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Australian Beaches That Could be Used as Boys Names
Cheviot Cheviot Beach is on Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula, and will forever be remembered in Australian history as the place where our seventeenth Prime Minister, Harold Holt, disappeared without...
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Famous Name: Charlotte
The Winter Solstice is just a couple of days away, and the weather has been noticeably chillier in most places for about a month. I like lots of things about winter, but find I have to keep reminding...
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Girls Names of Australian Aboriginal Origin – Part 2
My first lists of names from Aboriginal languages are the most popular articles on the blog, so it seemed time for another selection. These names are all ones which have been used as personal names in...
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Brisbane Suburbs That Could be Used as Girls Names
Amity Amity Point is a small town on North Stradbroke Island, 30 km south-east of Brisbane. The town is named after the Amity, a brig which carried the first European settlers to Queensland in 1824....
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Requested Names: Maida and Maeva
Michelle’s partner has suggested the girls’ names Maida and Maeva to add to their name list. At first, Michelle thought these were “made up”, but once she discovered they were genuine names, became a...
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Famous Name: Georgette
The SS Georgette was a steamship with a short, unsuccessful career, but in the four years of her existence, played a role in two daring rescues. Built in Scotland in 1872, she came to Western...
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Famous Name: Waratah
Last year I featured our national flower, Acacia, as a name for Wattle Day. It was Australia Day last Monday, so I will be looking at another flower which is important to us – and was once a strong...
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Waltzing With … Matthew
Famous Namesake Tomorrow it will be the 241st birthday of the English explorer Matthew Flinders, who was the first to circumnavigate Australia. He’s a historical figure that Australia has taken to its...
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Suburbs of Adelaide and Hobart Which Could Be Used as Girls Names
Beulah Beulah Park is an affluent suburb of Adelaide, named after a village in Wales. The name Beulah is from a Hebrew word translated as “married (woman)”. In the Old Testament, the prophet Isaiah...
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Suburbs of Adelaide and Hobart Which Could Be Used as Boys Names
Austin Austins Ferry is a suburb of Hobart, named after convict James Austin. Austin and his cousin was transported to Australia in 1803, and after their sentences expired, were given small land...
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