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Community consultation feedback

24 June 2025

Thank you to everyone who shared feedback on the naming of the new community hub in Keysborough.

At a Council Meeting on 11 March 2025, it was decided that the community would be consulted and engaged in the process of naming the new Community Hub in Keysborough.

The consultation was undertaken in April 2025, with feedback sought from the community and the Bunurong Land Council.

Based on outcomes of the consultation, Council Officers recommended that Council adopt a geographical name for the hub, being Keysborough Community Hub.

At Council Meeting on Monday 23 June 2025, Councillors endorsed this recommendation.

In forming a recommendation for Council consideration, the following preferences and suggestions provided by the respondents were considered:

Data Summary

Breakdown of the Majority (59 respondents)

  • Against 'South' or suggested 'Keysborough Community Hub': 20 (34%)
  • Individual Suggestions: 18 (31%)
  • Duplicate Internet Protocol (IP) Addresses with Inappropriate Suggestions (Offensive, Hate Speech, or Obscene): 11 (19%) (note: even when entirely removed from responses, there is still a 5% majority in favour of a new name)
  • Referenced a desire to incorporate an Indigenous or Traditional Land Name.

While the consultation did not specifically seek community feedback on traditional place naming, 17% of respondents independently suggested or supported a First Nations name, indicating community interest in cultural recognition.


This, as well as Councils' commitment to reconciliation, formed Officers’ recommendation to continue to work with Bunurong Land Council to establish ways to recognise First Nations culture and identity in a respectful and meaningful way

It is acknowledged that margin of those in favour of name change versus retaining existing name is small, though other factors such as principles under the Geographic Names Victoria rules have also informed the recommendation (for example, the need to consider Locational names and avoiding directional names).


For more information visit www.greaterdandenong.vic.gov.au/keysborough-community-hub