Locations in Australia with a Scottish name

This is a list of placenames in Scotland which have subsequently been applied to parts of Australia by Scottish emigrants or explorers. == Australian Capital Territory == Campbell (Robert Campbell) Duntroon Fraser Lawson Macgregor Macquarie (Lachlan Macquarie) Moncrieff Stirling == New South Wales == Aberdeen Abermain Abernethy Appin Armidale (Armadale), suburbs include Ben Venue Balranald Ben Lomond Breadalbane Buchanan Campbelltown Carabost Cessnock Dalgety Dundee Duns Creek Fingal Bay (Fingal, Scottish form of Finn MacCool) Fingal Head Galston Glencoe Glendale Glen Innes and Glen Innes Severn Council Glenmore (now called Elsmore) Hamilton Inverell and Inverell Shire Invergowrie Largs Lismore Lithgow Lochinvar Lorn Maclean Maitland Mossgiel Mount Imlay Lake Macquarie City of Lake Macquarie Balmoral, New South Wales Macquarie Hills Paterson (William Paterson (explorer)) Pitnacree Scone Scotland Island Stuart Town Sutherland Sutherland Point Sutherland Shire Tweed River Tweed Heads Tweed Shire Tweed Valley Tweed Volcano Suburbs of Sydney Abbotford Alfords Point Airds Annandale (Annandale) Annangrove Balmain and Balmain East Balmoral Blair Athol Blairmount Bonnyrigg and Bonnyrigg Heights Busby Campbelltown Camperdown Castlecrag (by architect Walter Burley Griffin, who named the suburb after a towering crag of rock overlooking Middle Harbour, known locally as Edinburgh Castle) Cawdor Clyde Cowan Davidson, suburb in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney and Electoral district of Davidson, a seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Doonside Dundas and Dundas Valley Elderslie Erskineville Glenmore Park Glenorie Macdonaldtown Macquarie Fields Macquarie Links Macquarie Park Melrose Park Minto and Minto Heights Mount Annan Seaforth (Loch Seaforth, Isle of Lewis) Smeaton Grange Zetland == Northern Territory == Cape Crawford Douglas / Daly Esplanade Conservation Area Douglas Hot Springs (Tjuwaliyn) Nature Park Glen Helen Kintore Kintore Caves Nature Park MacDonnell Ranges Lake Mackay Point Stuart Coastal Reserve Stuart Highway Tennant Creek == Queensland == Abbotsford Abercorn Abergowrie Airdmillan Airlie Beach Albany Creek Alloway Alva, via Ayr Aramac (R. R. Mackenzie) Argyll Armstrong Beach Athol Ayr Balgowan Ballandean Ballogie Balmoral Ridge Balnagowan Bannockburn Barcaldine Barlyne Birnam (Scenic Rim Region) Birnam (Toowoomba Region) Blairmore Bogie Bon Accord, Queensland (Bon Accord, slogan of Aberdeen) Braemore, Queensland Breadalbane, Queensland Brisbane (Thomas Brisbane) Auchenflower Balmoral Hamilton Kelvin Grove (Kelvingrove Park) Kenmore and Kenmore Hills MacGregor (William MacGregor) Mackenzie Robertson Burnside Cairns (of Irish origin) Bellenden Ker Buchan Point Glen Boughton Gordonvale Macalister Range Campbell Creek Campbells Pocket Charlestown Clinton Closeburn Colinton Conondale Cowan Cowan Craiglie Craigslea, now part of Chermside Cromarty Crossdale Dalbeg (Dail Beag) Shire of Dalrymple Dalrymple Heights Shire of Dalrymple (former) Deuchar Shire of Douglas Dundas Dysart Esk and Esk Island Fraser Island (Eliza Fraser) Glen Allyn Glenbar Glencoe Glendale Glenella Glen Isla Glenroy Glenwood Gordonstone Gowrie Junction Gowrie Mountain Grahams Creek Haigslea (Douglas Haig) Hamilton Island Hazeldean Irvinebank Jardine Islet Kennedy Kilbirnie Kilcoy Kilkivan Lamington Lammermoor Landsborough (William Landsborough) Logan City McEwens Beach Mackay (See John Mackay (Australian Pioneer)) Mackay Region Mackay Harbour North Mackay Mackay City West Mackay South Mackay East Mackay North Mackay Maclagan Maleny Mitchell (Thomas Mitchell (explorer)) Molendinar (Molendinar Burn in Glasgow) Morayfield Moreton Bay, City of Moreton Bay and Moreton Island (James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton) Mount Dalrymple Murray Upper New Beith North Maclean Ormiston Pentland Port Douglas Ross River, principal river of Townsville Scotchy Pocket Sinclair Island Strathpine (Strath + pine) Tully Westmar == South Australia == Ardrossan Balgowan Bute Cockburn Edinburgh Hamilton Jamestown (James Fergusson) Keith Lochiel Maitland McLaren Vale Melrose Port Pirie Stenhouse Bay Stirling Strathalbyn Talisker Conservation Park (Talisker, Skye) Adelaide Suburbs Aberfoyle Park Athol Park, Blair Athol Burnside (named 1839 by Peter Anderson, a Scots migrant) Campbelltown Craigmore Edinburgh (RAAF Base Edinburgh) Glenalta Glenelg, Glenelg North and Glenelg South Glengowrie Glen Osmond Glenside Largs Bay and Largs North McLaren Flat and McLaren Vale Skye St Kilda Lobethal was known as Tweedvale for a number of years, due to the World Wars.

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Locations in Australia with a Scottish name

This is a list of placenames in Scotland which have subsequently been applied to parts of Australia by Scottish emigrants or explorers. == Australian Capital Territory == Campbell (Robert Campbell) Duntroon Fraser Lawson Macgregor Macquarie (Lachlan Macquarie) Moncrieff Stirling == New South Wales == Aberdeen Abermain Abernethy Appin Armidale (Armadale), suburbs include Ben Venue Balranald Ben Lomond Breadalbane Buchanan Campbelltown Carabost Cessnock Dalgety Dundee Duns Creek Fingal Bay (Fingal, Scottish form of Finn MacCool) Fingal Head Galston Glencoe Glendale Glen Innes and Glen Innes Severn Council Glenmore (now called Elsmore) Hamilton Inverell and Inverell Shire Invergowrie Largs Lismore Lithgow Lochinvar Lorn Maclean Maitland Mossgiel Mount Imlay Lake Macquarie City of Lake Macquarie Balmoral, New South Wales Macquarie Hills Paterson (William Paterson (explorer)) Pitnacree Scone Scotland Island Stuart Town Sutherland Sutherland Point Sutherland Shire Tweed River Tweed Heads Tweed Shire Tweed Valley Tweed Volcano Suburbs of Sydney Abbotford Alfords Point Airds Annandale (Annandale) Annangrove Balmain and Balmain East Balmoral Blair Athol Blairmount Bonnyrigg and Bonnyrigg Heights Busby Campbelltown Camperdown Castlecrag (by architect Walter Burley Griffin, who named the suburb after a towering crag of rock overlooking Middle Harbour, known locally as Edinburgh Castle) Cawdor Clyde Cowan Davidson, suburb in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney and Electoral district of Davidson, a seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Doonside Dundas and Dundas Valley Elderslie Erskineville Glenmore Park Glenorie Macdonaldtown Macquarie Fields Macquarie Links Macquarie Park Melrose Park Minto and Minto Heights Mount Annan Seaforth (Loch Seaforth, Isle of Lewis) Smeaton Grange Zetland == Northern Territory == Cape Crawford Douglas / Daly Esplanade Conservation Area Douglas Hot Springs (Tjuwaliyn) Nature Park Glen Helen Kintore Kintore Caves Nature Park MacDonnell Ranges Lake Mackay Point Stuart Coastal Reserve Stuart Highway Tennant Creek == Queensland == Abbotsford Abercorn Abergowrie Airdmillan Airlie Beach Albany Creek Alloway Alva, via Ayr Aramac (R. R. Mackenzie) Argyll Armstrong Beach Athol Ayr Balgowan Ballandean Ballogie Balmoral Ridge Balnagowan Bannockburn Barcaldine Barlyne Birnam (Scenic Rim Region) Birnam (Toowoomba Region) Blairmore Bogie Bon Accord, Queensland (Bon Accord, slogan of Aberdeen) Braemore, Queensland Breadalbane, Queensland Brisbane (Thomas Brisbane) Auchenflower Balmoral Hamilton Kelvin Grove (Kelvingrove Park) Kenmore and Kenmore Hills MacGregor (William MacGregor) Mackenzie Robertson Burnside Cairns (of Irish origin) Bellenden Ker Buchan Point Glen Boughton Gordonvale Macalister Range Campbell Creek Campbells Pocket Charlestown Clinton Closeburn Colinton Conondale Cowan Cowan Craiglie Craigslea, now part of Chermside Cromarty Crossdale Dalbeg (Dail Beag) Shire of Dalrymple Dalrymple Heights Shire of Dalrymple (former) Deuchar Shire of Douglas Dundas Dysart Esk and Esk Island Fraser Island (Eliza Fraser) Glen Allyn Glenbar Glencoe Glendale Glenella Glen Isla Glenroy Glenwood Gordonstone Gowrie Junction Gowrie Mountain Grahams Creek Haigslea (Douglas Haig) Hamilton Island Hazeldean Irvinebank Jardine Islet Kennedy Kilbirnie Kilcoy Kilkivan Lamington Lammermoor Landsborough (William Landsborough) Logan City McEwens Beach Mackay (See John Mackay (Australian Pioneer)) Mackay Region Mackay Harbour North Mackay Mackay City West Mackay South Mackay East Mackay North Mackay Maclagan Maleny Mitchell (Thomas Mitchell (explorer)) Molendinar (Molendinar Burn in Glasgow) Morayfield Moreton Bay, City of Moreton Bay and Moreton Island (James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton) Mount Dalrymple Murray Upper New Beith North Maclean Ormiston Pentland Port Douglas Ross River, principal river of Townsville Scotchy Pocket Sinclair Island Strathpine (Strath + pine) Tully Westmar == South Australia == Ardrossan Balgowan Bute Cockburn Edinburgh Hamilton Jamestown (James Fergusson) Keith Lochiel Maitland McLaren Vale Melrose Port Pirie Stenhouse Bay Stirling Strathalbyn Talisker Conservation Park (Talisker, Skye) Adelaide Suburbs Aberfoyle Park Athol Park, Blair Athol Burnside (named 1839 by Peter Anderson, a Scots migrant) Campbelltown Craigmore Edinburgh (RAAF Base Edinburgh) Glenalta Glenelg, Glenelg North and Glenelg South Glengowrie Glen Osmond Glenside Largs Bay and Largs North McLaren Flat and McLaren Vale Skye St Kilda Lobethal was known as Tweedvale for a number of years, due to the World Wars.

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