Bairnsdale

Bernisdale
So named by a Scottish settler after his native village; it later become Bairnsdale in eastern Gippsland.

Alec H. Chisholm, The Australian Encyclopaedia : in ten volumes, Sydney, 1963, vol.1, p.391.

Bowman River
An early name for the Tambo in Gippsland, a little to the east of Bairnsdale.

Sutherland, Alexander, Victoria and its metropolis : past and present, vols.1, 2A and 2B, Melbourne , 1888, vol.1, p.212.


Caledonia Australis
Angus McMillan's name, Scotland of the South, for what Edmund de Strzelecki renamed Gippsland after the New South Wales Governor.

Reader's Digest, Illustrated Guide to Australian Places, Sydney, 1993, p.270.


Howittville
A forgotten village in Gippsland, about 70km north west of Bairnsdale at 37°21' south 147°05' east.

Alexander Sutherland, Victoria and its metropolis : past and present, vols.1, 2A and 2B Melbourne, 1888 vol.2, map.


Lake Victoria
Angus McMillan's 1840 name for Lake King which was re-named by Strzelecki after Philip Parker King; in Gippsland.

Alexander Sutherland, Victoria and its metropolis : past and present, vols.1, 2A and 2B Melbourne, 1888 vol.1, p.217.


Louisville
A forgotten Gippsland village about 100 km north west of Bairnsdale at 37°04' south 147°10' east.

Alexander Sutherland, Victoria and its metropolis : past and present, vols.1, 2A and 2B Melbourne, 1888 vol.2, map.


Mayford
A forgotten Gippsland village about 95km north west of Baiunsdale at 37°05' south 147°15'　east.

Alexander Sutherland, Victoria and its metropolis : past and present, vols.1, 2A and 2B Melbourne, 1888 vol.2, map.


Mount Gisborne
Strzelechi's name for Mount Wellington about 75km north west of Bairnsdale.

Rawson, Geoffrey, The Count A Life of Sir Paul Edmund Strzelecki・・・, Melbourne, 1953, p.90.


Muddy Waterholes
Now called Lethbridge, about 25 km north west of Geelong.

Martin, A. E., Place names in Victoria, and Tasmania, Sydney, 1944, p.51.


Numbla-Munjee
Renamed Ensay by Archibald Macleod after an island in the Sound of Harris off the west coast of Scotland, about 55km north of Bairnsdale.

Porter, Hal, Bairnsdale Portrait of an Australian Country Town, John Ferguson, 1977, p.87..


Providence Ponds
Angus McMillan's name for the Perry River, about 30 km south west of Bairnsdale.

Rawson, Geoffrey, The Count A Life of Sir Paul Edmund Strzeleck..., Melbourne, 1953, p.89.


Riley River
Strzelecki's name, after James Riley, for the Nicholson River in central Gippsland which was named by Angus McMillan.

Thomson River
Strzelecki's name for the Tambo River near Bairnsdale in Gippsland.