Gazetteer of Australia

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2022}}

{{Short description|Dictionary of location and spelling of geographical names in Australia}}

The Gazetteer of Australia is an index or dictionary of the location and spelling of geographical names across Australia. Geographic names include towns, suburbs and roads, plus geographical features such as hills, rivers, and lakes.

The index is compiled by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM) from determinations made by state, territory, and Australian government agencies.

The authorities that work on geographic names in Australia are as follows:

• Australian Capital Territory - National Memorials Committee - National Memorials Ordinance 1928[http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/maps_land_survey/place_names/place_names_committee ACT Place Names Committee] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419123726/http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/maps_land_survey/place_names/place_names_committee |date=2013-04-19 }}
• New South Wales - Geographical Names Board of New South Wales[http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/ Geographical Names Board of New South Wales] - [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act//gna1966158/ Geographical Names Act, 1966]
• Northern Territory - Place Names Committee for the Northern Territory - Place Names Act 1978{{Cite web |url=http://www.nt.gov.au/placenames/ |title=Place Names Committee for the Northern Territory |access-date=2014-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114175734/http://www.nt.gov.au/placenames/ |archive-date=2011-11-14 |url-status=dead }}
• Queensland - Department of Natural Resources and Mines manages Queensland place names - Queensland Place Names Act 1988[http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/property/place_names.html Queensland place names] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304114552/http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/property/place_names.html |date=2013-03-04 }}
• South Australia - Geographical Names Board of South Australia - Act 101 1969[http://www.placenames.sa.gov.au/ Place Names SA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517083043/http://www.placenames.sa.gov.au/ |date=2008-05-17 }}
• Tasmania - Nomenclature Board of Tasmania - Survey Co-ordination Act 1944 amendments of 1955 and 1964[http://www.thelist.tas.gov.au/ The List]
• Victoria - Place Names Committee - Survey Co-ordination (Place Names) Act 1965, updated to Geographic Place Names Act 1998{{cite web|title=VICNAMES |url=http://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/ |work=Land.vic.gov.au |publisher=State of Victoria |access-date=31 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019160409/http://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/ |archive-date=19 October 2011 }}[http://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/ VICNAMES] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019160409/http://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/ |date=2011-10-19 }}
• Western Australia - Geographic Names Committee{{cite web|title=Geographic Names Committee |url=http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/Geographic+Names+Committee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611150232/http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/Geographic+Names+Committee |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 June 2007 |work=Landgate |access-date=31 October 2011 }}[http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/Western+Australian+Place+Names+and+Addressing Western Australian Place Names and Addressing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622145427/http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/Western%20Australian%20Place%20Names%20and%20Addressing |date=2013-06-22 }} - Land Administration Act 1997{{cite web|title=Legislation that supports geographic naming procedures |url=http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/Legislation+That+Supports+Geographic+Naming+Procedures |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901015032/http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/Legislation+That+Supports+Geographic+Naming+Procedures |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 September 2007 |work=Landgate |access-date=31 October 2011 }} (originally the Nomenclature Advisory Committee, appointed in 1936)

As of January 2012, there are 370,000 place names in Australia. These are searchable in an online database hosted by Geoscience Australia and the entire data set can be downloaded [http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/76695 here].