Search for place names

What is a place

You can find information about place names (map format) using the 'layer' function in the South Australian Property and Planning Atlas (SAPPA).

Expand the Place Names menu under Layers and chose from Dual Naming and/or Place Names (Gazetteer).

Access SAPPA maps

Place name data offered through SAPPA is drawn from Data SA datasets:

Propose a name for a place

You can submit a request to assign or change the name of a geographical place.

Propose a name

Current naming proposals

Naming proposals are available through:

  • the government gazette
  • the local paper or The Advertiser

Emergency services, council and Australia Post are notified when a proposal is successfully completed.

Description Gazette notice Submission deadlineOutcome
Assign a name to a place:
Rename Goat Island to Ruby Hunter Island in the area named Paringa,
UIA Riverland 
Notice of Intent -
13 February 2025 (page 175) (247.4 KB PDF)
14 Apr 2025 
Alter the boundaries of a place and assign a name to a place:
Thebarton / Southwark
in the area named Thebarton,
City of West Torrens 
Notice of Intent -
6 February 2025 (page 119)  (334.7 KB PDF)
6 Mar 2025 
Assign a name to a feature:
Port Dock Line
Port Dock Railway
Station
in the area named Port Adelaide,
City of Port Adelaide Enfield 
Location Map 
Notice of Intent -
6 June 2024 (page 1357)  (433.2 KB PDF)
6 Jul 2024Completed
Approved by:
Hon Nick Champion MP
Gazettal - 25 July 2024 (page 2230) (284.8 KB PDF)
Assign a name to a building:
Tarrkarri - Centre for First Nations Cultures
Lot Fourteen
City of Adelaide
Location Map
Notice of Intent -
24 February 2021 (81.0 KB PDF)
24 Mar 2022On Hold

Comment on a proposal

Written submissions relating to a current naming proposal are welcome from anyone around the world.

Submissions must include:

  • your name and address
  • why you support or oppose the proposal
  • any counter proposal
  • general comments.

Email

DHUD.PlaceNames@sa.gov.au

Post

Office of the Surveyor-General
Geographical Names Unit
GPO Box 1815
Adelaide SA  5001


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Page last updated 13 February 2025

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