Published on Monday, 1 September 2014 at 12:00:00 AM
‘Judy Woodvine Oval’, ‘Quentin Broad Swimming Pool’ and ‘Train Park’ are set to become part of the landscape in Paraburdoo as the Shire of Ashburton looks to change the names of key community areas in the town.
Shire President Kerry White explained that extensive research was undertaken to ensure the proposed names were historically and socially relevant to the Paraburdoo community. “We held community consultation sessions in September 2013 and also consulted with Landgate and the Geographic Names Committee (GNC),” affirmed Cr White.
As a result, it was put forward to the GNC that the ‘Top Oval’ playing fields be renamed as ‘Judy Woodvine Oval’; the Paraburdoo swimming pool to be officially named the ‘Quentin Broad Swimming Pool’ and the playground area of ‘Meeka Park’ to be renamed as ‘The Paraburdoo Train Park.’
Judy Woodvine lived in Paraburdoo for 39 years. During this time, she tirelessly contributed to the local community. Just some of her commitments included helping out with junior sports, acting as a P&C committee member for nearly 20 years and volunteering at the drive-in movies kiosk for 15 years.
The late Quentin Broad was equally dedicated to the town. Mr Broad lived in Paraburdoo from 1994 to 2005 and touched many lives as he volunteered his time to assist within many community organisations. He was heavily involved in keeping junior sports up and running, from teeball to swimming, softball and touch football.
“We are excited to commemorate both Judy and Quentin with our renaming activities,” said Cr White. “After ongoing consultation with the GNC, they have confirmed that, whilst some of the preferred names are acceptable, others did not meet the necessary State Government requirements. The names ‘Judy Woodvine Oval’ and ‘Quentin Broad Swimming Pool’ can be accepted but ‘The Paraburdoo Train Park’ was rejected. The GNC proposed revising the name to ‘Train Park’, which the Council has just approved. This name was supported in community consultation and is already commonly used by the local community.”
Final processes and procedures are now taking place through the GNC to make each of the three new names official. New signs are expected to be installed by October 1 to coincide with the opening of the Paraburdoo pool.
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