I agree the entire Leander fleet both cruisers and frigates had names which were quite noble and befitting a ship of war. The RN had 400 year history of such names but are they suitable for a contemporary RAN?
Certainly the names which are steeped in our short history are and should be kept alive but there are also a stock of Australian names that have been used and are not current; the Rivers, Bays for example, those not being used in the MHCs, certainly enough to use for out OPVs Condamine, Murchison, Culgoa, Shoalhaven, Lachlan, Macquarie, Burdekin, Barwon and Barcoo, maybe Swan Derwent and Torrens which rounds out to the 12 we need,
This leaves the old RN names used in the RAN free to use on the frigate replacements, the Vs Qs and Ns for instance.
The only caveat I would place on names is let's not get the politicians involved so they can push their latest populist theme.