A new name for South Australia

***The Pom Queen*** · 21-05-2012, 01:16 AM

Ok what are your suggestions?

SOUTH Australia needs a new name and the public should choose it, the state's peak business group says.
The State Government has committed to rebranding our international image, but Business SA chief executive Peter Vaughan wants to take the make-over a step further and rename the state in a public contest. "Instead of mucking around with branding, if we're going to be bold and rethink our brand how about thinking of a new name for South Australia," he said. However, Mr Vaughan stopped short of giving his suggestion for a new name, instead saying authorities should tap into the creativity of the public.

**harpodom** · 21-05-2012, 01:23 AM

ADT? Australian Dull Territory

**olly** · 21-05-2012, 03:31 AM

If I remember many years ago there was some talk about renaming the Northern Territory 'Capricornia' if it became a State. Don't know about SA being renamed though. I do know that when I was overseas and people asked me where I was from I would say 'southern Australia' and they would say 'South Australia'? and I would say no, that is a State name, it does not refer to the whole region of southern australia (ie. the States which lie on the lower end of the continent - Victoria and Tasmania).
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