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There may be many places in Australia with the same or similar names. You may need to use more than one gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state and district the town was in, and the jurisdictions that kept records. | There may be many places in Australia with the same or similar names. You may need to use more than one gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state and district the town was in, and the jurisdictions that kept records. | ||
Place-name guides can also help identify places. In the | Place-name guides can also help identify places. In the FamilySearch Catalog they are listed in the Place Search under: | ||
AUSTRALIA, [STATE] - NAMES, GEOGRAPHICAL | AUSTRALIA, [STATE] - NAMES, GEOGRAPHICAL | ||
=== Finding Place Names in the | === Finding Place Names in the FamilySearch Catalog === | ||
To find an Australian state under which a town is filed in the | To find an Australian state under which a town is filed in the FamilySearch Catalog use the Place Search. | ||
=== Modern Place Names === | === Modern Place Names === | ||
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*Division of National Mapping, Department of Minerals and Energy. ''Australia 1:250,000 map series Gazetteer''. Canberra, A.C.T., Australia: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1975. (Family History Library Call Number [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=149751&disp=Australia+1:250,000+map+series+gazet&columns=*,180,0 994 E5am].) This is a topographical place-name reference that identifies about 60,000 places or features without descriptive information. It also gives coordinates to ordnance survey maps. | *Division of National Mapping, Department of Minerals and Energy. ''Australia 1:250,000 map series Gazetteer''. Canberra, A.C.T., Australia: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1975. (Family History Library Call Number [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=149751&disp=Australia+1:250,000+map+series+gazet&columns=*,180,0 994 E5am].) This is a topographical place-name reference that identifies about 60,000 places or features without descriptive information. It also gives coordinates to ordnance survey maps. | ||
Other modern place-name aids can be found in the Place Search of the | Other modern place-name aids can be found in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | ||
[http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=477058&subject_disp=Australia+-+Postal+and+shipping+guides&columns=*,180,0 AUSTRALIA - POSTAL AND SHIPPING GUIDES] | [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=477058&subject_disp=Australia+-+Postal+and+shipping+guides&columns=*,180,0 AUSTRALIA - POSTAL AND SHIPPING GUIDES] | ||
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*Wells, William Henry. ''A Geographic Dictionary or Gazetteer of the Australian Colonies, 1848''. Facsimile edition. Sydney, Australia: Council of the Library of New South Wales, 1970. (Family History Library Call Number [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=4597&disp=A+geographical+dictionary+or+gazetteer+o&columns=*,180,0 994 E5w], Microfilm Number [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*,180,0&titleno=412885&disp=A+geographical+dictionary+or+gazetteer+o++ 1439040]item 9 to 1439041 item 1, Microfiche [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=521302&disp=A+geographical+dictionary+or+gazetteer+o&columns=*,180,0 6343447].) | *Wells, William Henry. ''A Geographic Dictionary or Gazetteer of the Australian Colonies, 1848''. Facsimile edition. Sydney, Australia: Council of the Library of New South Wales, 1970. (Family History Library Call Number [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=4597&disp=A+geographical+dictionary+or+gazetteer+o&columns=*,180,0 994 E5w], Microfilm Number [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*,180,0&titleno=412885&disp=A+geographical+dictionary+or+gazetteer+o++ 1439040]item 9 to 1439041 item 1, Microfiche [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=521302&disp=A+geographical+dictionary+or+gazetteer+o&columns=*,180,0 6343447].) | ||
Sources for historical place names are listed in the Place Search of the | Sources for historical place names are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | ||
[http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=330664&subject_disp=Australia+-+Gazetteers&columns=*,180,0 AUSTRALIA - GAZETTEERS] | [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=330664&subject_disp=Australia+-+Gazetteers&columns=*,180,0 AUSTRALIA - GAZETTEERS] | ||
Gazetteers and similar place-name guides for most Australian states are listed in the Place Search of the | Gazetteers and similar place-name guides for most Australian states are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | ||
AUSTRALIA, [STATE] - GAZETTEERS | AUSTRALIA, [STATE] - GAZETTEERS | ||