Which Australian town is named after a number?

The Australian town named after a number is Seventeen Seventy, in Queensland. The name refers to the year 1770, when Lieutenant James Cook and the crew of HMS Endeavour landed in the area during their voyage along Australia’s eastern coast.

The settlement was originally known as Round Hill, after the nearby creek. Queensland authorities changed the official name to Seventeen Seventy in 1936 to commemorate Cook’s visit. Although the name is officially written in words, the town is commonly marketed and signposted as “1770.”

Seventeen Seventy sits on the Discovery Coast near the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef. It is often confused with nearby Agnes Water, a separate coastal town just to the south. The unusual written-out number makes Seventeen Seventy one of Australia’s most distinctive place names.