FAQs

At the May 2023 Ordinary Council Meeting Council resolved that the City invite the public to submit name options for the future naming of parks, reserves, streets, right-of-ways and other infrastructure across the City. The City invited name submissions from the community from 17th July 2023 - 4th September 2024.

Following the closure of the consultation period, City officers reviewed options for names submitted by the community against the City's and Landgate's naming policy and at the February 2024 Ordinary Council Meeting (page no.68), as per the Council Resolution, the Name Register was endorsed by Council. As per the resolution, a number of names that had been submitted by the community were not included on the register due to lack of information regarding their contribution to the Bayswater area and community. 

At the 30 April 2024 Ordinary Council Meeting (page no.640), the Name Register was considered once again, where it was resolved by Council that the names previously left off the list, were to be added back onto the register. The full register as it currently stands can be found under the 'Documents' tab to the right.

All names must align with the City of Bayswater and Landgate's policies and guidelines. Residents are encouraged to review the name against the relevant policies prior to the submission to ensure it aligns and can be considered for the name register. 

This project is to create a list of names that can be referred to for current and future naming requests and proposals across the City. If you wish to submit a name that relates to a specific area within the City, we ask that you specify this on the form.

All submitters will be contacted following the City's review of the submission. 

Landgate will support the name of a person who is still alive if they have contributed time, money or services to the community that were not part of their work, for at least 10 years. However, this may only be considered when naming buildings, parks, reserves and infrastructure, and is not appropriate for the naming of roads and streets.

No, Landgate does not support names of family groups as the family group may not be clearly defined. Landgate may apply some discretion to naming after two people (i.e. husband and wife, father and son etc.) where this is a direct connection and the reasoning for commemoration is directly linked between those being commemorated.

Below are Landgate's key factors residents must consider prior to submitting a name for consideration. For a full outline of Landgate's requirements, please refer to the attached Geographic Naming Policies and Guidelines. Names that do not align to the below requirements may not be considered for the name register.

Requirements for names:

• Names shall only be adopted in single language form;
• Must be written in standard Australian English; 
• Aboriginal Names must be written in a standard recognised format and subject to agreement from relevant Aboriginal Communities;
• Names should be easy to pronounce, spell and write;
• Names for roads and localities should be short and include pronunciation with submission.

Requirements when commemorating a person: 

• The person cannot be alive;
• Permission of the immediate family must be obtained. Where the person has been deceased for more than 10 years and contact with the immediate family could not be established appropriate consultation must be carried out; 
• Based on a demonstrated record of achievement; 
• Having had a direct and long-term association with the location and made a significant contribution to the area; 
• The proposal commemorating an individual with an outstanding national or international reputation has had a direct association with the area in which it is to be located; 
• Such application is in the public interest; 
• There is evidence of broad community support for the proposal.

Commemorating an event:

• When submitting a request to commemorate an event, at least five years must have elapsed since the event occurred. A commemorative name shall not be used to mark the location of accidents or tragedies.

Below are Landgate's key factors residents must consider prior to submitting a name for consideration. For a full outline of Landgate's requirements, please refer to the Geographic Naming Policies and Guidelines. Names that do not align to the below requirements may not be considered for the name register.

Names that include the below will not be supported:

• New road and locality names shall not include the definite article ‘The’, for example, The Avenue, The Esplanade or The Strand;
• Prepositions shall not be used when naming topographical features, administrative boundaries or roads. Common prepositions include, ‘about’, ‘above’, ‘between’, ‘inside’, ‘near’, ‘of’, ‘onto’, etc.;
• The use of road types as part of a feature name shall not be used, for example Street Brook or Road Hill;
• The use of cardinal indicators and suffixes/prefixes which are not topographic feature specific (Mount, Lake, etc.) are not supported;
• Names of family groups.

The following are also not be considered as appropriate grounds for a commemorative naming request:

• Current or past ownership of the land is not considered sufficient grounds.
• Precedence of existing names;
• Past or ongoing public service within all levels of government;
• Names will not be supported after a person who has sponsored the development of the area or was a commercial developer;
• Name duplication
  • Duplicated names are considered to be two or more names which are within close proximity and those which are identical or have similar spelling or pronunciation. Duplication of names should be avoided to ensure there is no confusion for the public and emergency responders;
  • Close proximity for duplication is considered to be within 10km of the Metropolitan and urban area.