Melrose Park - Naming of Three New Parks

Community feedback will be gathered to identify any concerns about the proposed park names and to choose the park names that best match community preferences.

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 homes, a new town centre, community amenities and around 5 hectares of public green open spaces and parklands.

Extensive research into the area's history—including its people, industry, flora, and fauna has been undertaken to propose names that align with Council and NSW Geographical Names Board policies. The proposed names reflect the heritage, cultures and identity of the site and have been chosen to make the place distinctive and memorable for residents and the wider community.

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.

Council is not inviting alternative name suggestions as part of this consultation. However, if any of the proposed street names are considered offensive or likely to cause distress, please notify Council so the names can be reviewed accordingly.

In addition, 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, the 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.

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