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As of 21 February 2019 the Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW, which is maintained by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales, lists 265 places that are assigned or recorded as towns in New South Wales. [1] [2] [3]
The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. [1] Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. [2] This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage of suburb (municipality outside of a big city).
First permanent Australian city. [1] Largest city in Australia, capital of New South Wales. 1788 Parramatta: New South Wales Second-oldest settlement in Australia. [2] Now a part of the Sydney urban area. 1788 Kingston: Norfolk Island: Island settled as part of the Colony of New South Wales. [3] It is now a separate territory of Australia. 1791 ...
Australian English differs from other varieties in its phonology, pronunciation, lexicon, idiom, grammar and spelling. [9] Australian English is relatively consistent across the continent, although it encompasses numerous regional and sociocultural varieties.
Jirandali (also known as Yirandali, Warungu, and Yirandhali) is an Australian Aboriginal language of North-West Queensland, particularly the Hughenden area. The language region includes the local government area of the Shire of Flinders, including Dutton River, Flinders River, Mount Sturgeon, Caledonia, Richmond, Corfield, Winton, Torrens, Tower Hill, Landsborough Creek, Lammermoor Station ...
Book Book is a rural community in the central east part of the Riverina. It is about 12 km (7 mi) north of Kyeamba and 15 km (9 mi) south of Ladysmith . The area now known as Book Book lies on the traditional lands of Wiradjuri people.
There is a tendency in New Zealand English, found in some but not all Australian English, to add a schwa between some grouped consonants in words, such that — for example — "shown" and "thrown" may be pronounced "showun" and "throwun". Geographical variations appear slight and are mainly confined to individual special local words.
Geelong (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ l ɒ ŋ / jih-LONG) [4] [5] (Wathawurrung: Djilang/Djalang) [6] is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, about 75 km (47 mi) southwest of Melbourne.