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Place name proposals

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Place names
Guidelines for submitting new proposals
How to comment on a proposal
Current naming proposals
Past naming proposals

Place names

The naming of geographical places in South Australia is regulated by the Geographical Names Act 1991. Under the Act, interested persons can make submissions on proposed name changes.

Geographic places include:

areas
regions
localities
cities
suburbs
towns
mountains
rivers
places or buildings that may be of historical interest.

For more information on naming policy - see Geographical names guidelines.

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Guidelines for submitting new proposals

These guidelines cover proposals to:

assign a name to a place
alter an existing name
assign or alter suburb and locality names or boundaries.

All proposals must comply with the Geographical names guidelines. If a proposal doesn't meet the guidelines it is unlikely to be successful.

Submissions other than for suburbs or localities should be in writing to the Surveyor-General and lodged with the Geographical Names Unit (GNU).

Proposals to assign a new suburb or locality name or alter an existing suburb or locality name or boundary should be discussed with the local council or local authority if not within a council area. It is preferred the council or authority submit the proposal on behalf of the proposer, together with its comments, to the Surveyor-General.

A new proposal should include:

the name, address, contact number and email address (if available) of the person making the submission
a detailed justification for the proposal
a map or plan showing the location and extent of the proposal
an indication of the level of community support for the proposal and how this was determined – eg community meeting or petition
the views of the council (or local authority if not in a council area)
any comments from affected individuals, agencies or interest groups.

The Surveyor-General is responsible for investigating naming proposals, and makes recommendations to the Minister.

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How to comment on a proposal

Written submissions relating to a current naming proposal are welcome from anyone around the world and must be forwarded to the GNU.

A submission must include:

the name and address of the person making the submission
details of your support or opposition to the proposal
any counter proposal relating to the situation
any general comments.

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Current naming proposals

These naming proposals have followed the Geographical names guidelines and are available through:

the government gazette
notices in the local paper or The Advertiser (Surveyor-General determines the most appropriate).

When a proposal is successfully completed emergency services, council and Australia Post are notified.

All the links in this table are to downloadable documents. They are all PDFs and their individual size will not exceed 2.4MB. You can get an alternative version of any of these documents by contacting GNU.

Description	Gazette Notice	Submission Deadline	Outcome
Notice of intent to alter the boundaries of Huddleston and Wirrabara and to rename Beetaloo as Beetaloo Valley	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	9 June 2013
Notice of intent to name Mount Daily	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	3 February 2013
Notice of intent to name Mount Daily	Notice to Assign		Approved by the Surveyor-General on 22 April 2013 and published vide Government Gazette Notice 26 April 2013
Notice to alter the boundaries of places along the incorporated and unincorporated interface of South Australia	Notice to Alter		Approved by the Surveyor-General 19 April 2013 and published vide Government Gazette Notice 26 April 2013
Notice to create boundaries of places in the unincorporated areas of South Australia	Notice to Create and Alter		Approved by the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure and published vide Government Gazette Notice 26 April 2013
Declaration of the dual naming of Kati Thanda with Lake Eyre (North) and Lake Eyre (South)	Notice of Declaration of Names of Places		Assigned vide Government Gazette 3 January 2013
Notice to alter a minor boundary of Daveyston/Freeling	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette 22 December 2012
Notice to rescind Murdlunha and rename as Mudlunha Vambata	Notice to Rescind and Rename		Rescinded and Renamed as assigned vide Government Gazette 22 December 2012

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Past naming proposals

All the links in this table are to downloadable documents. They are all PDFs and their individual size will not exceed 2.4 MB. You can get an alternative version of any of these documents by contacting GNU.

Description	Gazette Notice	Submission Deadline	Outcome
A list of formalised topographical place names	Notice of Declaration of Place Names		Assigned vide Government Gazette 23 August 2012
Notice of intent to Rescind and Rename Bald Hill as Pugilist Hill	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	16 September 2012
	Notice to Rescind and Rename		Assigned vide Government Gazette 27 September 2012
Notice to alter the boundaries of Black Rock/Pekina and Tarcowie/Yatina	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette 2 August 2012
Notice to alter the boundary of Lenswood and Montacute	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette 14 June 2012
Notice of intent to create a suburb of St Clair	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	17 June 2012
Notice of intent to create a suburb of St Clair	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette 16 August 2012
Notice to alter a minor boundary alteration to FoulBay / Warooka	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette of 23 February 2012
Notice to alter a minor boundary alteration to Lewiston / Revees Plains	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice of 9 February 2012
Notice of intent for two creeks near North Shields	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	27 February 2012
Notice of intent for two creeks near North Shields	Notice to Assign		Assigned vide Government Gazette 8 March 2012
Notice of intent to name new features on the Seaford Rail Extension	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	19 February 2012
	Notice to Assign		Assigned vide Government Gazette 23 February 2012
Notice to alter the minor boundary alterations to Duck Pond / Tulka and Sleaford / Tulka	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice 22 December 2011
Notice to alter the minor boundary alterations to Brentwood / HardwickeBay and Port Vincent / Stansbury	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice 22 December
Notice to alter the minor boundary alteration of Balhannah / Littlehampton	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice 22 December 2011
Notice to alter the boundary of Roxby Downs	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette 22 December 2011
Notice to alter the boundary between Coromandel East / Ironbank	Notice to Alter		Approved by the Minister for Transport & Infrastructure on 28 November 2011 and published vide Government Gazette 8 December 2011
Intention to discontinue the name and boundary of a place and to alter the boundary of place within Mid Murray Council	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	17 December 2011
	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice 22 December 2011
Notice to alter the boundary of Ceduna and create the new locality of Ceduna Waters	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	27 November 2011
	Notice to Alter		Approved by the Surveyor-General on 2 December 2011 and published vide Government Gazette 8 December 2011
Notice to alter the boundaries of places and to assign names to places within the City of Whyalla	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	20 November 2011
	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice 8 December 2011
Notice of intent to Alter a portion of Edithburgh to Sultana Point	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	29 October 2011
	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice 10 November 2011
Notice to alter the minor boundary alteration of Lower Hermitage / Houghton	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice 25 August 2011
Notice to alter the minor boundary alteration Charleston / Lobethal	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice 25 August 2011
Notice to alter the minor boundary alteration of Middle River / WesternRiver	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice 25 August 2011
Notice to alter the minor boundary alteration of Ceduna	Notice to Alter		Approved by the Surveyor-General on 22 June 2011 and published vide Government Gazette Notice of 30 June 2011
Notice to alter the minor boundary alteration of Coromandel East / Ironbank	Notice to Alter		Approved by the Surveyor-General on 22 June 2011 and published vide Government Gazette Notice of 30 June 2011
Notice of intent to alter the name of Elizabeth West and portion of Penfield to Edinburgh North.	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	19 June 2011
	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice 27 October 2011
Notice to alter the minor boundary alteration to St Kilda	Notice to Alter		Approved by the Surveyor-General on 15 April 2011 and published vide Government Gazette 28 April 2011
Notice to alter the boundary of Inneston and MarionBay	Notice to Alter		Approved by the Surveyor-General on 21 March 2011 and published vide Government Gazette of 24 March 2011
Notice of intent to alter suburb boundaries within portion of the City of Playford. See attached plan.	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	27 February 2011
	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice of 2 June 2011
Notice to alter the minor boundary alteration to LightPass / Penrice	Notice to Alter		Approved by the Surveyor-General on 19 October 2010 and published vide Government Gazette Notice 4 November 2010
Notice to alter the boundary of ForestRange and Lenswood	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice 14 October 2010
Notice to alter the boundary of Highbury and Paracombe	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice 23 September 2010
Notice to alter the boundary of Cleland and Crafers West	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice 2 September 2010 under Section 11B(5) of the Geographical Names Act
Notice to alter the BanksiaPark / Upper Hermitage / Tea Tree Gully boundaries	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice 2 September 2010
Notice to alter the minor boundary alteration to Glenelg East / Glengowrie	Notice to Alter		Approved by the Surveyor-General on 19 August 2010 and published vide Government Gazette 26 August 2010
Notice to alter the minor boundary alteration to KingstonPark / Marino	Notice to Alter		Approved by the Surveyor-General 9 August 2010 and published vide Government Gazette Notice 19 August 2010
Notice to assign the name MountPoonery	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	15 August 2010
Notice to assign the name MountPoonery	Notice to Assign		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice 2 September 2010
Notice to assign BluefinBay to BostonIsland, Port Lincoln	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	5 July 2010	On the request of the City of Port Lincoln this proposal is not proceeding. Community feed back indicates that RottenBay is the name associated with the bay.
Gillman - Port Adelaide - Wingfield boundary realignment	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice 22 October 2009
Notice to create new and alter existing rural localities in the City of Whyalla. See Rack Plan 935	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	3 October 2009 Extended to 26 October 2009
	Notice to Assign		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice 4 February 2010
Notice to alter the boundary of Seaton and Grange	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	16 August 2009
Notice to alter the boundary of Seaton and Grange	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice 19 November 2009
Notice to create new and alter existing rural localities in DC Lower Eyre Peninsular See Rack Plan 932	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	11 July 2009
	Notice to Assign		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice of 15 October 2009
Notice to alter the boundaries of Marino, SeacliffPark and Seacliff	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	11 July 2009	Deferred until further notice
Notice to assign locality names TorrensIsland and GardenIsland	Notice to Assign		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice of 27 August 2009
Suburb boundary realignment in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. See Rack Plan 934	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice of 6 August 2009
Notice to assign the name Hannaford Creek. See attached plan	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	11 July 2009
	Notice to Assign		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice of 16 July 2009
Notice to alter the boundaries of Pinkawillinie, Koongawa and Wudinna	Notice to Alter		Assigned vide Government Gazette notice of 23 October 2008
Notice to alter the boundaries of Appila, Caltowie North, Hornsdale and Tarcowie See Rack Plan 911	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	10 November 2008
	Notice to Alter		Altered vide Government Gazette of 27 November 2008
Proposal to name the newly constructed bridges over the PortRiver. For further information see Port River Expressway website	Port River Bridges	29 June 2008	Withdrawn
Revised proposal to name the newly constructed bridges over the PortRiver. For further information see Port River Expressway website	Port River Bridges	12 July 2008
	Notice to Assign		The Tom 'Diver' DerrickBridge and The Mary MacKillop Bridge assigned vide Government Gazette notice of 31 July 2008
MoontaBay / Port Hughes proposed boundary alteration	Notice of Intent for Public Consultation	28 June 2008
MoontaBay / Port Hughes proposed boundary alteration	Notice to Alter		Boundary altered vide Government Gazette Notice of 17 July 2008