Place Names Register Extract

Coomalie Creek

Extract date: 11/06/2026

Name	Coomalie Creek
Type Designation	Stream
Place Id	11924
Place Type	Feature
Status	Recorded
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -13° 01' S (Decimal degrees -13.018116)
	Longitude: 131° 14' E (Decimal degrees 131.248596)
Locality / Suburb
	Coomalie Creek
Local Government Area
	Coomalie Community Council
History/Origin	Coomalie Creek is believed to have been first recorded by AA Briggs in 1913 when he and Muntz where surveying the area adjacent to the Adelaide River. For many years the origin of Comallie Creek, together with Glen Luckie Creek, were unknown. In 1995 when Dr Mark Harvey carried out a study of Aboriginal toponyms in the environs of Darwin that it was found that these two creek names are corruptions of the aboriginal names, Gumili and Ganlaki respectively. Coomalie Creek in 1865 was named Rocket Creek by Fred Litchfield.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
	(None Found)

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