales, suburb in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney
**Electoral district of Davidson, a seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
**Doonside, New South Wales
**Dundas, New South Wales
**Dundas Valley, New South Wales
**Elderslie, New South Wales
**Erskineville, New South Wales
**Glenmore Park, New South Wales
**Glenorie, New South Wales
**Macdonaldtown, New South Wales
**Macquarie Fields, New South Wales
**Macquarie Links, New South Wales
**Macquarie Park, New South Wales
**Melrose Park, New South Wales
**Minto, New South Wales
**Minto Heights, New South Wales
**Mount Annan, New South Wales
**North Seaforth, New South Wales (Loch Seaforth, Isle of Lewis)
**Seaforth, New South Wales
**Smeaton Grange, New South Wales
**Zetland, New South Wales (Zetland

Northern Territory

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

Queensland

* Abbotsford, Queensland
* Abercorn, Queensland
* Abergowrie, Queensland
* Airdmillan, Queensland
* Albany Creek, Queensland
* Alloway, Queensland
* Alva, Queensland
* Argyll, Queensland
* Armstrong Beach, Queensland
* Athol, Queensland
* Auchenflower, Queensland
*Ayr
*Balgowan, Queensland
*Ballandean, Queensland
*Ballogie, Queensland
*Balmoral Ridge, Queensland
*Balnagowan, Queensland
*Bannockburn, Queensland
*Barlyne, Queensland
*Birnam, Queensland
*Blairmore, Queensland
*Bogie, Queensland
*Bon Accord, Queensland (Bon Accord, slogan of Aberdeen)
*Braemore, Queensland
*Breadalbane, Queensland
* Brisbane (Thomas Brisbane)
** Balmoral, Queensland
** Hamilton, Queensland
** Kelvin Grove, Queensland (Kelvingrove Park)
** Kenmore, Queensland
** Kenmore Hills, Queensland
** Macgregor, Queensland (William MacGregor)
** Mackenzie, Queensland
* Campbell Creek, Queensland
* Charlestown, Queensland
* Clinton, Queensland
* Closeburn, Queensland
* Colinton, Queensland
* Conondale, Queensland
* Cowan Cowan, Queensland
* Craiglie, Queensland
* Craigslea, Queensland
* Cromarty, Queensland
* Crossdale, Queensland
* Dalbeg, Queensland (Dail Beag)
*Dalrymple Heights, Queensland
*Deuchar, Queensland
*Dysart
*Esk
*Esk Island
*Fraser Island (Eliza Fraser)
*Jardine Islet (Queensland)
*Kenmore
*Kilbirnie
*Logan
*Tully
*Mackay (See John Mackay (Australian Pioneer))
**Mackay Harbour
**North Mackay
**Mackay City
**West Mackay
**South Mackay
**East Mackay
**North Mackay
**Foulden, Queensland
**Glenella, Queensland
*Maclagan, Queensland
*Moreton Bay (James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton)
*Moreton Island
*Sinclair Island (Queensland)

South Australia

*Ardrossan, South Australia
*Balgowan, South Australia
*Bute, South Australia
*Cockburn, South Australia
*Hamilton, South Australia
*Keith
*Lochiel, South Australia
*Maitland, South Australia
*McLaren Vale
*Melrose
*Port Pirie, South Australia
*Stenhouse Bay, South Australia
*Stirling
*Talisker Conservation Park (Talisker, Skye)

*Adelaide Suburbs
**Aberfoyle Park, South Australia
**Athol Park, South Australia
**Blair Athol, South Australia
**Burnside (named 1839 by Peter Anderson, a Scots migrant)
**Campbelltown, South Australia
**Craigmore, South Australia
**Edinburgh, South Australia (RAAF Base Edinburgh)
**Glenalta, South Australia
**Glenelg North, South Australia
**Glenelg South, South Australia
**Glenelg, South Australia
**Glengowrie, South Australia
**Glen Osmond, South Australia
**Glenside, South Australia
**Largs Bay, South Australia
**Largs North, South Australia
**McLaren Flat, South Australia
**McLaren Vale
**Skye, South Australia
**St Kilda, South Australia

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

Tasmania

*Aberdeen, Tasmania
*Ben Lomond
*Breadalbane, Tasmania
*Calder, Tasmania
*Campbell Town, Tasmania
*Currie, Tasmania
*Douglas River
*Dysart, Tasmania
*Elderslie, Tasmania
*Fingal, Tasmania
*Forth, Tasmania
*Glen Dhu, Tasmania (Glen Dhu = Gleann Dubh - black glen)
*Glengarry, Tasmania
*Gordon, Tasmania
*Gowrie Park
*Granton, Tasmania
*Gretna, Tasmania
*Invermay, Tasmania
*Killiekrankie, Tasmania
*Lachlan, Tasmania
*Leith, Tasmania
*Macquarie, Tasmania
*Macquarie Island, Tasmania
*Macquarie Plains, Tasmania
*Melrose, Tasmania
*Mount Murchison (Tasmania)
*Perth, Tasmania
*North Esk River
*South Esk River
*Strathblane, Tasmania
*Upper Esk, Tasmania

*Suburbs of Hobart-Glenorchy-
**Firthside, Tasmania ("Firth")
**Glenorchy & City of Glenorchy
**Granton, Tasmania
**Howden, Tasmania
**Lauderdale, Tasmania
**Montrose, Tasmania

=Victoria=

*Aberfeldy, Victoria
*Ardeer, Victoria
*Bairnsdale, Victoria (corruption of Bernisdale in Skye)
*Bannockburn, Victoria
*Bonnie Doon, Victoria
*Buchan, Victoria
*Cardross, Victoria
*Cassilis, Victoria
*Clunes, Victoria
*Clyde, Victoria
*Don Valley, Victoria (Strathdon)
*Donald, Victoria
*Dunkeld, Victoria
*Ensay, Victoria
*Glenburn, Victoria
*Glenmaggie, Victoria
*Glenrowan, Victoria
*Glenthompson, Victoria
*Grampians National Park, home of the Grampian mountain range,
*Hamilton, Victoria
*Invergordon, Victoria
*Inverloch, Victoria
*Jamieson, Victoria
*Kilmore, Victoria
*Lorne, Victoria
*Niddrie
*Rutherglen, Victoria
*Saint Andrews, Victoria
*St. Kilda
*Scotsburn, Victoria
*Skye
*Strathbogie, Victoria
*Strathmerton, Victoria
*Strathmore

*Melbourne Suburbs
**Abbotsford, Victoria
**Aberfeldie, Victoria
**Armadale, Victoria
**Arthurs Seat, Victoria (Arthur's Seat)
**Baxter, Victoria
**Blairgowrie, Victoria
**Cairnlea, Victoria
**Calder Park, Victoria
**Carnegie, Victoria
**Craigieburn, Victoria
**Dallas, Victoria
**Glen Eira
**Glen Huntly, Victoria
**Glen Iris, Victoria
**Glen Waverley, Victoria (tribute to Scott, cf Ivanhoe, Victoria)
**Glenroy, Victoria
**Kilsyth, Victoria
**Knoxfield, Victoria
**Macleod, Victoria
**McCrae, Victoria
**McKinnon, Victoria
**Montrose, Victoria
**St Kilda East, Victoria

Ivanhoe, Victoria is named after the Walter Scott novel, "Ivanhoe".

Western Australia

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

ee also

* Scottish place names in Canada
* Scottish place names in New Zealand
* Scottish place names in the United States
* English place names in Australia
* Australian place names changed from German names