Australian Capital Territory
Public Place Names (Molonglo Valley District) Determination 2012 (No 1)

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Disallowable instrument DI2012-113 
made under the 
Public Place Names Act 1989 — section 3 (Minister to determine names)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Public Place Names Act 1989 provides for the naming of divisions and public places and, in particular, section 3 empowers the Minister to determine in writing, notified in the ACT Legislation Register, the name of a division or public place.

This instrument determines the names of two divisions in the Molonglo Valley District as specified in the schedule and associated plan. 

The name Denman Prospect was selected to distinguish the locality from the town of Denman in 
New South Wales.  The use of the suffix ‘prospect’ meaning view, vision or the outlook for the future, is considered significant in the context of the naming of Canberra on 12 March 1913 by Lady Denman and Lord Denman’s ensuing visionary speech for the future of the capital.  

The name Molonglo has cultural and heritage significance in the Australian Capital Territory. 

The number of women and men after whom divisions or public places have been named in the last 10 years, and whether the names of women are well represented, has been considered as required by the Public Place Names Act 1989.

This instrument commemorates one woman and one man.