Place Names in Australia
- Barcaldine, Queensland - /bɑrˈkɔːldɨn/ or /bɑːˈkɔːldɨn/, not /ˈbɑrkəldaɪn/
- Brisbane, Queensland – /ˈbrɪzbən/ (compare Brisbane, California, which is /ˈbrɪzbeɪn/)
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory - /ˈkænb(ə)rə/; /kænˈbɛrə/ is rare and deprecated
- Capalaba, Queensland - /kəˈpæləbɑː/
- City of Cockburn – /ˈkoʊbɜrn/, not /ˈkɒkbɜrn/; also Cockburn, South Australia
- Dunedoo, New South Wales - /ˌdʌniˈduː/
- Geelong, Victoria - /d͡ʒɨˈlɒŋ/, not /ˈd͡ʒiːlɒŋ/
- Gladstone, Queensland - /ˈglædstən/, not /glædstoʊn/
- Gumeracha, South Australia - /ˌɡʌməˈrækə/
- Goondiwindi, Queensland - /ˌɡʌndəˈwɪndi/, not /ˌɡʊndəˈwɪndi/
- Mackay, Queensland - /mɨˈkaɪ/
- Melbourne, Victoria – /ˈmɛlbən/, not /ˈmɛlbɔːn/ or /ˈmɛlbɔrn/
- Michelago, New South Wales - /ˌmɪkəl'eɪgoʊ/
- Monaro, New South Wales - /məˈnɛəroʊ/, not /məˈnɑroʊ/; use with definite article and preposition "on", e.g. you live "on the Monaro"
- Mount Kosciuszko - /kɒziˈɒskoʊ/ is the most common Australian English pronunciation; the Polish-derived pronunciation /kɒˈʃʊʃkoʊ/ is sometimes used
- Ravenshoe, Queensland, Australia - /reɪvənzhoʊ/, not /reɪvən(z)ʃuː/
- South Kolan, Queensland - /ˈkoʊlæn/, not /ˈkoʊlən/
- Strahan, Tasmania - /ˈstrɔːn/, not /ˈstrɑːhən/
- Tallangatta, Victoria - /təˈlæŋɡətə/, not /ˌtælənˈɡætə/
- Tiaro, Queensland - /ˈtaɪroʊ/
- Wagga Wagga, New South Wales - /ˈwɒgə wɒgə/, not /ˈwægə wægə/
- Wangi Wangi, New South Wales - /ˈwɒndʒi wɒndʒi/
- Woonona, New South Wales - /wəˈnuːnə/, not /wʊˈnoʊnə/
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