From Abbotsford to Zillmere, Australian Place Names is a fascinating guide to the meanings and origins of more than 2000 of Australia’s best-known place names.
Almost three-quarters of Australia’s place names are derived from Aboriginal words, and in recent years some names have reverted to their Aboriginal form, the best known being Uluṟu for Ayers Rock. But many others are named for people and locations well-known in distant Great Britain during colonial times.
