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Place name search

Street names - a snap shot of Australia's history at your fingertips.

Select one or more criteria and click "Find" Category: Male? Female?   Theme: Any theme ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE ABORIGINAL TRIBE ACTING AGRICULTURE ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION ARCHITECTURE ARMED SERVICES ART ASTRONOMY ATHLETICS AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY HOMESTEAD AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY LAKE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY MOUNTAIN AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY PIONEER AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY RIVER AVIATION BASKETBALL BOTANY BOXING BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BUSINESS CANBERRAN CAPITALS OF AUSTRALIA CIVILIAN WAR EFFORT CLERGY COMMONWEALTH COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA CRICKET CYCLING Community DAM AND RESERVOIR DIPLOMAT EARLY ACT RESIDENTS EARLY SETTLEMENT ECONOMY EDUCATION ENGINEERING EQUESTRIAN EXPLORATION FILM FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD FLEETS FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE FOOTBALL GEOGRAPHY REGION GEOLOGY GOLF GOVERNOR GOVERNOR MACQUARIE GRIFFIN'S ORIGINAL PLAN HISTORICAL NAME HOMESTEAD HORSE RACING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INDUSTRIAL LOCATION INDUSTRY INDUSTRY INTERSTATE PIONEER INVENTION INVENTOR ISLAND JOURNALIST JUDICIARY LAKE LEGAL PROFESSION LEGISLATOR LITERATURE MARINER MAYOR MEDICINE MINING MISSIONARY MOTOR RACING MOUNTAIN MUSIC NAMED BEFORE THEMES ADOPTED NATIONAL PARK NATIVE FAUNA NATURAL HISTORY NEW SOUTH WALES LAKE NEW SOUTH WALES MOUNTAIN NEW SOUTH WALES PARISH NEW SOUTH WALES PIONEER NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICIAN NEW SOUTH WALES RIVER NORTHERN TERRITORY LAKE NORTHERN TERRITORY MOUNTAIN NORTHERN TERRITORY PASTORAL STATION NORTHERN TERRITORY RIVER NURSING PARISH PHILANTHROPIST PIONEER POETRY POLITICS PREMIER PRIME MINISTER PUBLIC SERVANT QUEENSLAND LAKE QUEENSLAND MOUNTAIN QUEENSLAND PIONEER QUEENSLAND POLITICIAN QUEENSLAND RIVER RIVER ROWING SCIENCE SOCIAL REFORM SONG SOUTH AUSTRALIA SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LAKE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MOUNTAIN SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PIONEER SOUTH AUSTRALIAN POLITICIAN SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RIVER SPORT SURVEYOR SWIMMING TASMANIAN ISLAND TASMANIAN LAKE TASMANIAN LOCATION TASMANIAN MOUNTAIN TASMANIAN PIONEER TASMANIAN POLITICIAN TASMANIAN RIVER TASMANIAN TOWN TENNIS TOWN PLANNER TRADE UNION UNKNOWN VICTORIAN LAKE VICTORIAN MOUNTAIN VICTORIAN PIONEER VICTORIAN POLITICIAN VICTORIAN RIVER VICTORIAN TOWN WESTERN AUSTRALIA MOUNTAIN WESTERN AUSTRALIA RIVER WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LAKE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PIONEER WOOL INDUSTRY Keyword:

Canberra's suburb and street names present an interesting mosaic of Australia's local and national high achievers, its geography, heritage and history. Some of the people commemorated are well known, whilst others made their mark as quiet achievers. Our Indigenous heritage, Australian geography and history are all drawn together and reflected in the National Capital's place names. In 1927, the Canberra National Memorials Committee, in a report to the Federal Parliament on the Naming of Canberra's Streets and Suburbs, proposed that street names in Canberra's suburbs follow a theme. This policy (one of the oldest in the ACT) has been followed to this day. Using this tool, you can find information about the founding colonial days and efforts of latter day heroes. You may also discover a family connection to a person commemorated in our street names.

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