Australian Gazetteer of Authorized Place Names

Australia's authoritative gazetteer provides over 300,000 approved place names for the mainland, external territories, and offshore areas to the 3-mile marine limit. The 2010 release was compiled by Geoscience Australia's Geospatial and Earth Monitoring Division on behalf of the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia. Data is sourced from Australian state, territory, and federal government agencies.

Use Cases

• Mapping official place names and their geographic coordinates for cartographic applications.
• Validating the spelling and location of place names in Australian address databases.
• Analyzing the distribution of named geographic features across Australian states and territories.
• Providing authoritative location references for geocoding systems targeting Australian geography.

Strengths

• Contains over 300,000 place names as of the 2010 release.
• Compiled from authoritative state, territory, and federal government sources.
• Covers Australia's mainland, external territories, and offshore areas to a 3-mile marine limit.

Limitations

• Data is from a 2010 release and may not reflect recent name changes or additions.
• The Australian Antarctic Territory is explicitly excluded from coverage.
• Sample data and specific column details like coordinates are unavailable for review.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia's Geospatial and Earth Monitoring Division, on behalf of the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia.

Collection Method

Compiled from data provided by Australian state and territory jurisdictions and federal agencies.

Time Range

Snapshot from the 2010 release.

Freshness

Last platform update was 2026-04-04, but the core data release is from 2010.

Geography

Australia's mainland, external territories (except Australian Antarctic Territory), and offshore areas to the 3-mile marine limit.