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The glossary contains key words that frequently appear on the Geographical Names Board website and in its policies. status values used in the Geographical Names Register designation values used in the Geographical Names Register common terms used in Geographical Names Board (GNB) information. Abandoned Status values Name approved by the Geographical Names Board (GNB) but withdrawn due to objections received during public consultation. Aboriginal Reserve Designation values Aboriginal reserves were parcels of land set aside for Aboriginal people to live on; these were not managed by the government or its officials. From 1883 onwards, the Aboriginal people who were living on unmanaged reserves received rations and blankets from the Aborigines Protection Board (APB), but remained responsible for their own housing. Act Common terms Geographical Names Act 1966 No 13. Advertised Status values Proposed place name advertised for public comment. Aerodrome Designation values All licensed aerodromes and government aerodromes maintained by the Federal Airports Corporation, other than those designated ‘airports’. Airfield Designation values A landing or taking–off area for aircraft. Airport Designation values An aerodrome that handles regular schedules of passengers and freight. Amphitheatre Designation values Basin shaped hollow, particularly one having steep sides. Considerable variation in size. Anabranch Designation values A distributary of an anastomosing river which links up with other distributaries and sometimes with the parent stream. Applicant to review comments Status values Proponent reviewing submissions made on a proposed place name at the end of advertising. Arm Designation values A comparatively long, narrow and natural waterway extending from a larger body of water. Artesian Bore Designation values A hole bored perpendicularly into strata, producing a constant supply of water at the surface without pumping. Assigned EDU – Official Status values The Minister for Education has the power to name or change the name of government schools in accordance with Section 27(2) of the Education Act 1990. The Secretary has agreed to seek advice from the GNB when preparing advice for the Minister regarding school names. Assigned NPWS – Official Status values Under section 30A of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, park names are assigned by and can be changed by the Governor, with concurrence of the Geographical Names Board. Assigned – Official Status values If approved by the GNB, a place name will be officially recorded in the Geographical Names Register and published in the NSW Government Gazette. Backwater Designation values A body of stagnant water connected to a river. Basin Designation values 1. The tract of country drained by a river and its tributaries, or which drains into a particular lake or area. 2. A circumscribed formation in which the strata dip inward from all sides to the centre; the stratified deposit, especially of coal, lying in such a depression. 3. An area of water limited in extent and nearly enclosed by structures alongside which vessels can lie. A non-tidal basin is one closed by caisson of gates to shut off from open water, so that a constant level of water can be maintained in it. Also called a ‘wet dock’. A tidal basin is one without gates in which the level of the water rises and falls with the tide. Sometimes called an ‘Open Basin’. Bay Designation values A well–marked indentation made by the sea or a lake into a coastline, whose penetration is in such proportion to the width of its mouth as to contain land locked waters and constitutes more than a mere curvature of the coast. Beach Designation values The sloping shore along a body of water that is periodically washed by waves or tides and is usually covered with sand or gravel. Bight Designation values A crescent–shaped indentation in the coastline usually of large extent and not more than a 90 degree sector of a circle. See ‘Bay’ and ‘Gulf’. Billab