# List of places in Australia named after people

This is a list of places named after famous people in Australia:
* Adelaide, South Australia – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
* Alice Springs, Northern Territory – Alice Todd, wife of astronomer Charles Todd
* Augusta, Western Australia – Princess Augusta Sophia
* Bacchus Marsh, Victoria – William Bacchus, early resident
* Banks, Australian Capital Territory – Joseph Banks
* Bankstown, New South Wales – Joseph Banks
* Bathurst, New South Wales – Henry Bathurst
* Bendigo, Victoria – William Abednego Thompson indirectly
* Berry, New South Wales – Alexander Berry
* Bentleigh, Victoria – Thomas Bent
* Bicheno, Tasmania – James Ebenezer Bicheno
* Blackall, Queensland – Samuel Blackall
* Blaxland, New South Wales – Gregory Blaxland
* Bligh Park – William Bligh
* Bonner, Australian Capital Territory – Neville Bonner
* Bonython, Australian Capital Territory – John Bonython
* Bourke, New South Wales – Richard Bourke
* Bowen, Queensland – George Bowen
* Brisbane, Queensland – Thomas Brisbane
* Broome, Western Australia – Frederick Broome
* Bruce, Australian Capital Territory – Stanley Bruce
* Brunswick, Victoria – Caroline, Duchess of Brunswick
* Bunbury, Western Australia – Lieutenant Henry Bunbury
* Burnie, Tasmania – William Burnie, director of Van Diemen's Land company in the early 1840s
* Busselton, Western Australia – John Bussell
* Byron Bay, New South Wales – John Byron
* Cairns, Queensland – William Cairns
* Callaghan, New South Wales – Bede Callaghan
* Calwell, Australian Capital Territory – Arthur Calwell
* Casey, Australian Capital Territory – Richard Casey
* Chapman, Australian Capital Territory – Austin Chapman
* Chermside, Queensland – Herbert Chermside
* Chifley, Australian Capital Territory – Ben Chifey
* Chisholm, Australian Capital Territory – Caroline Chisholm
* Collie, Western Australia – Alexander Collie
* Conder, Australian Capital Territory – Charles Conder
* Cook, Australian Capital Territory – Joseph Cook
* Coombs, Australian Capital Territory – Herbert Coombs
* Cooktown, Queensland – James Cook
* Curtin, Australian Capital Territory – John Curtin
* Daglish, Western Australia – Henry Daglish
* Darling Point, New South Wales – Eliza, Lady Darling
* Darwin, Northern Territory – Charles Darwin
* Duffy, Australian Capital Territory – Charles Duffy
* Dunlop, Australian Capital Territory – Weary Dunlop
* Eden, New South Wales – George Eden
* Elizabeth, South Australia – Elizabeth II
* Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales – Elizabeth Macquarie
* Elizabeth Town, Tasmania – Elizabeth II
* Evatt, Australian Capital Territory – Herbert Vere Evatt
* Fadden, Australian Capital Territory – Arthur Fadden
* Farrer, Australian Capital Territory – William Farrer
* Fawkner, Victoria – John Pascoe Fawkner
* Fisher, Australian Capital Territory – Andrew Fisher
* Fitzroy, Victoria – Charles Augustus FitzRoy
* Flinders, Victoria – Matthew Flinders
* Flynn, Australian Capital Territory – John Flynn
* Forbes, New South Wales – Francis Forbes
* Forde, Australian Capital Territory – Frank Forde
* Franklin, Australian Capital Territory – Miles Franklin
* Fraser, Australian Capital Territory – Jim Fraser
* Fremantle, Western Australia – Charles Fremantle
* Garran, Australian Capital Territory – Robert Garran
* Gawler, South Australia – George Gawler
* Geraldton, Western Australia – Charles Fitzgerald
* Gilmore, Australian Capital Territory – Mary Gilmore
* Gordon, Australian Capital Territory – Adam Lindsay Gordon
* Gore Hill – William Gore
* Gosford, New South Wales – Earl of Gosford
* Goulburn, New South Wales – Henry Goulburn
* Gowrie, Australian Capital Territory – Earl of Gowrie
* Grafton, New South Wales – Duke of Grafton
* Greenway, Australian Capital Territory – Francis Greenway
* Harrison, Australian Capital Territory – Peter Harrison
* Harvey, Western Australia – John Harvey
* Hawker, Australian Capital Territory – Charles Hawker
* Healesville, Victoria – Richard Heales
* Henderson, Western Australia – Reginald Henderson
* Hervey Bay, Queensland – Augustus John Hervey
* Higgins, Australian Capital Territory – Henry Bournes Higgins
* Hobart, Tasmania – Lord Hobart
* Holbrook, New South Wales – Norman Douglas Holbrook
* Holder, Australian Capital Territory – Frederick Holder
* Holt, Australian Capital Territory – Harold Holt
* Hughes, Australian Capital Territory – Billy Hughes
* Hume, Australian Capital Territory – Hamilton Hume
* Huskisson, New South Wales – William Huskisson
* Isaacs, Australian Capital Territory – Isaac Isaacs
* Jervis Bay, New South Wales – John Jervis
* Kenny, Australian Capital Territory – Elizabeth Kenny
* La Perouse, New South Wales – Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse
* Lake Macquarie, New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie
* Lalor, Victoria – Peter Lalor (indirectly – via Peter Lalor Home-Building Cooperative Society)
* Landsborough, Queensland – William Landsborough
* Latham, Australian Capital Territory – John Latham
* Laverton, Western Australia – Doctor Charles Laver
* Lawson, Australian Capital Territory – Henry Lawson
* Lawson, New South Wales – William Lawson
* Leichhardt, New South Wales – Ludwig Leichhardt
* Leichhardt, Queensland – Ludwig Leichhardt
* Lithgow, New South Wales – William Lithgow
* Lorne, Victoria – John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Lorne
* Lyons, Australian Capital Territory – Joseph Lyons
* Macarthur, Australian Capital Territory – John Macarthur
* Mackay, Queensland – John Mackay
* Macquarie, Australian Capital Territory – Lachlan Macquarie
* Macnamara, Australian Capital Territory – Jean Macnamara
* MacGregor, Australian Capital Territory – William MacGregor
* Mawson, Australian Capital Territory – Douglas Mawson
* Mawson Lakes, South Australia – Douglas Mawson
* McKellar, Australian Capital Territory – Colin McKellar
* Melba, Australian Capital Territory – Nellie Melba
* Melbourne, Victoria – William Lamb, Lord Melbourne
* Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory – Thomas Mitchell
* Monash, Australian Capital Territory – John Monash
* Moncrieff, Australian Capital Territory – Gladys Moncrieff
* Morisset, New South Wales – James Morisset
* Mosman, New South Wales – Archibald Mosman
* Mount Gambier, South Australia – James Gambier
* Mount Hotham, Victoria – Charles Hotham
* Mount Lawley, Western Australia – Arthur Lawley
* Mulgrave, New South Wales – Baron Mulgrave
* Nicholls, Australian Capital Territory – Douglas Nicholls
* O'Connor, Australian Capital Territory – Richard O'Connor
* O'Connor, Western Australia – Charles Yelverton O'Connor
* O'Malley, Australian Capital Territory – King O'Malley
* Oxley, Australian Capital Territory – John Oxley
* Padbury, Western Australia – Walter Padbury
* Page, Australian Capital Territory – Earle Page
* Pagewood, New South Wales – Fred Page
* Parkes, Australian Capital Territory – Henry Parkes
* Parkes, New South Wales – Henry Parkes
* Pascoe Vale, Victoria – John Pascoe Fawkner
* Pearce, Australian Capital Territory – George Pearce
* Phillip, Australian Capital Territory – Arthur Phillip
* Picton, New South Wales – Thomas Picton
* Potts Point, New South Wales – Joseph Hyde Potts
* Queens Park, Western Australia – Queen Alexandra
* Reid, Australian Capital Territory – George Reid
* Richardson, Australian Capital Territory – Henry Richardson
* Rivett, Australian Capital Territory – David Rivett
* Roebourne, Western Australia – John Septimus Roe
* Sackville, New South Wales – Viscount Sackville
* Scoresby, Victoria – William Scoresby
* Scottsdale, Tasmania – James Scott
* Scullin, Australian Capital Territory – James Scullin
* Seddon, Victoria – Richard Seddon
* Shepparton, Victoria – Sherbourne Sheppard, squatter
* Spence, Australian Capital Territory – William Spence
* Spotswood, Victoria – Louisa Spotswood, wife of Richard Seddon
* Stirling, Australian Capital Territory – James Stirling
* Stirling, Western Australia – James Stirling
* Sturt, South Australia – Captain Charles Sturt
* Sutherland, New South Wales, – Forby Sutherland
* Sydney, New South Wales – Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney
* Symonston, Australian Capital Territory – Josiah Symon
* Taylor, Australian Capital Territory – Florence Taylor
* Theodore, Australian Capital Territory – Ted Theodore
* Throsby, Australian Capital Territory – Charles Throsby
* Tom Price, Western Australia – Thomas Moore Price
* Torrens, Australian Capital Territory – Robert Torrens
* Townsville, Queensland – Robert Towns
* Truganina, Victoria – Truganini
* Tullamarine, Victoria – Tullamareena
* Turner, Australian Capital Territory – George Turner
* Watson, Australian Capital Territory – Chris Watson
* Watsons Bay, New South Wales – Robert Watson
* Wellington, New South Wales – Duke of Wellington
* Wentworth, New South Wales – William Wentworth
* Wentworth Falls, New South Wales – William Wentworth
* Weston, Australian Capital Territory – Edward Weston
* Whitlam, Australian Capital Territory – Gough Whitlam
* Williamstown, Victoria – William IV
* Wisemans Ferry, New South Wales – Solomon Wiseman
* Wollstonecraft, New South Wales – Edward Wollstonecraft
* Wonga Park, Victoria – Simon Wonga
* Wright, Australian Capital Territory – Judith Wright
* Young, New South Wales – John Young