Yakka Vote for Lucindale

Naracoorte Lucindale Council is opening up a community vote on the style of Yakka to be installed on the new Town Entrance Statements for Lucindale.

As part of the ongoing delivery of the Lucindale Township Masterplan, Council and the Lucindale Masterplan Working Group have been working towards the development of the three new Lucindale Entrance Statements to be located on Gum Ave, Country Club Road and Avenue Road, with $60,000 earmarked to deliver this project in the 2022-2023 financial year.

Since this project was endorsed by Council, some members of the Lucindale community have identified that the proposed Yakka is not aligned to the original Yakka logo endorsed in 1978.

The Yakka proposed for the project (Option 1) is an extract of the Naracoorte Lucindale Council logo and the result of previous public consultation on the Town Entrance concept designs. The intent was to refresh and modernise the Yakka for installation on the Entrance Statements. This option was voted the most popular at the time with 46.4% of the 72 submissions received.

The second Yakka (Option 2) was designed in 1977 when a competition was held for the design of a Lucindale emblem to be used in time for the 100-year celebrations of the Lucindale Council (1978). The winner was Lucindale student Jan Wilson. The significance of the logo is that the area of Lucindale was covered in Yakkas before land clearing began. The emblem was formerly registered as the district logo by the Lucindale Council.

To resolve the issue, Council will undertake a community vote on the preferred Yakka to be installed on the new Town Entrance Statements, with the final outcome and decision in the hands of the community.

Whatever Yakka is voted most popular will be installed.

Voting opens on Monday 8 August 2022 and closes on Friday 2 September 2022. Online voting is strongly encouraged; however, hard-copy forms are available from the Lucindale Deli and Council Offices in Lucindale and Naracoorte. Hard-copy forms are also being posted out to all residents in the Lucindale district.

For more information, to view the Yakka options or to have a vote visit

https://yoursay.naracoortelucindale.sa.gov.au/yakka-vote-lucindale-town-entrance-statements