2DBCB7711FB306B6E040CD9B0F274EFEEnglishDepartment of Lands, Planning and EnvironmentSecretary, Place Names Committee(08) 8995 5334place.names@nt.gov.au2007-09-05AS/NZS ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata, ANZLIC Metadata Profile1.0Place Names Register2000-01-14ANZNT0001000029The official list (gazetteer) of place names in the Northern Territory. Database contains current and historical names for roads, parks, cemeteries, features (mountains / streams / waterholes etc), localities (suburbs and localities), Aboriginal Communities together with the origin of the name, gazettal information and location. Subsets * Place Names Register contains all place names approved by a Minister (or Administrator) since 1945 when the original Nomeclature Ordince was passed. * Aboriginal Communities contains all places where "Data_type" = "Aboriginal Community". The data is generally available for distribution within the Northern Territory. Charges may apply for both hard and digital copy. For digital information, a digital data agreement may be required. Please refer to the contact within this metadata.English-25.998618-10.998579129.001222138.0012461980-01-01datasetnot knownThis dataset is updated regularly and is therefore complete at time of viewing.0not knownGood0not knownThe original position of a feature was the position of the feature name on the relevant map sheet - data is progressively being upgraded to show the true position of point features (Mountains, Bores etc), centroid of area features (ranges, bays, etc) and mouth of steams. Original position (of name) was to nearest minute, as scaled from 1:250,000 or 1:100,000 map sheet.0not knownGood0Original data extracted from National Mapping's Master Names file; data is being updated by the checking of all current and historical map sheets / plans