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This is a list of places named after famous people in Australia:

• Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
• Alice Springs, Northern Territory – Alice Todd, wife of astronomer Charles Todd
• Augusta, Western Australia – Princess Augusta Sophia
• Bacchus Marsh, Victoria – William Bacchus, early resident
• Banks, Australian Capital Territory – Joseph Banks
• Bankstown, New South Wales – Joseph Banks
• Bathurst, New South Wales – Henry Bathurst
• Bendigo, Victoria – William Abednego Thompson indirectly
• Berry, New South Wales – Alexander Berry
• Bentleigh, Victoria – Thomas Bent
• Bicheno, Tasmania – James Ebenezer Bicheno
• Blackall, Queensland – Samuel Blackall
• Blaxland, New South Wales – Gregory Blaxland
• Bligh Park – William Bligh
• Bonner, Australian Capital Territory – Neville Bonner
• Bonython, Australian Capital Territory – John Bonython
• Bourke, New South Wales – Richard Bourke
• Bowen, Queensland – George Bowen
• Brisbane, Queensland – Thomas Brisbane
• Broome, Western Australia – Frederick Broome
• Bruce, Australian Capital Territory – Stanley Bruce
• Brunswick, Victoria – Caroline, Duchess of Brunswick
• Bunbury, Western Australia – Lieutenant Henry Bunbury
• Burnie, Tasmania – William Burnie, director of Van Diemen's Land company in the early 1840s
• Busselton, Western Australia – John Bussell
• Byron Bay, New South Wales – John Byron
• Cairns, Queensland – William Cairns
• Callaghan, New South Wales – Bede Callaghan
• Calwell, Australian Capital Territory – Arthur Calwell
• Casey, Australian Capital Territory – Richard Casey
• Chapman, Australian Capital Territory – Austin Chapman
• Chermside, Queensland – Herbert Chermside
• Chifley, Australian Capital Territory – Ben Chifey
• Chisholm, Australian Capital Territory – Caroline Chisholm
• Collie, Western Australia – Alexander Collie
• Conder, Australian Capital Territory – Charles Conder
• Cook, Australian Capital Territory – Joseph Cook
• Coombs, Australian Capital Territory – Herbert Coombs
• Cooktown, Queensland – James Cook
• Curtin, Australian Capital Territory – John Curtin
• Daglish, Western Australia – Henry Daglish
• Darling Point, New South Wales – Eliza, Lady Darling
• Darwin, Northern Territory – Charles Darwin
• Duffy, Australian Capital Territory – Charles Duffy
• Dunlop, Australian Capital Territory – Weary Dunlop
• Eden, New South Wales – George Eden
• Elizabeth, South Australia – Elizabeth II
• Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales – Elizabeth Macquarie
• Elizabeth Town, Tasmania – Elizabeth II
• Evatt, Australian Capital Territory – Herbert Vere Evatt
• Fadden, Australian Capital Territory – Arthur Fadden
• Farrer, Australian Capital Territory – William Farrer
• Fawkner, Victoria – John Pascoe Fawkner
• Fisher, Australian Capital Territory – Andrew Fisher
• Fitzroy, Victoria – Charles Augustus FitzRoy
• Flinders, Victoria – Matthew Flinders
• Flynn, Australian Capital Territory – John Flynn
• Forbes, New South Wales – Francis Forbes
• Forde, Australian Capital Territory – Frank Forde
• Franklin, Australian Capital Territory – Miles Franklin
• Fraser, Australian Capital Territory – Jim Fraser
• Fremantle, Western Australia – Charles Fremantle
• Garran, Australian Capital Territory – Robert Garran
• Gawler, South Australia – George Gawler
• Geraldton, Western Australia – Charles Fitzgerald
• Gilmore, Australian Capital Territory – Mary Gilmore
• Gordon, Australian Capital Territory – Adam Lindsay Gordon
• Gore Hill – William Gore
• Gosford, New South Wales – Earl of Gosford
• Goulburn, New South Wales – Henry Goulburn
• Gowrie, Australian Capital Territory – Earl of Gowrie
• Grafton, New South Wales – Duke of Grafton
• Greenway, Australian Capital Territory – Francis Greenway
• Harrison, Australian Capital Territory – Peter Harrison
• Harvey, Western Australia – John Harvey
• Hawker, Australian Capital Territory – Charles Hawker
• Healesville, Victoria – Richard Heales
• Henderson, Western Australia – Reginald Henderson
• Hervey Bay, Queensland – Augustus John Hervey
• Higgins, Australian Capital Territory – Henry Bournes Higgins
• Hobart, Tasmania – Lord Hobart
• Holbrook, New South Wales – Norman Douglas Holbrook
• Holder, Australian Capital Territory – Frederick Holder
• Holt, Australian Capital Territory – Harold Holt
• Hughes, Australian Capital Territory – Billy Hughes
• Hume, Australian Capital Territory – Hamilton Hume
• Huskisson, New South Wales – William Huskisson
• Isaacs, Australian Capital Territory – Isaac Isaacs
• Jervis Bay, New South Wales – John Jervis
• Kenny, Australian Capital Territory – Elizabeth Kenny
• La Perouse, New South Wales – Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse
• Lake Macquarie, New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie
• Lalor, Victoria – Peter Lalor (indirectly – via Peter Lalor Home-Building Cooperative Society)
• Landsborough, Queensland – William Landsborough
• Latham, Australian Capital Territory – John Latham
• Laverton, Western Australia – Doctor Charles Laver
• Lawson, Australian Capital Territory – Henry Lawson
• Lawson, New South Wales – William Lawson
• Leichhardt, New South Wales – Ludwig Leichhardt
• Leichhardt, Queensland – Ludwig Leichhardt
• Lithgow, New South Wales – William Lithgow
• Lorne, Victoria – John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Lorne
• Lyons, Australian Capital Territory – Joseph Lyons
• Macarthur, Australian Capital Territory – John Macarthur
• Mackay, Queensland – John Mackay
• Macquarie, Australian Capital Territory – Lachlan Macquarie
• Macnamara, Australian Capital Territory – Jean Macnamara
• MacGregor, Australian Capital Territory – William MacGregor
• Mawson, Australian Capital Territory – Douglas Mawson
• Mawson Lakes, South Australia – Douglas Mawson
• McKellar, Australian Capital Territory – Colin McKellar
• Melba, Australian Capital Territory – Nellie Melba
• Melbourne, Victoria – William Lamb, Lord Melbourne
• Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory – Thomas Mitchell
• Monash, Australian Capital Territory – John Monash
• Moncrieff, Australian Capital Territory – Gladys Moncrieff
• Morisset, New South Wales – James Morisset
• Mosman, New South Wales – Archibald Mosman
• Mount Gambier, South Australia – James Gambier
• Mount Hotham, Victoria – Charles Hotham
• Mount Lawley, Western Australia – Arthur Lawley
• Mulgrave, New South Wales – Baron Mulgrave
• Nicholls, Australian Capital Territory – Douglas Nicholls
• O'Connor, Australian Capital Territory – Richard O'Connor
• O'Connor, Western Australia – Charles Yelverton O'Connor
• O'Malley, Australian Capital Territory – King O'Malley
• Oxley, Australian Capital Territory – John Oxley
• Padbury, Western Australia – Walter Padbury
• Page, Australian Capital Territory – Earle Page
• Pagewood, New South Wales – Fred Page
• Parkes, Australian Capital Territory – Henry Parkes
• Parkes, New South Wales – Henry Parkes
• Pascoe Vale, Victoria – John Pascoe Fawkner
• Pearce, Australian Capital Territory – George Pearce
• Phillip, Australian Capital Territory – Arthur Phillip
• Picton, New South Wales – Thomas Picton
• Potts Point, New South Wales – Joseph Hyde Potts
• Queens Park, Western Australia – Queen Alexandra
• Reid, Australian Capital Territory – George Reid
• Richardson, Australian Capital Territory – Henry Richardson
• Rivett, Australian Capital Territory – David Rivett
• Roebourne, Western Australia – John Septimus Roe
• Sackville, New South Wales – Viscount Sackville
• Scoresby, Victoria – William Scoresby
• Scottsdale, Tasmania – James Scott
• Scullin, Australian Capital Territory – James Scullin
• Seddon, Victoria – Richard Seddon
• Shepparton, Victoria – Sherbourne Sheppard, squatter
• Spence, Australian Capital Territory – William Spence
• Spotswood, Victoria – Louisa Spotswood, wife of Richard Seddon
• Stirling, Australian Capital Territory – James Stirling
• Stirling, Western Australia – James Stirling
• Sturt, South Australia – Captain Charles Sturt
• Sutherland, New South Wales, – Forby Sutherland
• Sydney, New South Wales – Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
• Symonston, Australian Capital Territory – Josiah Symon
• Taylor, Australian Capital Territory – Florence Taylor
• Theodore, Australian Capital Territory – Ted Theodore
• Throsby, Australian Capital Territory – Charles Throsby
• Tom Price, Western Australia – Thomas Moore Price
• Torrens, Australian Capital Territory – Robert Torrens
• Townsville, Queensland – Robert Towns
• Truganina, Victoria – Truganini
• Tullamarine, Victoria – Tullamareena
• Turner, Australian Capital Territory – George Turner
• Watson, Australian Capital Territory – Chris Watson
• Watsons Bay, New South Wales – Robert Watson
• Wellington, New South Wales – Duke of Wellington
• Wentworth, New South Wales – William Wentworth
• Wentworth Falls, New South Wales – William Wentworth
• Weston, Australian Capital Territory – Edward Weston
• Whitlam, Australian Capital Territory – Gough Whitlam
• Williamstown, Victoria – William IV
• Wisemans Ferry, New South Wales – Solomon Wiseman
• Wollstonecraft, New South Wales – Edward Wollstonecraft
• Wonga Park, Victoria – Simon Wonga
• Wright, Australian Capital Territory – Judith Wright
• Young, New South Wales – John Young

See also

• List of places named after people

References

1. Cockburn, Rodney (1990). South Australia: What's in a Name? (PDF) (3rd ed.). Axiom. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
2. Alice Springs (town) Northern Territory Government Place Names Register Retrieved 9 June 2020.
3. "Swan River". The Hobart Town Courier. 14 August 1830. p. 2. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

• Lists of places named after people by country
• Lists of places in Australia