Victorian Place Name Abbreviations

Sally Routledge, Heritage Services Officer of the North Central Goldfields Regional Library in Bendigo has given her kind permission for this list of place name abbreviations to be listed on our site. Thank you Sally. I am sure that you will find this useful if your research is centred on Victoria. Sally says the list was taken from early Victorian Church registers.

You can contact Sally at the following address:-

Sally Routledge
Heritage Services Officer
North Central Goldfields Regional Library (Bendigo)
PO Box 887
BENDIGO 3552
Ph: (03) 5449 2700
Fax: (03) 5441 2247
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Locations beginning with 'A'
ADRA Alexandra AHURST Amhurst ALEX Alexandra ALLE  Allendale	AMHE Amhurst AP Albert Park ARAR Ararat	ARAT Ararat AS VALE Ascot Vale ASHB Ashby Back to top
Locations beginning with 'B'
BACK Back Creek BALL Ballarat BALLT Ballarat BARN Barnawatha BARR  Barraport BARWO Barwon River BDARA  Boroondara BEAU Beaufort BELF Belfast BELLA Bellarine BENA Benalla BEND Bendigo BETH Bethanga	BFORT Beaufort BGEICH Ballangeich BGO Bendigo BLAND Buckland BLUE Blue Mountain BLUE MTN Blue Mountain BMARSH Bacchus Marsh BOOR Boroondara BRAT Ballarat BRIG Brighton BRINE Bellarine BRTN Brighton BRUNS Brunswick	BTON Brighton BUCK Buckland BULL Bulla BUNG Bungaree BUNI Buninyong BURW Burwood BWATHA Barnawatha BWICK Brunswick BWOOD Burwood BYAD Byaduc Back to top
Locations beginning with 'C'
CAMB Cambrian Hill CARL Carlton CAST Castlemaine, Casterton CASTER Casterton CDOWN Camperdown CERE Ceres CHELTAM Cheltenham	CHILE Chiltern CLIF Clifton Hill CLUN Clunes CMAINE Castlemaine COLA Colac COLE Coleraine COLL Collingwood	CORO Corop CRAN Cranbourne CRES Creswick CROW Crowlands CTON Carlton CWICK Creswick CWOOD Collingwood Back to top
Locations beginning with 'D'
DARL Darlimurla DAYL Daylesford DFORD Daylesford	DIMB Dimboola DLLY Dunolly DONA Donald	DROU Drouin DUND Dundas DURH Durham Lead Back to top
Locations beginning with 'E'
E HAWK Eaglehawk E HILL Eastern Hill EAGL Eaglehawk EAGLE Eaglehawk	ECHU Echuca ELDO Eldorado ELTH Eltham	EMER Emerald Hill EPSO Epsom EUR Euroa Back to top
Locations beginning with 'F'
FBURGH Freeburgh FITZ Fitzroy FOOT Footscray	FORE Forest Creek FREE Freeburgh FROY Fitzroy	FRYE Fryers, Fryerstown FSCRAY Footscray FTON Frankston Back to top
Locations beginning with 'G'
GEEL Geelong GLONG Geelong	GORD Gordon GROW Growlers Creek	GTHOMPSON Glenthompson Back to top
Locations beginning with 'H'
HAMI Hamilton HARC Harcourt HARR Harrietville HART Hartwell HAWT Hawthorn HCOTE Heathcote	HEAT Heathcote HEID Heidelberg HILL Hillarney HLTON Hamilton HORS Horsham HOTH Hotham	HTON Hamilton HUNT Huntly HURD Hurdle Flat HVILLE Harrietville HYWOOD Heywood Back to top
Locations beginning with 'I'
INDI Indi, Indigo INGL Inglewood	IRON Ironbark	ISTONE HILL Ironstone Hill Back to top
Locations beginning with 'J'
JUMB Jumbunna		Back to top
Locations beginning with 'K'
KANG Kangaroo Flat KANI Kaniva KATA Katamatite KBURRA Korumburra	KERA Kerang KIAT Kiata KIEW Kiewa	KILM Kilmore KTON Kyneton KYNE Kyneton Back to top
Locations beginning with 'L'
LAKE Lake Bolac LEON Leongatha LETH Lethbridge	LEXT Lexton LGULLY Long Gully LOCK Lockington, Lockwood	LODD Loddon LONG Long Gully, Longwood LWOOD Longwood Back to top
Locations beginning with 'M'
MACA Macarthur MAFF Maffra MALD Maldon MANS Mansfield MARY Maryborough MATL Matlock MBEEN Murrumbeena MBRO Maryborough	MDON Maldon MDURA Mildura MELB E East Melbourne MFIELD Mansfield MINY Minyip MLAKE Mortlake MODE Modewarre MOOR Mooroopna	MORR Morrisons MORT Mortlake MPNA Mooroopna MPONDS Moonee Ponds MTOA Murtoa MURC Murchison MURT Murtoa Back to top
Locations beginning with 'N'
NCOTE Northcote NEER Neerim	NERR Nerring NEWS Newstead	NHIL Nhill NSTEAD Newstead Back to top
Locations beginning with 'P'
PL CK Pleasant Creek PLAND Portland PLEA Pleasant Creek	PLEAS Pleasant Creek PRES Preston PRN Prahran	PT MELB Port Melbourne PTON Preston Back to top
Locations beginning with 'Q'
QCLIFFE Queenscliffe	QUAM Quambatook	Back to top
Locations beginning with 'R'
RAYW Raywood REDE Redesdale RGLEN Rutherglen	RICH Richmond RMOND Richmond ROKE Rokewood	ROMS Romsey RWOOD Raywood RWORTH Ruchworth Back to top
Locations beginning with 'S'
SAND Sandhurst, Sandridge SCAR Scarsdale SDALE Scarsdale SEA Sealake SERP Serpentine SEYM Seymour SHEL Shelbourne	SHEPP Shepparton SHIR Shirley SHURST Sandhurst SPOL Sebastopol SPRI Springhurst ST AR St Arnaud ST K St Kilda	STAN Stanley, Stanhope STAR St Arnaud STAW Stawell STINE Serpentine STRA Strangways SY South Yarra Back to top
Locations beginning with 'T'
TALB Talbot TARA Taradale TARI Tarilta	TARN Tarnagulla TGON Traralgon TIMO Timor	TOON Toongabbie TOWE Tower Hill TYLD Tylden Back to top
Locations beginning with 'U'
UNDE Undera		Back to top
Locations beginning with 'V'
VI TOWN Violet Town		Back to top
Locations beginning with 'W'
WAHG Wahgunyah WALH Walhalla WARR Warrnambool WATTA Wangaratta WBEAL Warracknabeal	WBIRCHIP Wirrumbirchip WBOOL Warrnambool WGUL Warragul WHEIP Warrenheip WHILLS White Hills	WHIT White Hills WICK Wickcliffe WIND Windsor WIRR Wirrumbirchip WMS TOWN Williamstown Back to top
Locations beginning with 'Y'
YACK Yackandandah YAMB Yambuk YAND Yando, Yandoit	YARR Yarram YAWO Yawong	YDAH Yackandandah YONGA Yarrawonga Back to top