Australian Region
Tropical cyclones in the Australian region are named by one of five tropical cyclone warning centers that each have the right to name tropical cyclones. The naming of cyclones officially started during the 1963–64 tropical cyclone season, with the first name being assigned on January 6, 1964 to Cyclone Bessie. Female names were used exclusively until the current convention of alternating male and female names commenced in 1975. Names that cause significant damage within the Australian region are retired by the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia) with new names selected at the bi-annual meeting of the World Meteorological Organization's RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee. In 2008, the lists used by the three TCWC centres were combined to form a single list of names.
Read more about this topic: List Of Historic Tropical Cyclone Names
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