Agency:
Nomenclature Board
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1953
End Date:
01 Jul 2020
Description:
Adopt rules of orthography and nomenclature, consider and determine the adoption or alteration of place - names and to compile and maintain a register of place - names. Under the Place Names Act 2020 the Board was replaced by the Place Names Advisory Panel.
Legislation Administered:
Survey Co-ordination Act 1944 (Sections 20A - 20K)
Legislation Creating:
Survey Co-ordination Act 1953 (No.30/1953)
Legislation Abolishing Agency:
Place Names Act 2020
Controlling Agencies:
| Lands and Surveys Department (TA69) | 01 Jan 1804 | 23 Dec 1970 |
| Lands Department (TA902) | 23 Dec 1970 | 01 May 1987 |
| Department of Lands, Parks and Wildlife (TA901) | 01 May 1987 | 17 Jul 1989 |
| Department of Environment and Planning (TA912) | 17 Jul 1989 | 02 Feb 1993 |
Subsequent Agencies:
| Place Names Advisory Panel (TA2233) | 01 Jul 2020 |
Series Created By Agency:
| AF917 Nomenclature General Correspondence Files | 01 Mar 1900 | 31 Dec 2009 |
| AF913 Register of Classified Nomenclature | 01 Jan 1950 | 01 Jan 1976 |
| AF914 Nomenclature Classification Book | 01 Jan 1950 | 01 Jan 1976 |
| AF915 Decision Register | 01 Jan 1950 | 01 Jan 1976 |
| AF906 Minutes | 01 Mar 1950 | 01 Dec 2016 |
| AF907 Index to Minutes of Meetings of the Nomenclature Board | 01 Mar 1950 | 01 Jan 1976 |
| AF909 Locality Index | 01 Mar 1950 | 01 Jan 1976 |
| AF916 Nomenclature Client Files | 01 Mar 1950 | 31 Dec 2013 |
| AF921 Property Index | 01 Mar 1950 | 01 Jan 1976 |
| AF922 Nomenclature Place Name Index | 01 Mar 1950 | 01 Jan 1976 |
| AF912 Nomenclature Register-Numerical | 01 Jan 1953 | 01 Jan 1976 |
| AF918 Nomenclature Map Sheet Files | 01 Mar 1953 | 31 Dec 2009 |