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Western Australia Geographic Names Useful Links


Australian Antarctic Territory

Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
http://aadc-maps.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/search_names.cfm

Australia & New Zealand Sites

Asia-Pacific Institute of Toponomy, Macquarie University
http://www.apit.mq.edu.au

Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying & Mapping (ICSM)
http://www.icsm.gov.au/

Geoscience Australia – Place name search
http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/

Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA)
http://www.icsm.gov.au/icsm/cgna/index.html

Australian National Gazetteer
http://www.ga.gov.au/nmd/products/thematic/gaz.jsp

Teachers’ Package – “What’s In A Name”
http://www.icsm.gov.au/icsm/cgna/lesson/index.html

ACT Land Information Centre Place Names
http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/actlic/places/index.htm

Queensland Place Names
http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/property/place_names.html

New South Wales Geographical Names Register
http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au

Victoria Place Names
http://www.vicnames.vic.gov.au/dmb1/plsql/gnr.init

South Australia Gazetteer
http://www.placenames.sa.gov.au

Western Australia Geographical Names
http://www.Landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/WA+Place+Names

Northern Territory Geographical Names
http://www.lpe.nt.gov.au/place/

New Zealand Geographical Names Database
http://www.linz.govt.nz/rcs/linz/pub/web/root/core/Placenames/
SearchPlaceNames/searchplacenames/index.jsp

Australian National Place Names Survey
http://www.anps.mq.edu.au/

Australian Maritime Gazetteer (MGA)
http://www.hydro.gov.au/tools/mga/mga.htm

Other Sites

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) - Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
http://www3.pnra.it/SCAR_GAZE

United States Geological Survey (USGS) - Geographical Names Information System (GNIS)
http://geonames.usgs.gov/index.html

United States (database of foreign geographic names)
http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/GNS/index.jsp

United States (domestic)
http://nhd.usgs.gov/gnis.html

Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN)
http://geonames.NRCan.gc.ca

UK Ordnance Survey
http://www.ordnancesurvey.gov.uk

ISO - Conversion of Written Languages
http://www.elot.gr/tc46sc2/

UNGEGN Working Group on Romanization Systems
http://www.eki.ee/wgrs/

Australian Speleological Federation
http://www.caves.org.au/kid_intro.htm

Metropolitan Cemeteries Board
http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au

Plants : Department of Conservation and Land Management – Florabase
http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/

Australia’s Virtual Herbarium
http://www.chah.gov.au/avh/

Western Australian Land Information Authority