Naming Authority
A naming authority is an organisation with the responsibility for naming a particular type of asset, feature or location.
Naming Rules for Places in Victoria
The Naming Rules for Places in Victoria note that; "Councils, government departments or authorities and private organisations are naming authorities when they are responsible for a particular feature or road within their jurisdiction. This may apply even when they may not be the owners and/or responsible for the maintenance of the feature or road e.g. Crown Land Committees of Management."
Appendix B of the Rules specifies a very long list of features for which Councils are or may be the naming authority.
- Amphitheatre
- Anabranch
- Aquatic Centre
- Aqueduct
- Arboretum
- Arm
- Artesian Well
- Athletic Field
- Backwash
- Backwater
- Bank
- Bar
- Barrage
- Basin
- Basketball Court
- Baths
- Battery
- Bay
- Beacon
- Beck
- Bend
- Billabong
- Blowhole
- Boat ramp
- Bore
- Botanic gardens
- Boulder
- Breakwater
- Bridge
- Bridle path
- Brook
- Brushwood
- Buoy
- Burn
- Butte
- Buttress
- Cairn
- Campsite
- Canal
- Canyon
- Cascade
- Cataract
- Catchment area
- Causeway
- Cave
- Cavern
- Cay
- Cemetery
- Chasm
- Child care facility (public)
- City
- City square
- Civic centre
- Clay pit
- Clayhole
- Claypan
- Clearing
- Cliff
- Clumps
- Coast
- Coastline
- Col
- Column
- Common
- Conduit
- Copse
- Corner
- County
- Cove
- Crag
- Crater
- Creek
- Cross road
- Crossing
- Culvert
- Cutting (Road)
- Cutting (Waterway)
- Dale
- Dam
- Dell
- Depression
- Desert
- Dock
- Donga
- Downs
- Drain
- Dry dock
- Dune(s)
- Entertainment Complex
- Entrance
- Escarpment
- Estuary
- Experimental Farm
- Eyot
- Falls
- Flat
- Ford
- Gap
- Garden
- Glade
- Glen
- Gnamma Hole
- Goldfield
- Gorge
- Grandstand
- Grassland
- Grotto
- Grove
- Groyne
- Gully
- Hamlet
- Harbour
- Haven
- Head
- Headland
- Heath
- Hill
- Hillock
- Hillside
- Historical site
- Hockey ground
- Hole
- Hot spring
- House
- Inlet
- Intermittent lake
- Island (marine)
- Island (terrestrial)
- Island group
- Isle
- Islet
- Isthmus
- Jetty
- Jumpup
- Knob
- Knoll
- Kopje
- Lagoon
- Lake
- Landing place (boat)
- Levee
- Library (local public)
- Lighthouse
- Local Government Area
- Locality
- Loch
- Lock
- Lookout
- Loop
- Lough
- Mall
- Marina
- Market
- Marsh
- Meadow
- Meander
- Mesa
- Mineral spring
- Mole (Breakwater)
- Monument
- Morass
- Motor track
- Mountain
- Mountain Peak
- Municipal Reserve
- Museum
- Native Well
- Neck
- Needle
- Neighbourhood
- Ness
- Netball court
- Opalfield
- Oval
- Oxbow
- Park
- Parking area
- Parking bay
- Pass
- Path - bridle, walking
- Peak
- Peninsula
- Picnic area
- Pier
- Pillar
- Pinnacle
- Pit
- Plain
- Plateau
- Playground
- Point (coastal)
- Point (inland)
- Point (stream)
- Pond
- Pool
- Pool
- Precipice
- Promontory
- Public gallery
- Public hall
- Race (Waterway)
- Rapids
- Ravine
- Reach
- Reserve
- Reservoir
- Rest area
- Ridge
- River
- Rivulet
- Rock (marine)
- Rock (terrestrial)
- Rock formation
- Rock hole
- Ruin(s)
- Saddle
- Salt marsh
- Salt pan
- Sandbank
- Sandbar
- Scrub
- Settlement
- Shallows
- Shoal
- Shopping precinct
- Shore
- Shoreline
- Showgrounds
- Skate park
- Slope
- Soak
- Sound
- Special purpose farm
- Spit
- Sports complex
- Sports ground
- Spring
- Stadium
- Stockyard
- Strait
- Stream
- Suburb
- Summit
- Swamp
- Swimming pool
- Tableland
- Tarn
- Tennis court
- Terrace
- Thicket
- Tidal flat
- Tor
- Tourist Information Centre
- Tourist precinct
- Town
- Town hall
- Township
- Track – track
- Track – walking
- Trail
- Tunnel
- Vale
- Valley
- Velodrome
- Viaduct
- Village
- Walk
- Water tower
- Watercourse
- Waterfall
- Waterhole
- Watershed
- Waterway
- Wayside stop
- Weir
- Well
- Wet dock
- Wetland
- Wharf
- Woods
- Yard(s)
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