The official name for the primary school opening in Brookfield in 2024 has been unveiled.
Melton MP Steve McGhie unveiled on Monday, July 31, that Brookfield’s newest school will be named Binap Primary School.
Binap (pronounced bin-narp) is a Woi-wurrung word of the Wurundjeri people meaning manna gum, according to the Victorian School Building Authority.
Mr McGhie said Binap Primary will be an outstanding school for our community.
“I am proud that our new school name reflects the land that we are on, this will help our primary school students understand the role First Nations’ Victorians play in our heritage and history,” he said.
The state government has selected Aboriginal language names to be used for all 14 new government schools set to open their doors next year.
Education Minister Natalie Hutchins announced the names of the other new schools, as well as the names of four new kindergartens on school sites.
For the first time, the 2024 new school naming process consulted on a short-list of Aboriginal language names, receiving more than 7,000 submissions.
Ms Hutchins said the 14 new schools will ensure growing communities have a great local education for their kids and a unique connection to the land through their Indigenous names.
