Melrose Park Precinct Naming Project

The newly subdivided Melrose Park Precinct is located to the north of Parramatta River and south of Victoria Road; it is also bordered by Ryde to the east and Ermington to the west. Covering approximately 30 hectares, when completed, the Melrose Park Precinct will include around 6,000 apartments, a new town centre, community amenities and around 5 hectares of public green open spaces and parklands.

The proposed names were prepared in accordance with Council's Road Naming Policy and the NSW Geographical Names Board Place Naming Policy.

The NSW Geographical Names Board policy ensures that road, street, lane and open space names are broadly acceptable to the community and meet current norms and standards.

The NSW Geographical Names Board encourages place names that reflect the heritage, cultures and identity of a site which makes the place distinctive and memorable for residents and the wider community. As per the NSW Geographical Names Board process, research has been undertaken to identify significant stories and histories of the area.

Council worked with the NSW Geographical Names Board (GNB) and other key government agencies to identify names that meet a number of requirements including that they do not sound similar to other place names within 10 kilometres of the site. The GNB also encourages the creation of distinctive place names that reflect the heritage of the area and are memorable for residents and the wider community.

Ideas for the stage one names were drawn from the significant Indigenous and Non-Indigenous history of the site.

As per the NSW Geographical Names Board policy, Council undertook preliminary consultation to ensure suitability of the now endorsed names.

The NSW Geographical Names Board has a number of criteria and rules in place, which make it difficult for some name submissions to be effective. For example, name suggestions must be as site specific and contextually accurate as possible, not have duplicates within a 10km radius and must also meet emergency services, postal and navigation requirements.

The Geographical Names Board of NSW ‘NSW Road Naming Policy’ outlines the guidelines for naming roads. The guidelines can be accessed at www.gnb.nsw.gov.au. In summary, proposed names should be:

• Unique - the name should not already exist in the Local Government Area or neighbouring Local Government Areas
• If naming after a person, the person cannot be living and first names are to be avoided
• Not be offensive or likely to cause offense
• Appropriate to the physical, historical and cultural character of the local area
• Cannot be a company or business name
• Must be easy to read, spell and pronounce
• Use of hyphens should be avoided
• Should include an appropriate road type suffix e.g. road, street, avenue
• In most cases should only be one word, however two may be appropriate if required for the geographical relationship of the road, e.g. New England Highway.

Council has completed it's review of the community feedback received during stage one.

At the City of Parramatta Council meeting held on Monday 8 February 2021, all of the stage one proposed names were endorsed.

These names (excluding Putt Putt Park) have now been gazetted by the NSW Geographical Names Board and will be placed on signs in the precinct and be made available on official maps shortly.

The names proposed during stage one consultation were endorsed at the City of Parramatta Council meeting held on Monday 8 February 2021.

These names (excluding Putt Putt Park) have now been gazetted by the NSW Geographical Names Board and will be placed on signs in the precinct and be made available on official maps shortly.