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Place names

  • ACT Place Names Committee
  • ACT Place Names Committee and Guidelines Review - June 2019
  • Place name policies
  • Place name processes
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  • Search for street and suburb names
  • Street addresses

Related links

  • ACT Legislation Register – Place Name Determinations
  • Australian Geographic Place Names (Gazetteer)
  • Building and Place Names – Australian National University
  • New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā pou Taunal Aotearoa
  • Permanent Committee on Place Names
  • Australian National Placenames Survey (ANPS)
  • United Nations Group of Experts on Geographic Names (UNGEGN)
  • The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales
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