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Gazetteer

Gazetteer of Australia 2008 Release

The Gazetteer of Australia is a database of Australia’s place names.

CGNA, with the assistance of National Mapping and Information Group, of Geoscience Australia, has produced the 2008 release of the Gazetteer of Australia.

It contains place names derived from the:

  • Official Register of Geographic Names / Gazetteers which are maintined by each Australian State and Territory


  • Official offshore undersea feature gazetteer maintained by the Australian Hydrographic Service (Department of Defence)


  • Official Antarctic place names gazetteer maintained by the Australian Antarctic Division


  • Unofficial place names (eg homesteads) supplied by Geoscience Australia and other organisations involved with topographic mapping

More information about the source Registers/Gazetteers is obtainable by following the links on this page: Gazetteers and Other Useful Links.

Place name data within the 2008 release is current to late-2007.  The following documents and files can be downloaded to provide more information about the Gazetteer of Australia:


link to Gazetteer of Australia The Gazetteer of Australia is also viewable on the Geoscience Australia 'Place Names Search' web page at: http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/
link to MapConnect It is also an integral part of Geoscience Australia's MapConnect.  This package allows you to preview, interrogate and download 1:250,000 scale topographic mapping over Australia.

Queries about the Gazetteer of Australia should be made to:
Geoscience Australia Sales Centre.

ICSM would appreciate your comments about this product and suggestions for making the product more closely meet your specific requirements.

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