Criteria

• Cannot be duplicated with another name in Australia.
• Cannot sound similar to another name.
• Must be standard Australian English or a recognised format of the Australian Aboriginal language in the area.
• Must be easy to pronounce, spell and write and not exceed three words. The exception is to Aboriginal names.
• Must not have abbreviations, initials or acronyms.
• Must not include Arabic numerals, e.g. Roman numerals (IV, X etc.).
• Cannot use the following punctuation and diacritical marks:
  • Period (.)
  • Comma (,)
  • Colon (:) and semi-colon (;)
  • Quotation marks (“ “)
  • Exclamation mark (!) and question mark (?)
  • Ellipsis (…)
  • Hyphen (-)
  • Solidus (/)
  • Parenthesis ( () )
  • Diacritical marks (symbols such as ´ in é, ¸ in ç or : in ö)
• Cannot use apostrophe marks.
• Cannot use “the” as the sole name element of a place name, e.g. The Reserve.
• Cannot include a preposition, e.g. Avenue of the Allies.
• Names starting with Mc or Mac will not have a space between the Mc and Mac and the rest of the name, e.g. McMillan, not Mc Millan.
• If the name commemorates a person, the person must:
  • Be deceased,
  • Have made a significant contribution to the community, e.g. two or more terms in office on the governing local council, twenty or more years association with a local community group or service club, twenty or more years of association or service with a local or state government or organisation, or protected, restored, enhanced or maintained an area that produces/produced long term improvements for the community.

The following tools can be used to see if a name has already been used:

• https://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/place_naming/suburb_search
• www.realestate.com.au
• https://naming.wollondilly.nsw.gov.au/