Have you noticed Australians' affinity for naming places 'Great'? We have the Great Dividing Range, the Great Barrier Reef, the Great Australian Bight and the Great Ocean Road – just to name a few!

So, what do you think Australia's greatest Great place is? Let us know in the comments 👇

Learn more about our country's naming peculiarities and the etymology behind our Great locations… https://ausgeo.co/greatplaces

📷 Don Fuchs

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What’s behind our fascination for naming places ‘great’?

The use of the prefix ‘great’ in Australian placename nomenclature is a prominent bookmark in our country’s past.

Australian Geographic
@cwp the #NSWsouthcoast has strips like this :-D maybe not as high escarpments ;) #SouthcoastNSW #GreatDividingRange