Recent Proposals received by the Registrar of Geographic Names

The Registrar of Geographic Names receives proposals from naming authorities on a regular basis. For the status of recent locality boundary, feature and road name proposals please follow the links below.

If you have any queries please contact the Registrar of Geographic Names on (+61 3) 8636 2530 or email geo.names@dse.vic.gov.au.

Locality boundaries
Roads
Features

Locality boundaries

The status of proposals received from councils for locality boundary changes are detailed below.

Naming Authority / Council	Affected Localities	Copy of Council Proposal	Date of Council Approval	Date Received by Registrar of Geographic Names	Initial Approval by Registar of Geographic Names (YES/NO/Pending)	Gazette Date (for 30-day public feedback period)	Objections Received	Registrar of Geographic Names Final Outcome	New Maps Ready (Date)	New Map Version (Date)
City of Ballarat	Alfredton & Learmonth	LA120016a (PDF - 86 KB) LA120016b (PDF - 71 KB)	3/06/2008	6/06/2008	Yes	14/08/2008	No	Approved	After 8/10/2008	16/10/2008
Mitchell Shire Council	Glenhope and Mia Mia	LA120055 (PDF - 115 KB)	27/06/2008	1/07/2008	Yes	14/08/2008	No	Approved	After 8/10/2008	28/10/2008
Northern Grampians Shire Council	Greens Creek, Fyans Creek, Wallaloo East, Rostron, Swanwater West, Navarre, Mokepilly, Grays Bridge, Beazley Bridge, Traynors Lagoon, Kooreh, Paradise, Kanya, Marnoo and Logan.	LA120065 (PDF - 358 KB)	2/07/2008	4/07/2008	Yes	14/08/2008	No	Approved	After 8/10/2008	15/10/2008
Northern Grampians Shire Council	Landsborough West, Joel South, Avon Plains, Banyena, Cope Cope, Gooroc, Deep Lead and Stawell	LA120065 Proposal (PDF - 693 KB)	2/07/2008	4/07/2008	Pending
City of Casey	Botanic Ridge, Cranbourne and Cranbourne South	LA120026 (PDF - 276 KB)	18/06/2008	27/06/2008	Approved
Boroondara City Council	Deepdene	LA120003 (PDF - 232 KB)	26/09/2008	29/09/2008	Pending	4/12/2008	Yes
Horsham Rural City Council	Kewall West	LA120042 (PDF - 155 KB)	9/10/2008	10/10/2008	Pending
City of Ballarat	Glendonald	LA120016 (PDF - 286 KB)	3/10/2008	8/10/2008	Pending	27/11/2008	No	Approved	5/01/2009	5/01/2009
Bayside City Council	Hampton and Brighton	Hampton and Brighton (PDF - 34 KB)	18/11/2008	29/11/2008	Approved	18/12/2008	No	Approved	28/01/2009	28/01/2009
Yarriambiack Shire Council	Willenabrina / Brim, Wilkur / Watchem, Watchem / Areegra / Bangerang, Cannum / Wallup / Kellalac, Laen North / Minyip, Laen / Minyip / Rich Avon / Kewall		20/02/2009	24/02/2009	Pending
Buloke Shire Council	Berriwillock and Willangie		10/02/2009	16/02/2009	YES
Macedon Shire Council	Springfield	LA120048 (PDF - 363 KB)	19/08/2008	21/08/2008	Pending

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Roads

Recently approved road name changes or additions are provided in the attached reports. When the names have been approved by the Registrar of Geographic Names the details are sent to the Department of Sustainability and Environment's Spatial Information Infrastructure team to update the Vicmap datasets. This process can take between 10-15 working days.

Approved -	Completed - Subject to details being uploaded to Vicmap
Report	Date	Report	Date
Approved 05092008 (PDF - 119 KB)	5/09/2008	Completed 03112008 (PDF - 144 KB)	3/11/2008
Approved 12092008 (PDF - 581 KB)	12/09/2008	Completed 05112008 (PDF - 346 KB)	5/11/2008
Approved 19092008 (PDF - 98 KB)	19/09/2008	Completed 07112008 (PDF - 817 KB)	7/11/2008
Approved 26092008 (PDF - 206 KB)	26/09/2008	Completed 14112008 (PDF - 119 KB)	14/11/2008
Approved 10102008 (PDF - 286 KB)	10/10/2008	Completed 14112008b (PDF - 514 KB)	14/11/2008
Approved 17102008 (PDF - 154 KB)	17/10/2008	Completed 18112008 (PDF - 283 KB)	18/11/2008
Approved 24102008 (PDF - 131 KB)	24/10/2008	Completed 5122008 (PDF - 173 KB)	5/12/2008
Approved 14112008 (PDF - 60 KB)	14/11/2008	Completed 10122008 (PDF - 89 KB)	10/12/2008
Approved 21112008 (PDF - 113 KB)	21/11/2008	Completed 16122008 (PDF - 90 KB)	16/12/2008
Approved 28112008 (PDF - 94 KB)	28/11/2008	Completed 5012009 (PDF - 98 KB)	5/01/2009
Approved 5122008 (PDF - 149 KB)	5/12/2008	Completed 28012009 (PDF - 603 KB)	28/01/2009
Approved 12122008 (PDF - 118 KB)	12/12/2008	Completed 29012009 (PDF - 282 KB)	29/01/2009
Approved 19122008 (PDF - 38 KB)	19/12/2008
Approved 19012009 (PDF - 108 KB)	19/01/2009
Approved 30012009 (PDF - 393 KB)	30/01/2009
Approved 20022009 (PDF - 177 KB)	20/02/2009
Approved 10032009 (PDF - 295 KB)	10/03/2009
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Features

The status of proposals received from naming authorities is detailed below -

Naming Authority	Feature	Date of Naming Authority Approval	Date Received Registrar Geographic Names	Initial Approval by Registrar of Geographic Names (Yes/No/Pending)	Gazette Date (for 30-day public feedback period	Objections Received	Registrar of Geographic Names Final Outcome	Official Registration Date
City of Ballarat	Borough Depot Reserve	6/06/2008	8/06/2008	Yes	14/08/2008	No	Pending
Hume City Council	Wanginu Park	1/08/2008	4/08/2008	Yes	14/08/2008	No	Approved	15/09/2008
Surf Coast Shire	ANZAC Memorial Park	30/07/2008	4/08/2008	Yes	14/08/2008	No	Approved	15/09/2008
City of Kingston	The Horse Paddock Carpark	5/08/2008	8/08/2008	Yes	8/01/2009	No	Approved	12/01/2009
City of Wangarrata	Chick Reserve	1/08/2008	19/08/2008	Yes	11/09/2008	No	Approved	13/10/2008
City of Wangarrata	Bill Eaton Athletics Complex	1/08/2008	19/08/2008	Yes	11/09/2008	No	Approved	13/10/2008
Bayside City Council	Tulip Reserve - Tjilatijirran	29/02/2008	12/03/2008	Pending
City of Port Phillip	Rats of Tobruk	2/09/2008	8/09/2008	Pending	18/12/2008	No	Approved	22/01/2009
Brimbank City Council	Emerald Park	24/07/2008	29/07/2008	Pending
City of Greater Geelong	Doug Simpson Reserve	25/11/2008	26/11/2008	Approved	29/01/2009	No	Approved	2/03/2009
Shire of Yarra Ranges	Wattles Park	13/11/2008	14/11/2008	Yes	27/11/2008	No	Approved	30/12/2008
Mornington Peninsula Shire	Cyril Ward Reserve	3/11/2008	7/11/2008	Approved	29/01/2009	No	Approved	2/03/2009
Mildura Rural City Council	Blandowski Walk	17/12/2008	23/12/2008	Approved	29/01/2009	No	Approved	2/03/2009
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council	Benbenjie Reserve	22/12/2008	5/01/2009	Approved
City of Casey	Hampton Park Central	17/06/2008	16/01/2009	Approved
Vic roads	Ayresford Bridge	16/10/2008	20/10/2008	Pending	6/11/2008	No	Approved	1/12/2008

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