A problem I have with these sorts of things is that they bring up non-British histroy of Australia as if it's significant when it clearly isn't. My favourite is the Chinese in the goldfields, true that they were a significant presence at the time but they left no lasting mark. There is no Chinese population in Ararat today, nor any Chinese buildings, yet there is a bloody great Chinese museum in Ararat. Similarly we talk up Portuguese, Dutch and French exploration and Maccasan contact and Aboriginie fish farming villiages. But when all's said and done this strikes me as an attempt to put some spice onto white bread. While we have a handful of non British place names the USA has entire Spanish and French cities.