And the ACTmapi place names data includes ‘Dairy Flat’ as a ‘local name’ and a ‘locality’, but not a gazetted place name:
https://actmapi.act.gov.au/
David
From: Geoffrey Dabb <>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2024 3:19 PM
To: 'Denise Kay' <>; 'David McDonald (Personal)' <>
Cc: 'Canberra Birds' <>
Subject: RE: [Canberrabirds] National Trust (ACT) Dairy Flat brochure
Denise - I’m afraid this one of those names. It doesn’t matter what the official name was, if people want to call it something else. I have a street directory from a visit to Canberra in 1967 where the road, which
I must have driven along, is clearly shown but not labelled for some reason. A Dept of Housing & Construction map produced after the 1976 floods clearly shows ‘Dairy Road’. To get an idea of usage from the 1970s I had a look through news reports in the NLAs
TROVE. Both names are used, perhaps ‘Dairy Flat Road’ more often but where there’s a more official context (eg court cases) it’s usually ‘Dairy Road’. The official designation will be only one consideration (see Kokoda Trail/Track).
I think the brochure is excellent. A lot of information in a small space.
From: Canberrabirds <>
On Behalf Of Denise Kay via Canberrabirds
Sent: Sunday, June 9, 2024 6:19 PM
To: David McDonald (Personal) <>
Cc: Canberra Birds <>
Subject: Re: [Canberrabirds] National Trust (ACT) Dairy Flat brochure
I would like to know why it is no longer Dairy Flat? But Dairy Road ? I was raised on that part of the Mologolo. Who has the audacity to change the name ?
Denise
On 9 Jun 2024, at 4:59 PM, David McDonald (Personal) <> wrote:
