Australian Capital Territory
Public Place Names (Ngunnawal) Determination 2012 (No 1)

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Disallowable instrument DI2012-196 
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.

Pursuant to section 254A of the Legislation Act 2001, the Minister has delegated the power under the Public Place Names Act 1989 to name a division or public place to delegated officers of the Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate.

This instrument determines the name of one road in the Division of Ngunnawal, District of Gungahlin as specified in the schedule and associated plan.  

The theme for the naming of public places in Ngunnawal is Notable Aboriginal people and Aboriginal words however, in addition to the primary nomenclature theme for each division in Gungahlin, the general policy for the district is to commemorate historical property names and associated pioneer family names close to their original location. The district nomenclature theme of Gungahlin pioneers and homesteads has been applied in this instance to name the road giving access to the site of the Gold Creek homestead in Ngunnawal. 

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 man.