This consultation is now closed. Any feedback received will now be considered as a final endorsement of a name is progressed with the relevant authorities.
Council is excited to inform the community that the kindergarten and Maternal and Child Health service in Lancefield, which is currently in development, has a proposed name following consultation with key stakeholders and children currently enrolled at Lancefield Kindergarten.
The new facility is proposed to be named:
Lancefield Childrens Centre
The process
When naming a building, Council needs to comply with the Naming Rules for Places in Victoria. As the naming authority, Council is required to adhere to these rules when determining building names within the shire.
The proposed name was chosen after consulting with various stakeholders including property owners of the new facility, local companies, the local historical society and the relevant Traditional Owner group, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation.
Shortlisted options were sent to Geographic Names Victoria (GNV), which recommended a three-word limit for building names (the guidelines having changed since Gisborne's Manna Gum Family and Children's Centre was named, as an example).
The final shortlisted, in principle approved names by GNV were:
- Lancefield Family Centre OR Lancefield Childrens Centre
- Silver Wattle Family Centre OR Silver Wattle Childrens Centre *
- Bundha Family Centre OR Bundha Childrens Centre (Bundha being a Woi-wurrung word, meaning "unity")
* Following consultation with GNV, an exemption was granted to keep "Silver Wattle" due to its local significance. Naming rules also stipulate that: ‘An apostrophe must be deleted from geographic names written with a final ’s and the possessive ’s should not be included.’
During the consultation process, 67 children currently enrolled at Lancefield Kindergarten were presented with this list of potential names and had the chance to discuss and learn about the proposed names, and select a preferred name. The children then voted as follows:
- Lancefield – 32 nominations
- Silver Wattle – 24 nominations
- Bundha – 11 nominations
The children discussed that ‘Lancefield’ as a name was important to them because ‘it was their home, where they lived, where they rode and walked to kindergarten and what the current kindergarten was called'.
Children at Lancefield Kindergarten were asked
to make a decision on the proposed name in support of Council’s Municipal Early Years Plan 2021-25 priority to ‘Involve children and families in
consultation to inform services and program planning, and infrastructure and
development projects in the shire’.
A plaque will be showcased in the kindergarten to honour their involvement in the naming project consultation.
What are we consulting on
Council is required to inform the community of the proposed name and seek any feedback on the process undertaken. This consultation is not an opportunity to propose new names, or provide feedback on a preference for the shortlisted names.
Any public submissions should:
- clearly outline whether the submitter is, or is not, in support of the process undertaken
- if not in support, clearly indicate why and/or demonstrate why the proposal does not conform to the Naming rules for places in Victoria – Statutory requirements for naming roads, features and localities – 2022 (direct link to GNV document).
Council welcomes any feedback on the process behind the proposed name between Thursday 1 August and Friday 30 August (with the consultation period potentially extending beyond the minimum 30-day period outlined by GNV). Feedback will be considered in the process of finalising the facility name with GNV.
Further information on the project can be found on the project page on Council's website, or the project page on the Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) website.
Privacy collection notice
Macedon Ranges Shire Council is committed to protecting your privacy. The personal information you provide through this consultation is being collected for the primary purpose of responding to your submission and to keep you updated in relation to this consultation.
Where required, the personal information being collected will be provided to Macedon Ranges Shire Council staff or contractors, to help inform feedback and enable them to communicate with you in relation to the consultation where appropriate. To participate in this consultation, you must provide your personal information as required under 8.5 of the Naming Rules 2022. If the personal information is not collected, you will not be able to participate in this consultation. Personal information is required to be deidentified in any public summary of feedback, such as a summary provided to Geographic Names Victoria or as part of a future Council Meeting report.
Your personal information will not be disclosed to any external party without your consent, unless required or authorised by law. If you wish to gain access to, or alter any personal information you have supplied through this consultation, please contact Macedon Ranges Shire Council via phone (03) 5422 0333 or email mrsc@mrsc.vic.gov.au. Information provided will be stored in accordance with Council’s Record Management Policy and destroyed in accordance with the Public Records Act 1973.
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