Place Naming Policy

The Place Naming Policy incorporates statutory requirements for geographical place naming in accordance with Victoria’s Place Naming Rules 2022. A number of changes to the rules include:

• Notification requirements
• Changing a road type or numbers
• Consent
• Traditional Owner Language
• Petitions
• Objections
• Community support
• New process to empower Traditional Owners
• Principle C - Linking the name to the place
• Principle F - Names must not discriminate or be offensive
• Principle G - Gender equality
• Principle H - Dual naming
• Principle I  - Using commemorative names
• Section 4.10 - Naming features in residential or commercial subdivisions