About the project
Alexandrina Council invited community feedback to help name a site located within the Ratalang Basham Beach Conservation Reserve, which is being restored into a native grass meadow.
The Ratalang Basham Beach Conservation Reserve, located on the coastal strip between Port Elliot and Middleton, is a landscape of significant cultural, environmental and recreational importance.
An area within the Reserve that was once used as a grazing paddock is now being restored with native grasses to create a healthier and more diverse ecosystem.
This new native grass meadow will restore biodiversity and improve habitat for wildlife, reduce soil erosion and improve water quality, support sustainable land management practices, and enhance the cultural and ecological value of the Reserve.
Council sought community input to name the new native grassland zone.
Three suggestions for consideration were:
- Ratalang Native Grasslands; or
- Ratalang Native Grassland Reserve; or
- Pleasant Banks Native Grassland Reserve
How we sought feedback:
- Formal survey
- Alternative name suggestions shared publicly (see below)
- Informal quick poll.
We asked: Which name do you support?
This poll has concluded.
- Ratalang Native Grasslands 54% (46 votes)
- Ratalang Native Grasslands Reserve 29% (25 votes)
- Pleasant Banks Native Grasslands Reserve 15% (13 votes)
- Neutral/ no preference 1% (1 vote)
We asked: Do you have an alternative name suggestion?
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14 November, 2025
Anonymous says:
Ratalang Native Grassland is an appropriate name for the area if a complete indigenous name can't be found. I.e. Ratalang ngapuri pelepi.
14 November, 2025
Anonymous says:
Ratalang Native Grass Meadows. (There are 7 Ramindjeri place names within the park. Ratalang refers particularly to the Middleton end).
14 November, 2025
Anonymous says:
Ratalang Native Grass Meadows
14 November, 2025
Anonymous says:
-Milarawanthi
-Ratalang
-Kondoli
RESERVE
13 November, 2025
Anonymous says:
Kondoli Grasslands
Kondoli Native Grasslnds
13 November, 2025
Anonymous says:
Can we use a ngarrindjeri name for this type of ecosystem?
13 November, 2025
Anonymous says:
Ratalang pleasant banks grassland
13 November, 2025
Anonymous says:
Ngarrindjeri people lived on that land thousands of years before the Bashams.
Ratalang Reserve or Milarawanthi (grass In Ngarrindjeri)
10 November, 2025
Anonymous says:
Bashams Pleasant Banks Farm Est 1856
10 November, 2025
Anonymous says:
It seems a shame to loose the Basham name. What about
Basham Pleasant Banks Farm.
9 November, 2025
ZaraLupton says:
Basham's Pleasant Banks Farm est 1856.
Basham- the well known name for this area,carries its history. Farm 1856 informs about its use.
5 November, 2025
Anonymous says:
Basham’s Pleasant Banks est. 1856
5 November, 2025
Anonymous says:
Ratalang Basham Beach Conservation Reserve - Keep things simple with one name for the whole area and all its individual aspects
5 November, 2025
Anonymous says:
Basham's Pleasant Banks Est. 1856
30 October, 2025
Anonymous says:
You would need Ngarrindjeri approval but I think it should be named after Ngarrindjeri Elder, Uncle Archie Kartinyeri - a Ratalang member
30 October, 2025
Anonymous says:
Basham s beach.
23 October, 2025
Anonymous says:
Frodo Grassland Reserve
23 October, 2025
Anonymous says:
Kondili Knoll
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