The naming rules
Local councils determine their locality names and boundaries in line with the naming rules for places in Victoria.
Changes to locality name or boundary
To submit a proposal to change a locality boundary, use the Vicmap Editing Service (VES).
To check the status of a proposed locality name or boundary change, visit Gazetted place name.
Boundary maps
For official boundaries for each municipal area in Victoria, refer to the following maps table.
These are approved for registration by the Registrar of Geographic Names and published in the Victoria Government Gazette.
| Map | Version | Map | Version |
|---|
| Alpine (PDF, 2.4 MB) | 4.6 | Manningham (PDF, 877.7 KB) | 4.7 |
| Ararat (PDF, 1.7 MB) | 4.8 | Mansfield (PDF, 2.7 MB) | 4.3 |
| Ballarat (PDF, 1001.9 KB) | 5.3 | Maribyrnong (PDF, 254.5 KB) | 4.2 |
| Ballarat Enlargement (PDF, 771.1 KB) | 5.3 | Maroondah (PDF, 338.0 KB) | 4.3 |
| Banyule (PDF, 686.1 KB) | 4.6 | Melbourne (PDF, 682.4 KB) | 4.9 |
| Bass Coast (PDF, 1.2 MB) | 4.6 | Melton (PDF, 1.2 MB) | 4.6 |
| Baw Baw (PDF, 4.0 MB) | 4.8 | Mildura (PDF, 2.9 MB) | 4.3 |
| Bayside (PDF, 361.3 KB) | 4.8 | Mildura Enlargement (PDF, 810.5 KB) | 4.3 |
| Benalla (PDF, 1.3 MB) | 4.3 | Mitchell (PDF, 2.0 MB) | 4.5 |
| Bendigo (PDF, 2.0 MB) | 4.5 | Moira (PDF, 1.6 MB) | 4.5 |
| Bendigo Inset (PDF, 406.1 KB) | 4.5 | Monash (PDF, 424.1 KB) | 4.4 |
| Boroondara (PDF, 540.0 KB) | 5.1 | Moonee Valley (PDF, 390.3 KB) | 4.4 |
| Brimbank (PDF, 1.1 MB) | 4.7 | Moorabool (PDF, 1.4 MB) | 4.5 |
| Buloke (PDF, 1.6 MB) | 4.9 | Moreland (PDF, 565.2 KB) | 4.3 |
| Campaspe (PDF, 2.5 MB) | 4.8 | Mornington Peninsula (PDF, 1.3 MB) | 4.5 |
| Cardinia (PDF, 1.4 MB) | 4.8 | Mount Alexander (PDF, 1.1 MB) | 4.4 |
| Casey (PDF, 2.1 MB) | 5.1 | Moyne (PDF, 1.2 MB) | 4.5 |
| Central Goldfields (PDF, 826.9 KB) | 4.4 | Murrindindi (PDF, 2.5 MB) | 4.5 |
| ColacOtway (PDF, 1.7 MB) | 4.4 | Nillumbik (PDF, 1.0 MB) | 4.4 |
| Corangamite (PDF, 1.8 MB) | 4.8a | Northern Grampians (PDF, 1.6 MB) | 4.7 |
| Dandenong (PDF, 448.6 KB) | 4.5 | Port Phillip (PDF, 305.0 KB) | 4.3 |
| Darebin (PDF, 666.7 KB) | 4.5 | Pyrenees (PDF, 1.1 MB) | 4.5 |
| East Gippsland (PDF, 2.3 MB) | 5.4 | Queenscliffe (PDF, 124.7 KB) | 4.1 |
| East Gippsland Inset (PDF, 1.2 MB) | 5.4 | Shepparton (PDF, 583.2 KB) | 4.3 |
| Frankston (PDF, 456.8 KB) | 4.3 | South Gippsland (PDF, 1.2 MB) | 4.6 |
| French Island (PDF, 115.3 KB) | 4.2 | Southern Grampians (PDF, 1.7 MB) | 4.2 |
| Gannawarra (PDF, 1019.9 KB) | 4.1a | Stonnington (PDF, 374.1 KB) | 5.1 |
| Geelong (PDF, 1.4 MB) | 5.1 | Strathbogie (PDF, 1.3 MB) | 4.5 |
| Geelong Inset (PDF, 720.4 KB) | 5.1 | Surf Coast (PDF, 1.2 MB) | 4.4 |
| Glen Eira (PDF, 223.9 KB) | 4.3 | Swan Hill (PDF, 2.7 MB) | 4.5 |
| Glenelg (PDF, 819.2 KB) | 4.7 | Towong (PDF, 1.7 MB) | 4.5 |
| Golden Plains (PDF, 2.0 MB) | 4.7 | Wangaratta (PDF, 1.8 MB) | 4.6 |
| Hepburn (PDF, 1.1 MB) | 4.3 | Warrnambool (PDF, 149.1 KB) | 4.1 |
| Hindmarsh (PDF, 911.2 KB) | 4.6 | Wellington (PDF, 2.8 MB) | 5 |
| Hobsons Bay (PDF, 314.9 KB) | 4.3 | West Wimmera (PDF, 1.5 MB) | 4.5b |
| Horsham (PDF, 818.6 KB) | 4.5 | Whitehorse (PDF, 730.2 KB) | 4.7 |
| Hume (PDF, 1.4 MB) | 4.4 | Whittlesea (PDF, 848.4 KB) | 4.4 |
| Indigo (PDF, 1.2 MB) | 4.4a | Wodonga (PDF, 927.8 KB) | 4.6 |
| Kingston (PDF, 656.6 KB) | 4.2 | Wyndham (PDF, 764.2 KB) | 5.7 |
| Knox (PDF, 576.3 KB) | 4.9 | Yarra (PDF, 545.7 KB) | 4.3 |
| Latrobe (PDF, 1.2 MB) | 4.2 | Yarra Ranges (PDF, 2.2 MB) | 5.1 |
| Loddon (PDF, 2.3 MB) | 4.5 | Yarriambiack (PDF, 946.3 KB) | 4.3 |
| Macedon Ranges (PDF, 1.8 MB) | 4.5 | | |
