Traditional Place Names

From the 1st of June 2022, Biotao will begin using Traditional Place Names as a part of postal and physical addresses.

Traditional Place Names

For over a year Biotao has been using traditional place names for our postal and physical address details of the business.[1]

As of the 1st of June 2022 and as a part of Biotao's commitment toward reconciliation with first nations, we will begin using traditional place names for all client and supplier communications.


  1. Where the recipient's address is clearly within an identifiable first nations Country. ↩︎

2022: Actions to Make Change - National Reconciliation Week 2022
2022: Actions to Make Change This year’s National Reconciliation Week theme, Be Brave Make Change is a challenge to all of us to Be Brave and tackle the unfinished business […]

National Reconciliation Week 2022 is challenging Australians to 'Be brave, Make Change'.  NRW 2022 is asking all Australians to Acknowledge Country, by Knowing whose Country you are on, acknowledging Country in meetings and gatherings, displaying Country names on buildings and offices and adding the name of Country to addresses for letters and parcels.

To learn how to implement traditional place names, check out Australia Posts official guide on how to use them when writing addresses.

If you would like to know more about the story of adding traditional names consider reading Making Traditional Place Names part of mailing addresses.