Victoria is Latin

 

True, but not a town 😁.

Nil Desperandum is more a homestead and the surrounding locality than a population centre. But you can stay there:

https://visitcanberra.com.au/accommodation/56b23c5ad270154b4553cf08/nil-desperandum

Sounds like the ideal place for a weekend getaway, definitely going to check it out. The name is particularly apt due to the current crisis I reckon.

 

As mentioned last time:

(1) Nullarbor Plain (= no tree)

(2) Roma, Queensland

(3) Nil Desperandum, ACT (= don’t despair)

(4) Australia (from ‘terra australis’ = southern land)

 

As mentioned last time:

(1) Nullarbor Plain (= no tree)

(2) Roma, Queensland

(3) Nil Desperandum, ACT

I think we discounted the Nullarbor as it was a region and Roma was named after a local person with that surname. Perhaps I'm being a little pedantic 🤔😁. Had no idea there was a place called Nil Desperandum but I love it.

True but not a town 😊.

Victoria is Latin

 

Capella: small town in Queensland named after the star ‘Capella’: Latin for ‘little goat’

 

Capella: small town in Queensland named after the star 'Capella': Latin for 'little goat'

We're on a roll now, there's probably a few more out there too.

Capella: small town in Queensland named after the star 'Capella': Latin for 'little goat'

Boronia, suburb of Melbourne.

I think we discounted the Nullarbor as it was a region and Roma was named after a local person with that surname. Perhaps I'm being a little pedantic 🤔😁. Had no idea there was a place called Nil Desperandum but I love it.

True but not a town 😊.

Actually, just realised that Nullarbor is the name of a settlement on the Eyre Hwy in SA. It's just a roadhouse really but it is a settlement so it definitely counts.

 

Yes, Victoria isn’t a town but Mount Victoria is a township in the Blue Mountains with a population of a little over 800.

 

Yes, Victoria isn't a town but Mount Victoria is a township in the Blue Mountains with a population of a little over 800.

Got to give that one a partial just like I did with Port Augusta.

Got to give that one a partial just like I did with Port Augusta.

Vincentia, coastal town in the Shoalhaven area.

 

How about a partial for Victor Harbor in South Australia?

 

Just about sneaks in fella 👍😁

 

All this information is great! But how does this put more money in our pockets?

 

It doesn't.

 

Knowledge is worth more than .....

 

Knowledge is not the most important thing.
Eg.... a fat person has the knowledge to lose weight BUT it is the action which is most important. Knowledge alone isn't enough.

 

Stannumville Latin, the suburb is now called Kensington.

 

Stannumville= tin town.

 

Latin is for homos.

 

**** is Latin.

 

Uber is Latin for minimum wage & it’s found in every town all over the world :roflmao:

 

modern domo servitutis 😁

 

modern domo servitutis 😁

Quis noster Spartacus.

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I’m not sure what’s more amusing here. Is it this random AF post by @Maddo or is it this random AF response above?

 

That was a really enjoyable thread from the good old days 😁.