The authorities that work on geographic names and are members of the committee, and the enabling legislation, are as follows: • Australian Capital Territory - National Memorials Committee -
National Memorials Ordinance 1928 • New South Wales -
Geographical Names Board of New South Wales -
Geographical Names Act 1966 •
New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa • Northern Territory - Place Names Committee for the Northern Territory -
Place Names Act 1978 • Queensland - The Department of Geographic information -
Queensland Place Names Act 1988 • South Australia - Geographical Names Board of South Australia -
Geographical Names Act 1969 • Tasmania - Nomenclature Board of Tasmania -
Survey Co-ordination Act 1944 amendments of 1955 and 1964 • Victoria - Place Names Committee -
Survey Co-ordination (Place Names) Act 1965, updated to
Geographic Place Names Act 1998 • Western Australia -
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Land Administration Act 1997 (originally, prior to the Land Administration Act the Nomenclature Advisory Committee, appointed in 1936 ); Western Australian Place Names and Addressing ==Additional members==