Australia, One Thousand Place Names in New South Wales

Subtitled “The Romance of Nomenclature”, the book “One thousand and more place names in New South Wales” contains explanations on how place names in New South Wales were derived. As stated in the book itself, this is an excellent reference of places and people who lived in New South Wales, “crammed with bushrangers and black fellows, convicts and gold-diggers and deeds of derring-do set in the most unexpected places.” The objectives of this book are to provide a work of reference in convenient form and stimulate further investigation. Information extracted from this book includes:

• Location Name
• Location Description

Published in 1943 by the N. S. W. Bookstall Co., PTY., LTD., this book was authored by A.E. Martin. It is best known under the title “One thousand and more place names in New South Wales” but the title, “1,000 Place Names in New South Wales” appears on the cover.