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Check out the work of Geographic Names Victoria. Our 'Name a place campaign' engage.vic.gov.au/name-a-place and the beautiful live scribe by Dayna Hayman Design delivered at our tenth 'Our language matters Aboriginal place names workshop' #placenaming @UNSD_GEGN #genderequality

First GeoRabble for 2024 in Melbourne.... Go legends...#georabble

Last Thursday Geographic Names Victoria had the privilege to attend the Geospatial Council of Australia - Victorian Awards evening where two recipients received the Excellence in Geographic Place Naming Award. Check out the attached. #SDGs @UNSD_GEGN

With the release of the Victorian Gender Equality Strategy place naming was included as a cultural change action. So get involved and seek our amazing Victorian women to be commemorated. vic.gov.au/our-equal-stat… @UNSD_GEGN #SDG #GenderEquality

Let us support SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities through naming in Traditional Owner languages. #puliima #dil #SDG10 #GNV

How can we support Traditional Owners in language revitalisation? What technologies are available? and Why are Traditional Owner languages important? These are some questions that will be answered at the PULiiMA Indigenous Languages and Technology Conference 2023! #UNSD_GEGN

Our Geographic Names Victoria team are onsite to learn, showcase the work we have been doing in Victoria and to yarn. Engaging with Traditional Owners to gain insights into what is important and how we can support through the United Nations Decade of Indigenous Languages. #GNV

@UNSD_GEGN With the release of the updated Naming rules for places in Victoria 2022 there are now specific mentions of UNGEGN resolutions and SDGs goals, related to our work in place naming. Go on check it out! land.vic.gov.au/place-naming/u…

There has never been a more pivotal time for the nation to consider how nature recovery can support our world’s future #30by30 #rewild thenational.scot/news/23235779.…

Lovely morning in Carlton Gradens for a Christmas Treasure hunt! Thanks to the Royal Society of Victoria, Geography Victoria, Spatial Vision and City of Melbourne.

GeoRabble Melbourne evening event - World GIS Day Wednesday 16th @TheClydeHotel Pleased to announce our fourth speaker. Come on down and listen to Danielle Cherubin - Human movement data is so damn interesting! Jump online and grab a ticket. georabble.org/2022/10/10/mel…

World GIS Day Melbourne Wednesday 16th November! What is happening? Not just another GeoRabble evening event, but a whole day of spatial delightfulness. First thing, 11am, we kick off with our colleagues from SSSI. georabble.org/2022/10/10/mel… Head online to book yourself in!

Career opportunity with Geographic Names Victoria. linkedin.com/posts/activity…

Want to work in place names and looking for a tree change? Place naming role located in Tasmania! jobs.antarctica.gov.au/jobs-in-austra…

What a fantastic GeoRabble event, standing room only. Great speakers and a great audience, thank you for coming. Lovely to see familiar and new faces. Further info @ linkedin.com/groups/4110229/ A big T-H-A-N-K Y-O-U to our sponsor NGIS! See you in November!

Leo Bateman talking about old and young supporting each other thru the digital revolution. pic.twitter.com/7uokQCWUp6

Live at #ConsultingSurveyorsVictoria listening to our Surveyor-General Victoria, Executive Director Surveying & Spatial and Manager Registry Operations talking about diversity, digital lodgement and pipeline of talent. Great panel discussion and engaging audience.

GeoRabble Melbourne on the cards! We have speakers, we have a venue, we need a sponsor. It's end of financial year, let's lock it in!! Any interest in being a GeoRabble Melbourne Sponsor please get in touch: melbourne@georabble.org

Go online and see how our naming principles align with UNGEGN resolutions and SDG Goals and targets. SDGs can not be delivered without spatial data, none more so than having official place names to enable reporting. Get in touch to have a yarn. land.vic.gov.au/place-naming/u…

Geographic Names Victoria has made connections to UNGEGN resolutions (United Nations Group of Experts on Geographic Names) and UN SDGs (United Nations Sustainable Development Goals). 2.

Aligning naming to international frameworks Victoria complies with and supports international resolutions and goals outlined by the United Nations by assigning place names. 1. land.vic.gov.au/place-naming/u… #data #sustainabledevelopment #placenames #SDGs #unsd_ungegn