Place Names Committee

The Place Names Committee for the Northern Territory is established under section 5 of the Place Names Act, to make recommendations to the Minister for Planning and Lands for the naming of a place (place name) within the Territory.

The Committee consists of 4 members. Two members are directly appointed by the Minister with one appointed as the Chairman. A third member is appointed by the Minister from three persons nominated by the Local Government Association of the Northern Territory. The Surveyor-General is the fourth member of the Committee.

Members of the current Committee, whose term concludes on 27th June 2008, are

Vacant	Chairman
Mr GJ (Garry) West	Member (ex-officio as Surveyor-General) Acting Chairman, under s6 of the Act
Mrs PM (Pearl) Ogden	Member
Alderman AR (Allan) Mitchell	Member (Representative of the Local Government Association of the NT)

The Committee meets 5 or 6 times each year.

The Department of Planning and Infrastructure provides administrative support to the Committee through the Place Names Section which researches the background to place names and manages the Register.