Geographic Names Victoria have approved and registered the place names:

• Larni Garingilang
• Garden for the Future
• Heritage Gardens
• Garingilang Way

You can read the Gazette notification below.

Bendigo Botanic Gardens White Hills was registered and recorded as a place name with Geographic Names Victoria in 2011 by the City.

The footprint of the Botanic Gardens White Hills has grown and smaller precincts have been named within the site.

When there are multiple areas/features named within one site, a name for the entire site will be registered, and features within will be listed under the larger sites registration. This is not currently reflected in the registration and needs to be updated.

These features have existing names. There will be no change to the name which the place is currently known as by the community. The City is undertaking this process to officially have these places registered and protect our community.

The place name registration needs to be updated to include;

• The current registration on VICNAMES does not reflect the precinct growth. As part of the registration update the boundary of the site will be extended (as per the black boundary line outlined on the map)
  
• Larni Garingilang needs to be registered as a named feature within Bendigo Botanic Gardens White Hills
• Garden for the Future needs to be registered as a named feature within Bendigo Botanic Gardens White Hills
• Heritage Gardens need to be registered as a named feature within Bendigo Botanic Gardens White Hills
• Garingilang Way needs to be registered as a road that runs alongside the Botanic Gardens White Hills

Community consultation was open from January 20,2024 until February 26, 2024. The community consultation process has now closed. Submissions are now being reviewed and will then be submitted to Council for a decision. Community members who made submissions will be informed via email of the date and location of when this matter will be considered by Council. The outcome of these place names will be published on this project page.

With an initial review of submissions, we have identified the need to clarify the following information.

Make sure objections to the Naming Proposal comply with the principles and process outlined in the Official Naming Rules for Places in Victoria 2022. An objection is not valid if it is non compliant with the principles and process of the Naming Rules.