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ANZAC commemorative naming

Help recognise the wartime efforts of local military service people by submitting a naming proposal to your local council. The commemorative naming project was developed by the Victorian government in partnership with councils and naming authorities to honour the wartime service and sacrifice of those who supported Australia’s military cause.

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Our languages matter workshops showcase the importance of Traditional Owner languages

Geographic Names Victoria (GNV) hosted their ninth ‘Our Languages matter’ Traditional Owner language workshop in July 2022 on Bunurong Count...

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Revitalising Aboriginal languages in UN International Decade of Indigenous Languages

DELWP is partnering with Traditional Owners to help revitalise Victorian Aboriginal languages in the UN Decade of Indigenous Languages.

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New enhancements to VICNAMES

Victoria’s official place names database, VICNAMES gets new enhancements.

Located in Wadawurrung Country, Mount Clear, is the Woowookarung Regional Park

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Naming rules review reaches more stakeholders than ever before

Geographic Names Victoria has completed the first consultation phase of the 2020-21 naming rules review.

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Victoria’s talent shines at State’s surveying and spatial Oscars

Victoria’s exceptional spatial and surveying talent was on full display at the Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards.

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Ensuring equality and inclusion in place names

Victorians are invited to have their say about the rules for how places in the state are named as part of the review of the naming rules.

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