List of Australian repeated place names
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These names are examples of reduplication
, a common theme in Australian toponymy
, especially in names derived from Indigenous Australian languages such as Wiradjuri
. Reduplication is often used as an intensifier such as "Wagga Wagga" many crows and "Tilba Tilba" many waters.
The phenomenon has been the subject of interest in popular culture, including the song by Australian folk singer Greg Champion
, Don't Call Wagga Wagga Wagga. British comedian Spike Milligan
, an erstwhile resident of Woy Woy, once wrote "Woy it is called Woy Woy Oi will never know".
Reduplication
Reduplication in linguistics is a morphological process in which the root or stem of a word is repeated exactly or with a slight change....
, a common theme in Australian toponymy
Toponymy
Toponymy is the scientific study of place names , their origins, meanings, use and typology. The word "toponymy" is derived from the Greek words tópos and ónoma . Toponymy is itself a branch of onomastics, the study of names of all kinds...
, especially in names derived from Indigenous Australian languages such as Wiradjuri
Wiradjuri language
Wiradjuri is a Pama–Nyungan language of the Wiradhuric subgroup. It was the traditional language of the Wiradjuri people of Australia, but is no longer in general use. The process of reclaiming the language was greatly assisted by the publication in 2005 of A First Wiradjuri Dictionary by elder...
. Reduplication is often used as an intensifier such as "Wagga Wagga" many crows and "Tilba Tilba" many waters.
The phenomenon has been the subject of interest in popular culture, including the song by Australian folk singer Greg Champion
Greg Champion
Greg Champion is an Australian songwriter, guitarist, radio personality and athlete.Born in Benalla, Victoria, Champion is most recognised for his work as part of the Coodabeen Champions as a songwriter and guitarist. Greg often appears on the program writing songs about both Aussies rules football...
, Don't Call Wagga Wagga Wagga. British comedian Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan
Terence Alan Patrick Seán "Spike" Milligan Hon. KBE was a comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier and actor. His early life was spent in India, where he was born, but the majority of his working life was spent in the United Kingdom. He became an Irish citizen in 1962 after the...
, an erstwhile resident of Woy Woy, once wrote "Woy it is called Woy Woy Oi will never know".
Name | State | Meaning and notes |
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Bael Bael | Victoria | a locality of the Shire of Gannawarra |
Bally Bally | Western Australia | |
Ban Ban Springs Ban Ban Springs, Queensland Ban Ban Springs is the formally approved and current name given by the Minister for Natural Resources on the 24 September 1999 to a small community in Queensland, Australia, located at the junction of the Burnett and Isis highways.... |
Queensland | Ban means "grass" in the local Kabi Kabi The Kabi people are an Aboriginal Goori people of Australia, and corresponding language group of the South East Queensland coast, stretching from Brisbane up to Bundaberg. In their language, "Kabi" means "No".... dialect. |
Banda Banda | New South Wales | |
Baw Baw | New South Wales | |
Baw Baw National Park Baw Baw National Park Baw Baw is a national park in Victoria, Australia, 111 km east of Melbourne. It contains the Baw-Baw Plateau and Mount Baw Baw, a small ski resort, including nearby town, technically outside the national park.... |
Victoria | Baw Baw is an Aboriginal word meaning "echo". |
Beek Beek | Victoria | Emu |
Beggan Beggan | New South Wales | |
Bet Bet | Victoria | a locality of the Shire of Central Goldfields |
Bindi Bindi | Western Australia | |
Bli Bli Bli Bli, Queensland Bli Bli is a locality and hamlet on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. A few kilometres inland from the Maroochydore urban area, Bli Bli rises above the wetlands which were, for many years, the home of the Sunshine Coast sugar cane industry. Whilst this industry is all but gone, State Govt... |
Queensland | Named after "billai billai", Aboriginal for swamp oak. |
Boonoo Boonoo National Park Boonoo Boonoo National Park Boonoo Boonoo National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 571 km north of Sydney and 26 kilometres north east of Tenterfield off Woodenbong Road.... |
New South Wales | The place name means "poor country with no animals to provide food" and is Aboriginal in origin. |
Bong Bong Bong Bong, New South Wales Bong Bong was a small township in the Southern Highlands in New South Wales, Australia. It is also the name for the surrounding parish.The site was chosen by Governor Macquarie in 1820 close to the ford on the Wingecarribee River... |
New South Wales | The place name is Aboriginal for "blind or a watercourse lost in a swamp" or "many watercourses; many frogs". |
Bongil Bongil Bongil Bongil National Park Bongil Bongil National Park is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 427 km northeast of Sydney.... |
New South Wales | The name Bongil Bongil is the name of a sub-group of the Gumbaingerie tribe which occupied the general area bounded by the Clarence River in the north, the Nambucca River in the south, Dorrigo in the west and the Pacific Ocean. |
Brim Brim | Victoria | a parish of the County of Dundas |
Brit Brit | Victoria | a locality of the Shire of Southern Grampians |
Bruk Bruk | Victoria | a parish of the County of Dundas |
Budgee Budgee | New South Wales | Budgee Budgee is a locality near Mudgee. The origin of the name is unknown, but it first appeared on old maps so is possibly a surveyor's interpretation of an aboriginal name. |
Budgee Budgee | Victoria | a parish of the County of Wonnangatta County of Wonnangatta The County of Wonnangatta is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It includes the western parts of the Alpine National Park. The Wonnangatta River is located in the east of the county. Lake Eildon is at the north-western edge... |
Bulla Bulla Bulla, Victoria Bulla is a locality and township in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west from Melbourne's central business district. It is adjacent to the Melbourne metropolitan area. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume... |
Victoria | The original name of the township of Bulla. An Aboriginal term meaning either 'two' or 'good'. |
Bungle Bungle Range Bungle Bungle Range Bungle Bungle Range is the landform that is the major component of the Purnululu National Park in Western Australia - it is often used as a direct synonym for the national park area.-The origin of the landscape :... |
Western Australia | A corruption of "bundle bundle", a grass common to the Kimberley region. |
Burrah Burrah | Victoria | a parish of the County of Ripon County of Ripon The County of Ripon is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. The County includes the plains of the Western District from Ballarat in the east to the Grampians in the west. Larger towns include Beaufort... |
Burrum Burrum | Victoria | a parish of the County of Kara Kara County of Kara Kara The County of Kara Kara is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. The northern boundary of the county is at 36°S. At the north its western boundary is 143°E. Larger towns include St Arnaud and Donald... |
Carag Carag | Victoria | a parish of the County of Rodney |
Colac Colac | Victoria | a locality of the Shire of Towong |
Collum Collum | New South Wales | |
Coomoo Coomoo | New South Wales | The name was derived from the original station name, which used a local Aboriginal word meaning "much water". |
Cope Cope | Victoria | a locality of the Shire of Northern Grampians |
Curl Curl Curl Curl, New South Wales Curl Curl is a suburb of northern Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Curl Curl is located 18 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Warringah Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region... |
New South Wales | Name may be derived from Aboriginal phrase "curial curial" meaning river of life. |
Cut Paw Paw | Victoria | a parish of the County of Bourke |
Mount Dom Dom Mount Dom Dom Mount Dom Dom is a mountain in Victoria, Australia 65 km from Melbourne.Mount Dom Dom was the site of a plane crash involving a Cessna 210 aircraft on 18 June 1974 during stormy weather.... |
Victoria | |
Doon Doon | New South Wales | From the Bandjalung-Yugambeh dialect chain word 'doan doan' meaning black or dark. |
Drik Drik County of Normanby The County of Normanby is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. The County is in the Western District of Victoria bounded by the Glenelg River in the west and the Eumeralla River in the east, by a line through Casterton and... |
Victoria | An Aboriginal word for "Stoney Stoney" |
Drung Drung | Victoria | a former name of locality of Drung in the Rural City of Horsham Rural City of Horsham The Rural City of Horsham is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the western part of the state. It has an area of 4,239 square kilometres. In 2006 it had a population of 18,492... |
Dum Dum | New South Wales | a locality near Uki, New South Wales Uki, New South Wales Uki is a village situated near Mount Warning in the Tweed Valley of far northern New South Wales, Australia in the Tweed Shire. At the 2006 census, Uki had a population of 203 people... |
Elong Elong Lincoln County, New South Wales Lincoln County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains Dubbo.Lincoln County was named in honour of Henry Fiennes Pelham Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle , styled Earl of Lincoln.- Parishes within this county:... |
New South Wales | |
Ganoo Ganoo | Victoria | a parish of the County of Dundas |
Gatum Gatum | Victoria | a former name of locality of Gatum in the Shire of Southern Grampians and the name of a Melbourne Cup Melbourne Cup The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races... winner |
Gherang Gherang | Victoria | a parish of the County of Grant |
Ghinni Ghinni | New South Wales | |
Gil Gil | Victoria | a locality of the Shire of Buloke |
Gin Gin Gin Gin, Queensland Gin Gin is a small rural town located on the Bruce Highway in central Queensland, Australia, approximately 51 km west of Bundaberg and 370 km north-west of Brisbane, the state capital. The town owes its existence to its strategic location about halfway between Brisbane and Rockhampton. It... |
Queensland | The name was derived from the original station name, which used a local Aboriginal word indicating "red soil thick scrub". |
Gin Gin Gin Gin, New South Wales Gin Gin is a small town in New South Wales, Australia. It is located within the Narromine Shire local government area, just north-east of Trangie, New South Wales. At the 2006 census, Gin Gin had a population of 112 people.... |
New South Wales | |
Gingin Gingin, Western Australia Gingin is an agricultural town in Western Australia. The town is located north of Perth along the Brand Highway.The town is well suited for agriculture with a mild climate and available water sources... |
Western Australia | May mean either "footprint" or "place of many streams". |
Gol Gol Gol Gol, New South Wales Gol Gol is a small town in the far western region of New South Wales, Australia in Wentworth Shire. It is situated on the banks of the Murray River, which forms part of the New South Wales-Victoria state border, in the Sunraysia fruit-growing region of north-western Victoria... |
New South Wales | Gol Gol got its name from the local Aboriginal word for 'meeting place', as recorded by the explorer Thomas Mitchell. |
Gong Gong | Victoria | a locality of the City of Ballarat City of Ballarat The City of Ballarat is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia around Ballarat. It is located in the western part of the state. It has an area of 740 square kilometres. In 2001 it had a population of 81,000... |
Goonoo Goonoo Parry County, New South Wales Parry County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It is bounded by the Peel River and Cockburn River on the north, near Tamworth. The Moonbi Range is on the eastern boundary, and the Peel Range on the western boundary. The Great Dividing Range is the boundary to the south-east... |
New South Wales | "Plenty of water". |
Gre Gre | Victoria | a locality of the Shire of Northern Grampians |
Greg Greg | New South Wales | |
Grong Grong Grong Grong, New South Wales Grong Grong is a small town in New South Wales, Australia on the Newell Highway, east of Narrandera in Narrandera Shire. At the 2006 census, Grong Grong had a population of 537 people.... |
New South Wales | "Very hot". |
Gumly Gumly Gumly Gumly, New South Wales Gumly Gumly is a suburb of the city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia and is located approximately 8 km east of the CBD on the Sturt Highway.... |
New South Wales | |
Gunyah Gunyah | Victoria | an earlier name of the locality of Gunyah in South Gippsland Shire South Gippsland Shire South Gippsland Shire is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-eastern part of the state. It includes the towns of Leongatha , Korumburra, Foster, Poowong and Mirboo North. It has an area of 3,305 square kilometres... |
Gunyah Gunyah | Victoria | a parish of the County of Buln Buln County of Buln Buln The County of Buln Buln is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It was first proclaimed in government gazette on 24 Feb 1871 together with others from the Gipps Land District. It includes Wilsons Promontory, and the... |
Jellat Jellat | New South Wales | |
Jil Jil | Victoria | a locality of the Shire of Buloke |
Jung Jung | Victoria | a former name of locality of Jung in the Rural City of Horsham Rural City of Horsham The Rural City of Horsham is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the western part of the state. It has an area of 4,239 square kilometres. In 2006 it had a population of 18,492... |
Karup Karup | Victoria | a parish of the County of Dundas |
Kin Kin Kin Kin, Queensland Kin Kin is a village that lies between Pomona to the south, and Gympie to the north, Queensland, Australia.The name comes from the Aboriginal kauin kauin meaning red soil, another source suggests it is the indigenous name for a species of small black ants that inhabit the area... |
Queensland | May be derived from the local Aboriginal word for 'black ants'. or May be derived from an Aboriginal word, Kabi language, kauin kauin, a variant of kutchin indicating red, from the red soil area drained by Kin Kin Creek. |
Koonung Koonung Creek | Victoria | a tributary of the Yarra River Yarra River The Yarra River, originally Birrarung, is a river in east-central Victoria, Australia. The lower stretches of the river is where the city of Melbourne was established in 1835 and today Greater Melbourne dominates and influences the landscape of its lower reaches... |
Koort-koort-nong | Victoria | a parish of the County of Hampden |
Korrak Korrak | Victoria | a parish of the County of Tatchera County of Tatchera The County of Tatchera is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It is located to the south of the Murray River, and to the south west of Swan Hill, with its western boundary at 143°E, and part of the southern boundary at... |
Kunat Kunat | Victoria | a parish of the County of Tatchera County of Tatchera The County of Tatchera is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It is located to the south of the Murray River, and to the south west of Swan Hill, with its western boundary at 143°E, and part of the southern boundary at... |
Kurri Kurri Kurri Kurri, New South Wales Kurri Kurri is a small town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Cessnock LGA. At the 2006 census its population was 5,644... |
New South Wales | In the Minyung Dialect, which refers to this area, Kurri-kurri means 'the beginning, the first'. |
Lang Lang Lang Lang, Victoria Lang Lang is a town in Victoria, Australia, 73 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia... |
Victoria | Lang Lang was formerly known as Carrington, after Lord Carrington. The Aboriginal name "Lang Lang" means "Clump of Trees". |
Ma Ma Creek | Queensland | |
Millaa Millaa | Queensland | May be derived from the local Aboriginal word for 'plenty water'. or May be derived from a corruption of millai millai, possibly Yindinji language, indicating a fruit bearing plant Eleagnus latifolia. |
Min Min Lights | Queensland | Not exactly a place name, but worthy of inclusion. Min Min is, or was, a location near Boulia. |
Mitta Mitta Mitta Mitta, Victoria Mitta Mitta is a small town in the Australian state of Victoria. It stands on the Omeo Highway and is 380 km from Melbourne, and is located on the Mitta Mitta River not far from Dartmouth Dam... |
Victoria | |
Mona Mona Mission | Queensland | (Aboriginal community in far north Qld) |
Mooney Mooney Mooney Mooney, New South Wales Mooney Mooney is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located on the north bank of the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney. It is part of the City of Gosford local government area.-Profile:... |
New South Wales | |
Morrl Morrl | Victoria | a locality of the Shire of Northern Grampians |
Nap Nap Marra | Victoria | a locality of the Shire of Wellington |
Nareeb Nareeb | Victoria | a former name of the locality of Nareeb in the Shire of Moyne |
Nerrin Nerrin | Victoria | a locality of the Rural City of Ararat Rural City of Ararat The Rural City of Ararat is the local government area in south-west Victoria, Australia. The region has an area of 4,230 square kilometres and is centred around the city of Ararat. The population of the region is approximately 11100, according to the 2001 census... |
Ni Ni | Victoria | a former locality of the Shire of Hindmarsh |
Nug Nug | Victoria | a locality of Alpine Shire Alpine Shire Alpine Shire is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the north-eastern part of the state. It includes the towns of Bright, Mount Beauty and Myrtleford. It has an area of 4,885 square kilometres. In 2001 it had a population of 17,581 and still growing. There are two... |
Obi Obi | Queensland | Believed to be a perpetuation of the personal name of a prominent Aboriginal, known variously as Ubi Ubi, Wubi Wubi or Obi Obi. |
Pendyk Pendyk | Victoria | a parish of the County of Dundas |
Perrit Perrit | Victoria | a parish of the County of Tatchera County of Tatchera The County of Tatchera is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It is located to the south of the Murray River, and to the south west of Swan Hill, with its western boundary at 143°E, and part of the southern boundary at... |
Pom Pom | Victoria | a parish of the County of Villiers County of Villiers The County of Villiers is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It includes the area to the north of Warrnambool, and to the west of the Hopkins River.- Parishes :Parishes include:... |
Pura Pura | Victoria | a locality of the Shire of Moyne |
Tabby Tabby Island | Queensland | Derived from a corruption of Bundjalung language, Ngaraangbal dialect, word dhube dhube, indicating crab place or shell place. |
Terip Terip | Victoria | a locality of the Shire of Murrindindi |
Terrick Terrick | Victoria | a locality of the Shire of Loddon |
Terrick Terrick National Park Terrick Terrick National Park Terrick Terrick National Park is a national park in Victoria, Australia, northwest of Melbourne, north of the town of Mitiamo and north of the City of Bendigo. It is an important remnant of Box-Ironbark forests and northern grass plains and is close to Kow Swamp, the site of a major... |
Victoria | |
Terry Hie Hie Terry Hie Hie, New South Wales Terry Hie Hie is a very small farming town in the north of New South Wales, Australia within the Moree Plains Shire Council... |
New South Wales | |
Tilba Tilba Tilba, New South Wales Central Tilba and Tilba Tilba are two villages in Eurobodalla Shire, New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 census, Central Tilba had a population of 223 people, and Tilba Tilba had a population of 275 people.... |
New South Wales | Said to be a Thawa Aboriginal term for 'many waters'. |
Vite Vite | Victoria | a locality of the Corangamite Shire Corangamite Shire Corangamite Shire is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-western part of the state. Its largest towns, in order of size, are Camperdown, Terang, Cobden, Timboon, Port Campbell and Skipton. It has an area of 4,425 square kilometres. In 2006 it had a population... |
Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga, New South Wales Wagga Wagga is a city in New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, and with an urban population of 46,735 people, Wagga Wagga is the state's largest inland city, as well as an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia... |
New South Wales | 'Wagga wagga' is probably a Wiradhuri term for 'many crows'. 'Waggan', for one type of crow and 'waggura', for another have been recorded; also: reeling (a sick man or a dizzy man); to dance, slide or grind. |
Wal Wal | Victoria | a locality of the Shire of Northern Grampians |
Walla Walla Walla Walla, New South Wales Walla Walla is a town in Greater Hume Shire Council in New South Wales, Australia. It is about north of Albury-Wodonga and south of Wagga Wagga.Walla Walla had a population of 581 people in 2006 and has the largest Lutheran church in New South Wales.... |
New South Wales | Is probably Wiradhuri in origin, but no meaning has been verified. (Appleton; 1992). Also: Possibly from Wallawalla for rain. (McCarthy; 1963). |
Walla Walla | Victoria | a parish of the County of Ripon County of Ripon The County of Ripon is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. The County includes the plains of the Western District from Ballarat in the east to the Grampians in the west. Larger towns include Beaufort... |
Wallan Wallan Wallan, Victoria Wallan or Wallan Wallan is a town in Victoria, from Melbourne on the Northern Highway in Australia.The town sits at the southern end of the large and diverse Shire of Mitchell which extends from the northern fringes of Melbourne into the farming country of north-central Victoria and the lower... |
Victoria | |
Wangi Wangi Wangi Wangi, New South Wales Wangi Wangi is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, which forms a peninsula jutting eastwards into Lake Macquarie. It is well known as the former home of artist William Dobell... |
New South Wales | The word Wangi has been translated variously as water, night owl or dark green tree so that Wangi Wangi would mean place of much water, many night owls or many dark green trees. Early settlers and fishermen used the word to mean peninsula and Point Wollstonecroft was called "Little Wangi". Captain Dangar's 1826 sketch of the Lake marked Wangi Point as "Wonde Wonde". There is no explanation of the marked difference between spelling and pronunciation. |
Warra Warra | Victoria | a parish of the County of Borung County of Borung The County of Borung is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. The northern boundary of the county is at 36°S. At the north its western boundary is 142°E, its eastern boundary is 143°E. Larger towns include Dimboola,... |
Wat Wat | Victoria | a parish of the County of Croajingolong County of Croajingolong The County of Croajingolong is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It is the most easterly county, and includes the Croajingolong National Park. Its western boundary is the Snowy River. The county was proclaimed in 1871... |
Wee Wee Rup | Victoria | a locality of the Shire of Gannawarra |
Will Will Rook | Victoria | a parish of the County of Bourke |
Wonga Wonga | Victoria | an earlier name of the locality of Wonga in South Gippsland Shire South Gippsland Shire South Gippsland Shire is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-eastern part of the state. It includes the towns of Leongatha , Korumburra, Foster, Poowong and Mirboo North. It has an area of 3,305 square kilometres... |
Wood Wood | Victoria | a locality of the Rural City of Swan Hill Rural City of Swan Hill The Rural City of Swan Hill is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the north-western part of the state. It has an area of 6,103 square kilometres. In 2001 it had a population of 21,000... |
Wool Wool | Victoria | a locality of the Colac Otway Shire Colac Otway Shire Colac Otway Shire is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-western part of the state. It includes the towns of Apollo Bay and Colac. It has an area of 3,416 square kilometres. In 2006 it had a population of 20,295... |
Woy Woy Woy Woy, New South Wales Woy Woy is a coastal town and a southern suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located on the southern reaches of Brisbane Water north of Sydney... |
New South Wales | Said to be an Awabakal Aboriginal term for 'deep water' or 'lagoon' |
Wujal Wujal | Queensland | (Aboriginal community in far north Qld) |
Wuk Wuk | Victoria | a locality of the Shire of East Gippsland |
Wurruk Wurruk | Victoria | a parish of the County of Tanjil County of Tanjil The County of Tanjil is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It includes the coastal area around the Gippsland Lakes. The Mitchell River is the north-eastern boundary... |
Wyn Wyn | Victoria | a former locality of the Rural City of Horsham Rural City of Horsham The Rural City of Horsham is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the western part of the state. It has an area of 4,239 square kilometres. In 2006 it had a population of 18,492... |
Yabba Yabba | Victoria | a parish of the County of Moira County of Moira The County of Moira is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It is located to the east of the Goulburn River, south of the Murray River, and west of part of the Ovens River. Part of Wangaratta is in the county, on the... |
Yagga Yagga | Western Australia | An Aboriginal community near Halls Creek, Western Australia Halls Creek, Western Australia Halls Creek is a small town situated in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is located between the towns of Fitzroy Crossing and Turkey Creek on the Great Northern Highway... |
Yan Yan Gurt | Victoria | a locality of the Surf Coast Shire Surf Coast Shire Surf Coast Shire is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the southern part of the state, near Geelong. It includes the towns of Aireys Inlet, Anglesea, Lorne, Moriac, Torquay and Winchelsea. It has an area of 1,553 square kilometres. It had a population of 24,124 in 2006... |
Yanac A Yanac | Victoria | a former name of a locality of Yanac in the Shire of Hindmarsh |
Yarram Yarram | Victoria | the former name of Yarram, Victoria Yarram, Victoria Yarram , is an isolated town in Victoria, Australia, in the Shire of Wellington, located in the southeast of Gippsland. The term 'Yarraam Yarraam' is thought to be an aboriginal phrase meaning 'plenty of water,' however it is not known which language group the name is taken from... |
Yeo Yeo | New South Wales |
See also
- ReduplicationReduplicationReduplication in linguistics is a morphological process in which the root or stem of a word is repeated exactly or with a slight change....
for general linguistic analysis - List of Australian place names of Aboriginal origin
- List of repeated names
Further reading
- Kennedy, Brian, & Kennedy, Barbara. & Australian Broadcasting Corporation. (2006) Australian place names ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney, N.S.W. ISBN 073331760X
- Reed, A. W. (1967) Aboriginal place names Sydney ; Wellington : A.H. & A.W. Reed. ISBN 0730101274 (pbk)