Roads, Reserves and Feature Naming
Consistent and compliant place naming and addressing helps to ensure public safety and responsible service delivery to the community.
We are the naming authority for the East Gippsland municipality.
Place naming must meet legislative requirements, the two most relevant requirements are:
- Naming Rules for Places in Victoria, statutory requirement for naming roads, features and localities –2022 (Naming Rules)
- Australian and New Zealand Standard for Rural and Urban Addressing – AS/NZS 4819:2011 (Standard)
We normally name new roads, unnamed roads, and features. We seek community input during this process.
Names are intended to be permanent; we only consider a renaming proposal if the name creates a community safety issue, discriminates or is offensive, or impacts on service delivery.
What we name:
- Roads, public and private (includes – sealed and unsealed roads, lanes, tracks/trails, steps, walking paths/boardwalks and bike tracks).
- Features (includes – reserves, parks, sports grounds, hills/mountains, watercourses, caves, natural structures, buildings, prominent structures and sculptures).
What we don’t name:
- Private Property (includes – land, buildings, farms, sports facilities and artwork).