- Place Names that have changed
- Abbreviations used for BDM places of Registration
- St Augustine's Orphanage : Admissions & Discharges 1857-1878
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Place Names that have changed |
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Previous Name |
Present Name |
| Ashby | Geelong West |
| Bellarine or Bellerine | Several options :-
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| Bellbrae | Jan Juc |
| Barrabool | Highton |
| Cheddar (Farms) | Lara |
| Corio | Geelong |
| Cowie's Creek | Geelong North |
| Duck Ponds (Creek) | Lara |
| East Bellarine | Bellarine (Town) |
| Esk River | Werribee |
| German Town | Grovedale, Geelong |
| Indented Head | Bellarine Peninsula |
| Irish Town | Chilwell, Geelong : between Pakington Street and La Trobe Terrace |
| Jan Juc | Bellbrae |
| Kennedy's Creek | Lara |
| Kensington | Leopold |
| Kildare | Geelong West : adjacent to Church Street |
| Kingston-on-Sea | Ocean Grove |
| Leigh | Shelford |
| Limeburners Creek | Lara |
| Little Scotland | Geelong West : bounded by Shannon Avenue, La Trobe Terrace, Aberdeen Street and Spring Street |
| Marnock Vale | Chilwell (adjacent to river), Geelong |
| McLeod's Waterholes | Drysdale |
| Melbourne Road | Pakington Street, Geelong West |
| Mercer's Hill | Newtown, Geelong |
| Mount Colite or Coloite | Barwon Heads |
| New Melbourne Road | Shannon Avenue, Geelong West |
| New Town | Newtown, Geelong |
| Newington | Wallington Road : between Wallington and Ocean Grove |
| North Corio | Geelong |
| Paywit North | Portarlington |
| Pt Flinders | Barwon Heads Bluff |
| Shortland's Bluff | Queenscliff |
| Spring Creek | Torquay |
| St Leonards | Queenscliff |
| Strawberry Hill | Highton : near Shannon Avenue Bridge |
| Swampy Creek | Anglesea |
| Swindon | Lara |
| Tuckfield | Drysdale |
| Wabdallah | Bannockburn |
| Water Holes | Drysdale |
| Western Gully | Gordon Avenue, Geelong / Geelong West |
| Whale Head | Barwon Heads Bluff |
| Woorn Yaloak | Lara |
| Wyndham | Werribee (and now also Shire of Wyndham) |
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BDM "Places" |
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Abbreviation |
Place Name |
| ASH | Ashby |
| ASHB | Ashby |
| B'INE, B/INE | Bellarine |
| B'YONG, B/YONG | Buninyong |
| BELL, BELLA | Bellarine |
| BELM | Belmont |
| BHEAD | Barwon Heads |
| BRINE | Bellarine |
| BUNI | Buninyong |
| C'SPR | Clifton Springs |
| C'WARRE | Connewarre |
| CARN | Carngham |
| CERE | Ceres |
| CHIL | Chilwell |
| CLFTN | Clifton (Springs) |
| COLA | Colac |
| CONNE | Connewarre |
| CSPRGS | Clifton Springs |
| DARR | Darriwell |
| DRYD | Drysdale |
| DUNE | Duneed |
| EGER | Egerton |
| G'LONG, G/LONG | Geelong |
| GEEL | Geelong |
| GERM | German Town or Germantown (Grovedale, Geelong) |
| GLONG | Geelong |
| GNAR | Gnarwarre |
| HTON | Highton |
| I'HEAD, I'HD | Indented Head |
| INDHD | Indented Head (Bellarine Peninsula, not the town!) |
| KENS | Kensington (now Leopold) |
| KILD | Kildare |
| LETH or LETHB | Lethbridge |
| LEXT | Lexton |
| LINT | Linton |
| LOUT | Louttit Bay (now Lorne) |
| MODE | Modewarre |
| MORR | Morrisons |
| MTDU | Mt Duneed |
| MTEG | Mt Egerton |
| MTMO | Mt Moriac |
| NTOWN | Newtown |
| OGRVE | Ocean Grove |
| P'ARL | Portarlington |
| QCLIFF | Queenscliffe |
| QUEE | Queenscliffe |
| ROKE | Rokewood |
| S'DALE | Smythesdale |
| SCAR | Scarsdale |
| SMY, SMYT | Smythesdale |
| STEIG | Steiglitz |
| WABD | Wabdallah (later Bannockburn) |
| WINC | Winchelsea |
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