Australian Gazetteer: Over 300,000 Official Place Names
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Description
Australia's authoritative source for official place names, covering the mainland, external territories, and offshore areas to the 3-mile marine limit. The 2010 release consists of over 300,000 place names compiled by Geoscience Australia from state, territory, and federal government sources. It is maintained on behalf of the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia.
Use Cases
Geocoding and reverse geocoding based on the collection of over 300,000 official place names.
Map and cartographic production based on authoritative location and spelling data.
Spatial data validation and standardization based on the gazetteer's role as the official national source.
Historical or administrative research based on place names sourced from multiple Australian jurisdictions.
Strengths
Contains over 300,000 place names from the 2010 release.
Serves as the authoritative national data source for Australian place names.
Compiled from official state, territory, and federal government jurisdictions.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Last updated 2026-04-16 10:05:10.557756; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
Source
Geoscience Australia, on behalf of the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia.
Collection Method
Compiled from State and Territory jurisdictions (ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA) and Australian Government agencies.
Time Range
2010 release.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-04-16 10:05:10.557756
Geography
Australian mainland, external territories (except Australian Antarctic Territory), and offshore areas to the 3-mile marine limit.
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