...about Naming Things in Australia

When Captain James T. Cook invented Australia he gave some of it names to make conversation easier, he had two systems:
- either he would name it after one of his mates - Point Hicks named after Dave, of course, and Port Jackson apparently Cook was a big fan of Thriller.
- or he would "state the blindingly obvious" - Botany Bay (which he originally called Stingray Bay), Point Danger, Cape Tribulation, and of course there's Booby Island named after its attractive native birds.
It's unclear as to whether Port Stephens was named after one of his mates or because there where lots of people called Stephen

Since his death, in Hawaii mediating (poorly) over troublesome locals, the people of Australia have continued his naming traditions but with the first option the only name the use is Cook examples of these wondrous post-cook namings include Cook island, Cook Strait, the amazing Scenic World, The Awards awards, and the perfect example of both methods in action is the James Cook University in Townsville!

If Cook's methods are not enough to name the place you've discovered you can use these back up methods:
- steal a really good name from somewhere else like Putney, Beaconsfield, Carnarvon or High Wycombe!
- make something weird up and claim that's what the natives call it such as Yagoona, Woolloomooloo, or Yallabatharrra.

And then of course there's New South Wales which I'm sure I don't need to explain to you!