Commemorative Recognition
Council is committed to honouring individuals, organisations or events that have made a significant contribution to the Town of Victoria Park or the development of Western Australia.
Council does this through its Policy 111 Commemorative Recognition.
If you have been looking for a way to honour the outstanding contribution of someone you know, to record it forever in the annals of Victoria Park history, then commemorative recognition might be the avenue you have been looking for.
Members of the public can choose to nominate a person, organisation or event to be memorialised.
Types of memorials
Commemorative Recognition appears around the Town in various forms of memorials that are grouped into two categories.
Small memorials
- plaques on park/street furniture,
- planting of trees with plaque,
- entry into the Victoria Park Dictionary of Biography
Large memorials
- monuments, such as fountains, trees, statues or public art works (of a commemorative nature), etc.,
- naming of Town facilities and/or buildings,
- naming of parks and/or reserves; and
- naming of roads, lanes and rights-of-way.
Submit an application
Please read through the selection criteria for the type of recognition you wish to apply for in the policy before you submit an application form.
Applicant’s check list:
- Please attach a letter of permission from the next of kin where necessary.
- Ensure you have entered all details correctly and provided as much information as you can to support your application.
- Attach a photograph of the person being nominated.
- Ensure that you have obtained one written reference in support of your application for a small memorial. Or four written references in support of your application for a large memorial. These references cannot be related to the nominee either by blood or marriage.
Commemorative recognition small memorials - online form
Commemorative recognition large memorials - online form
What happens next?
Small memorial applications
You will be contacted within 30 business days from the Town’s receipt of your application regarding a decision.
You may also be contacted before the expiry of 30 business days by Town staff to provide further information on or clarification of your application.
Large memorial applications
Applications for large memorials will require staff to submit a report to Council making recommendations and seeking a decision.
Applications for large memorials, i.e. the naming of Town buildings/facilities, naming of parks and/or reserves and the naming of roads, lanes and rights-of-way will undergo the process already mentioned but may also require community consultation.
The assessment of applications for large memorials will also conform to the Policy and Standards for Geographic Naming in Western Australia, published and maintained by Landgate.
Applicants will receive a response regarding their application for a large memorial 30 business days from the receipt of the application by the Town. A decision from Council may still be pending after this time and is not included in the 30 business day period stated.
You may also be contacted before the expiry of 30 business days by Town staff to provide further information on or clarification of your application.
Related information
Small memorials hardcopy application
Large memorials hardcopy application