Where in the world is...?
If you have the name of a city, river, or mountain and want to know where it is situated you need to use a gazetteer. A gazetteer is a list of names of places and features with their locations. To find a gazetteer in Library Search:
- Use a Keyword search
- Use gazetteer* as a word
Internet resources
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GeoNamesThe GeoNames geographical database covers all countries and contains over eleven million placenames that are available for download free of charge (Creative Commons Licence).
Books and eBooks
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The Columbia gazetteer of the world
Publication Date: 1998 -
Chambers world gazetteer : an A-Z of geographical information
Publication Date: 1988 -
A guide to countries of the world
Publication Date: 2016 -
The Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places
Publication Date: 2012Here is the definitive listing of Australia's communities: the country's thousands of suburbs, towns and Local Government Areas. The dictionary also covers Australia's External Territories, significant geographical features, places of historical interest, national parks and other heritage areas. -
Aboriginal placenames : naming and re-naming the Australian landscape
Publication Date: 2009
