Permanent Committee on Place Names

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The Permanent Committee on Place Names (PCPN) is a geographical naming authority composed of the various Australian and New Zealand committees on geographical names.[https://www.icsm.gov.au/what-we-do/place-names ICSM: Place Names]

The PCPN started in 1984 as the Committee for Geographical Names in Australia (CGNA) and it was renamed in 2005.

It was integrated within the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM) in 1993. It is also associated with the Geospatial and Earth Monitoring Division of Geoscience Australia.

It contributes to the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names.

Annual meetings

Annual meetings followed at:-

Bathurst (NSW) - 1985
Adelaide - 1986
Darwin - 1987
Brisbane - 1988
Hobart - 2010
Adelaide - 2011
Brisbane - 2012
Canberra - 2013

Official authorities

The authorities that work on geographic names and are members of the committee, and the enabling legislation, are as follows:{{cite web|title=CGNA members|url=http://www.icsm.gov.au/cgna/cgna_members.pdf|publisher=CGNA|accessdate=26 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924032635/http://www.icsm.gov.au/cgna/cgna_members.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}

Australian Capital Territory - National Memorials Committee - National Memorials Ordinance 1928[http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/maps_land_survey/place_names/place_names_committee ACT Place Names Committee]
New South Wales - Geographical Names Board of New South Wales - Geographical Names Act 1966{{cite web|title=Geographical Names Act, 1966 (NSW)|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act//gna1966158/|publisher=Australasian Legal Information Institute|accessdate=27 July 2015}}[http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/ Home – Geographical Names Board of NSW]
New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa
Northern Territory - Place Names Committee for the Northern Territory - Place Names Act 1978{{Cite web |url=http://www.nt.gov.au/placenames/ |title=Place Names Committee for the Northern Territory |access-date=2011-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114175734/http://www.nt.gov.au/placenames/ |archive-date=2011-11-14 |url-status=dead }}
Queensland - The Department of Geographic information - Queensland Place Names Act 1988[http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/property/place_names.html Queensland place names] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304114552/http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/property/place_names.html |date=2013-03-04 }}
South Australia - Geographical Names Board of South Australia - Geographical Names Act 1969{{cite web|title=Geographical Names|url=http://www.landservices.sa.gov.au/5publications/Brochures_and_Fact_Sheets/_files/_Text_Versions/Brochure_Geographical_Names.htm|publisher=Land Services Group|accessdate=28 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309050154/http://www.landservices.sa.gov.au/5Publications/Brochures_and_Fact_Sheets/_files/_Text_Versions/Brochure_Geographical_Names.htm|archive-date=9 March 2014|url-status=dead}}
Tasmania - Nomenclature Board of Tasmania - Survey Co-ordination Act 1944 amendments of 1955 and 1964[http://www.thelist.tas.gov.au/ The List]
Victoria - Place Names Committee - Survey Co-ordination (Place Names) Act 1965, updated to Geographic Place Names Act 1998{{cite web|title=VICNAMES|url=http://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/|work=Land.vic.gov.au|publisher=State of Victoria|accessdate=31 October 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019160409/http://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/|archivedate=19 October 2011}}[http://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/ VICNAMES] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019160409/http://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/ |date=2011-10-19 }}
Western Australia - Landgate - Land Administration Act 1997{{cite web|title=Legislation that supports geographic naming procedures|url=http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/Legislation+That+Supports+Geographic+Naming+Procedures|work=Landgate|publisher=Landgate|accessdate=31 October 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901015032/http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/Legislation+That+Supports+Geographic+Naming+Procedures|archivedate=1 September 2007}} (originally, prior to the Land Administration Act the Nomenclature Advisory Committee, appointed in 1936{{cite web |title=Geographic Names Committee |url=http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/Geographic+Names+Committee |work=Landgate |publisher=Landgate |accessdate=31 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802165311/http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/Geographic%2BNames%2BCommittee |archivedate=2 August 2013 }} ); Western Australian Place Names and Addressing[http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/Western+Australian+Place+Names+and+Addressing Geographic Names data – Landgate]