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Strange Place Names in Australia

Stumbling by chance over two place names which are well-known terms in the IT world, I decided to start a list of such names. If you have any suggestions for this list, i.e. names which strike you as somewhat stranger than the usual Australian place names like Wooloomooloo, don't hesitate to contact me!

Computer and IT terms

  • Putty, NSW
    Putty is the best known console program for remote computer access
  • Singleton, NSW
    A Singleton is a programming object which can only be created once within a program. Singleton is almost around the corner from Putty.
  • Vista, SA
    Does Microsoft have a branch office in this suburb of Adelaide?

Flowers

Foreign places

Miscellaneous

  • Magenta, NSW
    They will soon hear from the lawyers of Deutsche Telekom, I guess... they reserved that colour for the corporate logo.
  • Seventeen Seventy (1770), QLD
    referring to the year the place was visited first by Captain Cook
  • Price, SA
    with its Golf Course, living there surely has its price
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