Place names in Australia have names originating in the Australian Aboriginal languages for three main reasons: Watkin Tench, who arrived on the First Fleet in 1788, observed of the Aboriginal languages of the present-day Sydney area:

Towns and suburbs

→A← →B← →C← →D← →E← →G← →H← →I← →J← →K← →L← →M← →N← →O← →P← →Q← →R← →S← →T← →U← →W← →Y←

Regions and shires not named after town, river, etc.

Natural features

Beaches (not named after town or suburb)

Bays

Lakes

Rivers

Creeks

Islands

Mountains, ranges etc

Deserts

Caves

Borenore

Dams

Parks and forests

National parks

Nature reserves

State forests

State Conservation Areas

Highways and main roads

Non-Aboriginal place names that are assumed to be Aboriginal

Place names over which uncertainty exists