Australian Gazetteer: Over 300,000 Official Place Names

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.