Nicole Kidman name "Hōkūlani". The inspiration for the name came from a baby elephant born around the same time at the Honolulu Zoo, but the name is also a commonly used Hawaiian name for girls, Hokulani meaning "Heavenly Star". At the time of Kidman's birth, her father was a graduate student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He became a visiting fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health of the United States. Opposed to the war in Vietnam, Kidman's parents participated in anti-war protests while living in Washington, D.C. The family returned to Australia when Kidman was four and her
Kidman Way stock routes that linked cattle stations in the region, many of which were owned by Sir Sidney Kidman, an Australian pastoralist and philanthropist. The Kidman Way runs generally north-south, roughly aligned to the state border between New South Wales and South Australia, approximately west of the geographic centre of New South Wales. The southern junction of the Kidman Way is located at a road junction with the Newell Highway, located north of Jerilderie. From this point the Kidman Way heads north, its only major intersection being with the Sturt Highway at , as it moves north through the lush Riverina