AUSTRALIAN PLACE NAMES CHANGED FROM GERMAN NAMES

During World War I, many 'German-sounding place names in Australia' were changed. The new names were often Anglicized (Peterborough), given Aboriginal names (Kobandilla, Karawirra), names of famous people (Kitchener and Holbrook), or battlefields (Verdun, The Somme). This was done through an Act of Parliament, as well as by petition. The presence of German derived place names was seen as an affront to the war efforts, and to the sensibilities of many in the Australian population at the time.
In South Australia, the ''Nomenclature Act'' of 1935 restored the former German names to a number of towns, the names of which had been changed in 1917.
==South Australia ==

'Bartsch's Creek' changed to	Yedlakoo Creek
'Berlin Rock' changed to	Panpandie Rock
'Bethanien' changed to	Bethany
'Bismarck' changed to	Weeroopa
'Blumberg' changed to	Birdwood
'Blumental' changed to	Lakkari
'Buchfelde' changed to	Loos
'Cape Bauer' changed to	Cape of Wondoma
'Carlsruhe' changed to	Kunden (changed in 1918)
'Ehrenbreitstein' changed to	Mount Yerila
'Ferdinand Creek' changed to	Ernabella Creek
'Friedensthal' changed to	Black Hill
'Friedrichstadt' changed to	Tangari
'Friedrichswalde' changed to	Tarnma
'Gebhardt's Hills' changed to	Polygon Ridge
'German Creek' changed to	Benara Creek
'German Pass' changed to	Tappa Pass
'Germantown Hill' changed to	Vimy Ridge
'Gottlieb's Well' changed to	Parnggi Well
'Grunberg' changed to	Karalta	(reverted to Grunberg in 1975)
'Grunthal' changed to	Verdun
'Hahndorf' changed to	Ambleside	(reverted to Hahndorf in 1935)
'Hasse's Mound' changed to	Larelar Mound
'Heidelberg' changed to	Kobandilla
'Herrgott Springs' changed to	Marree
'Hildesheim' changed to	Punthari
'Hoffnungsthal' changed to	Karawirra	(reverted to Hoffnungsthal in 1975)
Hundred of 'Basedow' changed to	Hundred of French	''(“Hundred of” = “District of”)''
Hundred of 'Homburg' changed to	Hundred of Haig
Hundred of 'Krichauff' changed to	Hundred of Beatty
Hundred of 'Paech' changed to	Hundred of Cannawigra	(renamed Paechtown)
Hundred of 'Pflaum' changed to	Hundred of Geegeela
Hundred of 'Rhine (North)' changed to	Hundred of Jellicoe
Hundred of 'Rhine (South)' changed to	Hundred of Jutland
Hundred of 'Scherk' changed to	Hundred of Sturdee
Hundred of 'Schomburgk' changed to	Hundred of Maude
Hundred of 'Von Doussa' changed to	Hundred of Allenby
'Jaenschtown' changed to	Kerkanya
'Kaiserstuhl' changed to	Mount Kitchener (changed in 1918)	(renamed Kaiser’s Seat in 1975, now the Kaiserstuhl again)
'Klaebes' changed to	Kilto
'Klemzig' changed to	Gaza	(reverted to Klemzig in 1935, but the local football club remains 'Gaza')
'Krause Rock' changed to	Marti Rock
'Krichauff' changed to	Beatty
'Kronsdorf' changed to	Kabminye	(reverted to Kronsdorf in 1975)
'Langdorf' changed to	Kaldukee
'Langmeil' changed to	Bilyara (near Tanunda)	(reverted to Langmeil in 1975)
'Lobethal' changed to	Tweedvale	(reverted to Lobethal in 1935)
'Mount Ferdinand' changed to	Mount Warrabillinna
'Mount Meyer' changed to	Mount Kauto
'Muller's Hill' changed to	Yandina Hill
'Neudorf' changed to	Mamburdi
'Neukirch' changed to	Dimchurch	(reverted to Neukirch in 1975)
'New Hamburg' changed to	Willyaroo
'New Mecklenburg' changed to	Gomersal
'Olivethal' changed to	Olivedale
'Petersburg' changed to	Peterborough
'Rhine Park' changed to	Kongolia
'Rhine Hill' changed to	Mons
'Rhine River (North)' changed to	The Somme
'Rhine River (South)' changed to	The Marne
'Rhine Villa' changed to	Cambrai
'Rosenthal' changed to	Rosedale
'Schoenthal' changed to	Boongala
'Seppelts' changed to	Dorrien
'Schreiberhau' changed to	Warre	(reverted to Schreiberhau in 1975)
'Siegersdorf' changed to	Bultawilta	(reverted to Siegersdorf in 1975)
'Steinfeld' changed to	Stonefield
'Summerfeldt' changed to	Summerfield
'Vogelsang's Corner' changed to	Teerkoore
'Wusser's Nob' changed to	Karun Nob

==New South Wales==

'Germantown' changed to	Holbrook (changed in 1915)
'German's Hill' changed to	Lidster
'German Creek' changed to	Empire Vale
'Schlinkers Lane' changed to	Bullecourt Lane	(in Ultimo, Sydney)

==Victoria==

'Germantown' changed to	Grovedale
'Hochkirch' changed to	Tarrington
'Mt. Bismarck' changed to	Mt. Kitchener

==Queensland==

'Bergen' changed to	Murra Murra
'Bergenside' changed to	Neuve
'Bismarck' changed to	Maclagan
'Engelsburg' changed to	Kalbar
'Gehrkevale' changed to	Mount Mort
'Gramzow' changed to	Carbrook
'Hapsburg' changed to	Kowbi
'Hessenburg' changed to	Ingoldsby
'Kirchheim' changed to	Haigslea
'Murden' changed to	Frenchton
'Roessler' changed to	Applethorpe
'Stegeht' changed to	Woongoolba
'Teutelburg' changed to	Willa
'Fahley' changed to	Kilbirnie

==Western Australia==

'Mueller Park' changed to

Kitchener Park

==Tasmania==

'Bismarck' changed to

Collinsvale

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References

See also

★ German settlement in Australia

★ Berlin to Kitchener name change, similar phomenon in Canada

References

★ South Australian History - German placenames

★ Australian Bureau of Statistics - Changing of German Place Names in Australia

★ Victorian counties map