The coasts of Australia are bestowed with place names (toponyms) that offer great cultural insights into the Australian history and its European connections. This paper focusses on the 598 place names set up by the authors of the narratives and atlases of the French voyage of discovery captained by Nicolas Baudin who undertook the surveying and exploration of parts of the South and West coasts of New Holland, and of the east and north coasts of Van Diemen's Land between 1801 and 1803. These names have been gathered into a database where they have been categorised, for example, according to the endeavour of personalities (scientific, military, administrative among others) or members of the expedition. The article shows that the French toponyms mirror the building up after the turmoils of the French Revolution of a new national narrative which gives pride of place to the men of science, cultural figures, and military officers dear to the French emperor, Napoléon I, and whose work and actions were portrayed as great examples for the nation. This retroactive reading of the French nomenclature discloses an Australian early nineteenth century French background with around half the names still recognised today.

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Baudin 远征队沿澳大利亚海岸赋予的法国名字：拿破仑时代法国民族精神的缩影


澳大利亚海岸拥有地名（地名），为了解澳大利亚历史及其欧洲联系提供了深刻的文化见解。本文重点介绍了由尼古拉斯·博丹 （Nicolas Baudin） 领导的法国发现之旅的叙述和地图集作者建立的 598 个地名，他在 1801 年至 1803 年间对新荷兰南部和西部海岸的部分地区以及范迪门地的东海岸和北海岸进行了调查和勘探。这些名字被收集到一个数据库中，在那里它们被分类，例如，根据人物（科学、军事、行政等）或探险队成员的努力。文章指出，法国地名反映了法国大革命动荡后建立的新国家叙事，这种叙事将法国皇帝拿破仑一世所珍视的科学人士、文化人物和军官置于自豪的位置，他们的工作和行动被描绘成国家的伟大榜样。这种对法语命名法的追溯解读揭示了 19 世纪初澳大利亚的法国背景，大约一半的名字今天仍然得到认可。