Dual Assignment
South Creek was dual-named as Wianamatta Creek on 28 March 2003 by the Geographical Names Board of NSW by an act of the NSW Parliament on that date.
It was dual-named after a submission that the name be changed. However, a lengthy investigation followed, and after consultation with local Aboriginal land Councils it was decided after extensive workshops carried by the GNB, that instead, a dual-naming proposal should be pursued instead. Following that decision, the GNB carried out an extensive consultation throughout the entire state of NSW, contacting all aboriginal land councils on record as well as placing entries in every prominent and regional newspaper explaining the proposal and inviting comments.
After receiving a majority of positive feedback, the application was presented to the NSW Parliament as a dual-naming policy designed to potentially include all proven and credible geographical features throughout NSW following an exhaustive process of proof that the former aboriginal name existed as well as a particular meaning to it.
It was then submitted after being signed-off by the various representative aboriginal land council bodies and passed for recognition as the new official name of that feature. The first feature to be dual-named was Dawes Point on Sydney Harbour, dual-named with the name Tara, and the first creek was South Creek to be dual-named Wianamatta. As of February 2012 at least 20 more have been officially added.
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