centralia

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


a proposed name for the colony South Australia , (q.v.).

1896. J. S. Laurie, `Story of Australasia,' p. 299:

«For telegraphic, postal, and general purposes one word isdesirable for a name – – e.g. why not Centralia; for WestAustralia, Westralia; for New South Wales, Eastralia?»