About the Registrar

Victoria’s Registrar of Geographic Names is John Tulloch.

The registrar is appointed by the Minister for Environment and Climate Change according to the Geographic Place Names Act 1998 and is responsible for:

maintaining the official Victorian Register of Geographic Names, VICNAMES, through liaising with and obtaining proposals from naming authorities including municipal councils, government departments and the Minister for Environment and Climate Change
ensuring that proposals from naming authorities conform with the Guidelines for Geographic Names 2010
disseminating information from the register to interested stakeholders including the general public, cartography companies (Melways, UBD, Whereis) and government bodies
convening select committees of members from the Geographic Place Names Advisory Panel to consider issues of state naming significance.

Further information contact:

The Registrar of Geographic Names
Land Victoria
Department of Environment and Primary Industries
570 Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Phone: +61 3 8636 2525
Fax: +61 3 8636 2588
geo.names@dse.vic.gov.au