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Current proposal status

The Registrar of Geographic Names regularly receives name and locality boundary change proposals from naming authorities. View the status of recent proposals received by the office for: locality boundaries road names features

Locality boundaries
The status of proposals received from councils for locality boundary changes are detailed below. The Victorian Government Gazette date is when the 30 day public feedback period begins. If you require further information for any of the maps below contact the relevant municipalities or the Office of Geographic Names on 03 8636 2525 or email geo.names@dse.vic.gov.au.

Naming authority/ Council	Affected localities	Date received	Initial approval	Gazette date	Objections received	Final outcome	New map version date
City of Casey	Botanic Ridge Cranbourne South	27/06/2008	Approved	12/03/2009	No	Approved	20/04/2009
Boroondara City Council	Deepdene	29/09/2008	Approved	4/12/2008 (PDF - 2.8 MB)	Yes	Not Approved
City of Ballarat	Glendonald	8/10/2008	Approved	27/11/2008 (PDF - 1.6 MB)	No	Approved	31/12/2008
Horsham Rural City Council	Kewall West	10/10/2008	Not Approved
Bayside City Council	Hampton and Brighton	29/11/2008	Approved	18/12/2008 (PDF - 1.2 MB)	No	Approved	29/01/2009
Shire of Yarra Ranges	Wooril Yallock and Launching Place	5/03/2009	Approved	26/03/2009	No	Approved	4/05/2009
Buloke Shire Council	Berriwillock and Willangie	16/02/2009	Approved	5/03/2009	No	Approved	14/04/2009
Yarriambiack Shire Council	Willenabrina/ Brim, Wilkur/ Watchem, Watchem/Agreegra/Bangerang, Cannum/Wallup/Kellalac, Laen North/Minyip, Laen/Minyip/Rich Avon, Kewall	24/02/2009	Pending
East Gippsland Shire Council	Reedy Flat	24/04/2009	Approved	11/06/2009	No	Approved	22/07/2009
East Gippsland Shire Council	Banksia Peninsula / Forge Creek	24/04/2009	Approved	11/06/2009	No	Approved	22/07/2009
Baw Baw Shire Council	Nilma/Nilma North / Darnum / Bona Vista	30/04/2009	Not Approved
Goldern Plains Shire	She Oaks and Steiglitz	1/05/2009	Pending
Buloke Shire Council	Chirrip / Wycheproof South	02/06/2009	Approved	25/06/2009	No	Approved	31/07/2009
Knox City Council	Boronia and Ferntree Gully	13/05/2009	Approved	25/06/2009	No	Approved	31/07/2009
Shire of Yarra Ranges	Lysterfield and Narre Warren South	18/05/2009	Approved	30/07/2009	No	Approved	9/09/2009
Rural City of Wangaratta	Bobinawarrah and Markwood	29/06/2009	Approved	20/08/2009	No	Approved	30/09/2009
East Gippsland Shire Council	Marlo, Newmerella, and Corringle	31/08/2009	Approved	29/10/2009
City of Ballarat	Various Locality Boundary Changes	8/10/2009	Pending
Buloke Shire Council	Granite Flat and Wooroonook	21/10/2009	Pending
City of Melbourne	East Melbourne and Melbourne	9/09/2009	Pending	19/11/2009
Glenelg Shire Council	Mumbannar and Strathdownie	4/11/2009	Pending	12/11/2009
East Gippsland Shire Council	Eastwood	20/11/2009	Pending
East Gippsland Shire Council	Delegate River	20/11/2009	Pending

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Road names
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 report	Date	Completed report	Date
Approved 10032009 (PDF - 295 KB)	10/03/2009	Completed 5012009 (PDF - 98 KB)	5/01/2009
Approved 20032009 (PDF - 53 KB)	20/03/2009	Completed 28012009 (PDF - 603 KB)	28/01/2009
Approved 15042009 (PDF - 89 KB)	15/04/2009	Completed 29012009 (PDF - 282 KB)	29/01/2009
Completed 21052009 (PDF - 14 KB)	21/05/2009	Completed 23032009 (PDF - 287 KB)	23/03/2009
Approved 5062009 (PDF - 12 KB)	5/06/2009	Completed 21042009 (PDF - 101 KB)	21/04/2009
Approved 30062006 (PDF - 12 KB)	30/06/2009	Completed 22042009 (PDF - 57 KB)	22/04/2009
Approved 20072009 (PDF - 12 KB)	20/07/2009	Completed 17062009 (PDF - 14 KB)	17/06/2009
Approved 12082009 (PDF - 12 KB)	12/08/2009	Completed 30062009 (PDF - 14 KB)	30/06/2009
Approved 22092009 (PDF - 12 KB)	22/09/2009	Completed 20072009 (PDF - 14 KB)	20/07/2009
Approved 20102009 (PDF - 11 KB)	20/10/2009	Completed 12082009 (PDF - 17 KB)	12/08/2009
Approved 29102009 (PDF - 11 KB)	29/10/2009	Completed 9102009 (PDF - 16 KB)	9/10/2009
Approved 23112009 (PDF - 11 KB)	23/11/2009	Completed 9112009 (PDF - 11 KB)	9/11/2009

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Features
The status of proposals received from naming authorities is detailed below. The Victorian Government Gazette date is when the 30 day public feedback period begins. If you require further information for any of the maps below contact the relevant municipalities or the Office of Geographic Names on 03 8636 2525 or email geo.names@dse.vic.gov.au.

Naming Authority	Feature	Date received	Initial approval	Gazette date	Objections received	Final outcome	Official registration date
City of Ballarat	Borough Depot Reserve	8/06/2008	Yes	14/08/2008 (PDF - 1.39 MB)	No	Pending
Brimbank City Council	Emerald Park	29/07/2008	Yes	30/04/2009	No	Approved	1/06/2009
Hume City Council	Wanginu Park	4/08/2008	Yes	14/08/2008 (PDF - 1.39 MB)	No	Approved	15/09/2008
Surf Coast Shire	ANZAC Memorial Park	4/08/2008	Yes	14/08/2008 (PDF - 1.39 MB)	No	Approved	15/09/2008
City of Kingston	The Horse Paddock Carpark	8/08/2008	Yes	8/01/2009	No	Approved	12/02/2009
City of Wangarrata	Chick Reserve	19/08/2008	Yes	11/09/2008 (PDF - 688 KB)	No	Approved	13/10/2008
City of Wangarrata	Bill Eaton Athletics Complex	19/08/2008	Yes	11/09/2008 (PDF - 688 KB)	No	Approved	13/10/2008
City of Port Phillip	Rats of Tobruk	8/09/2008	Yes	18/12/2008 (PDF - 1 MB)	No	Approved	22/01/2009
Vic roads	Ayresford Bridge	20/10/2008	Yes	6/11/2008 (PDF - 2.04 MB)	No	Approved	1/12/2008
Mornington Peninsula Shire	Cyril Ward Reserve	7/11/2008	Yes	29/01/2009	No	Approved	2/03/2009
Shire of Yarra Ranges	Wattles Park	14/11/2008	Yes	27/11/2008 (PDF - 1.6 MB)	No	Approved	30/12/2008
City of Greater Geelong	DA Simpson Reserve	26/11/2008	Yes	29/01/2009	No	Approved	2/03/2009
Mildura Rural City Council	Blandowski Walk	23/12/2008	Yes	29/01/2009	No	Approved	2/03/2009
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council	Benbenjie Reserve	5/01/2009	Yes	12/03/2009	No	Approved	14/04/2009
City of Casey	Hampton Park Central	16/01/2009	Yes	12/03/2009	No	Approved	14/04/2009
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council	Clifford Drive Bushland Reserve	30/03/2009	Yes	30/04/2009	No	Approved	1/06/2009
Latrobe City Council	Jim Balfour Park	19/03/2009	No
Mildura Rural City Council	Lake Cullulleraine Walking Trails	18/05/2009	Yes	25/06/2009	No	Approved	27/07/2009
City of Wodonga	Pam Stone Park	24/06/2009	Pending
Greater Shepparton City Council	Grace Edwards Park	17/06/2009	Pending
City of Wodonga	50 Parks	16/07/2009	Pending
City of Monash	Meade Reserve	22/07/2009	Yes	30/07/2009	No	Approved	3/09/2009
Shire of Yarra Ranges	Murrup Brarn Yarrra Flats Billabongs	4/08/2009	Yes	13/08/2009	No	Approved	15/09/2009
Knox City Council	Wally Tew Ferntree Gully Recreation Reserve	07/08/2009	Pending
East Gippsland Shire Council	Fred Albert Bridge	14/08/2009	Yes	10/09/2009	No	Approved	12/10/2009
Maroondah City Council	Wieland Reserve	20/08/2009	Pending	8/10/2009	No	Approved	9/11/2009
City of Greater Geelong	Keith Barclay Oval	20/10/2009	Yes	5/11/2009
Ballarat City Council	Bonshaw Creek	1/10/2009	Pending	12/11/2009
Corangamite Shire Council	Murrays Gully	20/11/2009	Pending

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