NSW Dual Names App

Created 05/06/2025

Updated 05/06/2025

Metadata 

Content Title NSW Dual Names AppContent Type Web Application Description This app shows all the dual place names within NSW boundary. It means the feature has two names. When a feature already has an official non-Aboriginal name, the traditional Aboriginal name can be recognised by assigning it as a dual name.Initial Publication Date 19/02/2024Data Currency 19/02/2024Data Update Frequency QuarterlyContent Source APIFile Type Map Feature Service Attribution  Data Theme, Classification or Relationship to other Datasets  Accuracy  Spatial Reference System (dataset) GDA94 Spatial Reference System (web service) EPSG:4326 WGS84 Equivalent To GDA94 Spatial Extent  Content Lineage  Data Classification UnclassifiedData Access Policy OpenData Quality  Terms and Conditions Creative CommonsStandard and Specification  Data Custodian Geographical Names Board NSWPoint of Contact The Secretary | Geographical Names Board NSWData Aggregator Geographical Names BoardData Distributor Geographical Names BoardAdditional Supporting Information Once a dual name proposal is assigned, signposts, maps and directories relating to the area will feature both names. Dual naming does not apply to towns, roads, localities or other administrative areas such as a reserve or state forest.TRIM Number

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title NSW Dual Names App
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/087df9d4-f15e-4c69-860b-c8c354e7e73d
Remote Last Updated 29/05/2025
Contact Point
Spatial Services (DCS)
test@email.loc
Reference Period 29/05/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        96.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        96.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        168.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        168.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        96.0,
        -45.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal DataNSW

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on DataNSW "NSW Dual Names App". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-1-2633e8341ff94d1b928551ca3ddd7462