Gareth Jenkins
Senior Community Engagement Coordinator – City Engagement
Your say on the proposed name Wiriyagan Place, Alexandria
We’re proposing to name a new road in Alexandria, Wiriyagan Place.
Open for feedback
We invite your feedback on this naming proposal.
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Why we’re doing this
We invite your feedback on our proposal to name a new road in Alexandria, Wiriyagan Place.
As part of the development of the Alexandria Canal Depot, a new private road was built. Naming this road is important for wayfinding and access for emergency vehicles.
What we’re doing
Wiriyagan is a word from the Sydney Aboriginal language. The word is pronounced wirr-ie-yay-gan. It describes a low-growing fruit-bearing tree, either a prostrate banksia or a melaleuca.
The use of Aboriginal language, and the choice of a resilient local endemic plant species, shows respect to the men and women, including Aboriginal staff, who work at Alexandria Canal Depot. These City of Sydney employees are directly involved in looking after Sydney’s trees, parks and wetlands.
This proposal recognises local Aboriginal cultural heritage through naming and related interpretive signs.
Council resolved at its meeting on 17 March 2025 to seek community feedback on the proposed name. This is the first step in officially naming the road.
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Next steps
We will report the results of this consultation to Council for consideration.
How you can give feedback
Consultation closes at 5pm on Monday 11 August 2025.
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Complete our survey
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Email or post your feedback
You can give your feedback by email to [email protected] or post to:
Gareth Jenkins
Senior Community Engagement Coordinator
City of Sydney
456 Kent Street
Sydney NSW 2000
