# Fictitious Entry

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictitious-entry/731441>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 16, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictitious-entry/731441 "2015-09-16T03:56:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sheridan7272](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Sheridan7272](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sheridan7272)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictitious-entry/731441/1 "2015-09-16T03:56:44Z")

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Are there any fictitious streets or towns in Melbourne, Australia? On any map brand or whatever?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictitious-entry/731441/2 "2015-09-16T05:13:10Z")

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> [@Sheridan7272](#):
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> Are there any fictitious streets or towns in Melbourne, Australia? On any map brand or whatever?  
> Thanks

Melbourne is a big city; it has suburbs, not “towns”. And I very much doubt there are any fictitious streets on our maps. [Melway](http://www.melway.com.au/) is by far the most popular Melbourne map publisher. It’s a byword in Melbourne, people say “check the Melway” rather than “check the street directory”.

Fictitious Melbourne streets seems an oddly specific thing to be asking after, is there a reason you’re wondering about this?

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**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictitious-entry/731441/3 "2015-09-16T05:27:27Z")

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She’s probably thinking about those deliberate errors that mapmakers are sometimes said to include in their maps for the sole purpose of checking and proving that someone violated their copyright by slavishly copying their original map.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictitious-entry/731441/4 "2015-09-16T06:10:13Z")

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> [@Isamu](#):
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> She’s probably thinking about those deliberate errors that mapmakers are sometimes said to include in their maps for the sole purpose of checking and proving that someone violated their copyright by slavishly copying their original map.

Apparently so. OP seems interested in copyright traps, as mentioned in [this other nearby thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768784).

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**Author:** ![Sheridan7272](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Sheridan7272](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sheridan7272)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictitious-entry/731441/5 "2015-09-16T07:21:34Z")

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Just curious after reading a book and have been looking to see if any still happen around where I live. Just thought someone may know something.