List of Australian place names changed from German names
South Australia
Many names were changed as a result of the Nomenclature Act, 1917, with the names gazetted on 10 January 1918.

List of Australian place names changed from German names

Section Title: South Australia
Table Section Text: Many names were changed as a result of the Nomenclature Act, 1917, with the names gazetted on 10 January 1918.

Old name	New name	Date of name change	Notes

Bartsch's Creek	Yedlakoo Creek	10 January 1918	reverted to Bartsch Creek 1986

Berlin Rock	Panpandie Rock	10 January 1918

Bethanien	Bethany	10 January 1918

Bismarck	Weeroopa	10 January 1918

Blumberg	Birdwood	10 January 1918

Blumental	Lakkari	10 January 1918

Buchsfelde	Loos	10 January 1918	Name restored to Buchfelde (no 's')

Cape Bauer	Cape Wondoma	10 January 1918	reverted to Cape Bauer in 1948

Carlsruhe	Kunden	10 January 1918

Ehrenbreitstein	Mount Yerila

Ferdinand Creek	Ernabella Creek	10 January 1918

Mount Ferdinand	Mount Warrabillinna	10 January 1918

Friedensthal	Black Hill

Friedrichstadt	Tangari	10 January 1918

Friedrichswalde	Tarnma	10 January 1918

Gebhardt's Hills	Polygon Ridge	10 January 1918	reverted to Gebhardt Hills in 1986

German Creek	Benara Creek	reverted in 1986

German Pass	Tappa Pass	10 January 1918

Germantown Hill	Vimy Ridge	10 January 1918	Now part of Bridgewater with the road name only reverted to Germantown Hill Road

Gnadenfrei	Marananga

Gottlieb's Well	Parnggi Well	10 January 1918

Grunberg	Karalta	10 January 1918	reverted to Gruenberg in 1975

Grunthal	Verdun	10 January 1918

Hahndorf	Ambleside	10 January 1918	reverted to Hahndorf in 1935

Hasse's Mound	Larelar Mound	10 January 1918

Heidelberg	Kobandilla	10 January 1918

Hergott Springs	Marree	10 January 1918

Hildesheim	Punthari	10 January 1918

Hoffnungsthal	Karawirra	10 January 1918	reverted to Hoffnungsthal in 1975

Hundred of Basedow	Hundred of French	10 January 1918

Hundred of Homburg	Hundred of Haig	10 January 1918

Hundred of Krichauff	Hundred of Beatty	10 January 1918

Hundred of Paech	Hundred of Cannawigara	10 January 1918

Hundred of Pflaum	Hundred of Geegeela	10 January 1918

Hundred of North Rhine	Hundred of Jellicoe	10 January 1918

Hundred of South Rhine	Hundred of Jutland	10 January 1918

Hundred of Scherk	Hundred of Sturdee	10 January 1918

Hundred of Schomburgk	Hundred of Maude	10 January 1918

Hundred of Von Doussa	Hundred of Allenby	10 January 1918

Jaenschtown	Kerkanya	10 January 1918

Kaiserstuhl	Mount Kitchener	10 January 1918	renamed Kaiser's Seat in 1975, now Kaiserstuhl once again

Klaebes	Kilto	10 January 1918

Klemzig	Gaza	10 January 1918	reverted to Klemzig in 1935, but the football club retains the name Gaza

Krause Rock	Marti Rock	10 January 1918

Krichauff	Beatty	10 January 1918	changed to Mount Mary 1940

Kronsdorf	Kabminye	10 January 1918	reverted to Krondorf in 1975

Langdorf	Kaldukee	10 January 1918	Now incorporated in the bounded locality of Tanunda

Langmeil	Bilyara (near Tanunda)	10 January 1918	reverted to Langmeil in 1975

Lobethal	Tweedvale	10 January 1918	reverted to Lobethal in 1935

Mount Meyer	Mount Kauto	10 January 1918

Muller's Hill	Yandina Hill	10 January 1918

Neudorf	Mamburdi	10 January 1918	reverted 1986, now part of Lobethal

Neukirch	Dimchurch	10 January 1918	reverted to Neukirch in 1975

New Hamburg	Willyaroo	10 January 1918

New Mecklenburg	Gomersal	10 January 1918

Oliventhal	Olivedale	10 January 1918	Now part of Birdwood

Petersburg	Peterborough	10 January 1918	The Petersburg Times resisted the change until 1919, and did so under protest.

Rhine Park	Kongolia	10 January 1918

Rhine Hill	Mons Hill	10 January 1918

Rhine River (North)	The Somme	10 January 1918	changed to Somme Creek 1971

Rhine River (South)	The Marne	10 January 1918	changed to Marne River 1971

Rhine Villa	Cambrai	10 January 1918

Rosenthal	Rosedale	110 January 1918

Schoenborn	Gomersal

Schoenthal	Boongala	10 January 1918	reverted 1986, now incorporated in the bounded locality of Charleston

Seppelts	Dorrien	10 January 1918	Now incorporated into the bounded locality of Nuriootpa

Schreiberhau	Warre	10 January 1918	reverted 1975

Siegersdorf	Bultawilta	10 January 1918	reverted to Siegersdorf in 1975, now incorporated into the bounded locality of Tanunda

Steinfeld	Stonefield	10 January 1918	reverted 1986

Summerfeldt	Summerfield	10 January 1918	Now incorporated into the bounded locality of Palmer

Vogelsang's Corner	Teerkoore	10 January 1918	reverted to Vogelsang Corner 1986, now incorporated into the bounded locality of Geranium Plains

Wusser's Nob	Karun Nob	10 January 1918	reverted to Wusser Nob in 1983

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Peterborough was one of the places in South Australia renamed.
Peterborough was one of the South Australian place names changed from German names.

final_sentence: Peterborough was one of the places in South Australia renamed.
final_sentence: Peterborough was one of the South Australian place names changed from German names.