Place Names Register Extract
Berrimah
Extract date: 10/06/2026
| Name |
Berrimah |
| Type Designation |
Suburb |
| Place Id |
2011 |
| Place Type |
Administrative Area |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
18 November 1998 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-12° 25' S
(Decimal degrees -12.432) |
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Longitude:
130° 55' E
(Decimal degrees 130.9205) |
| Locality / Suburb |
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| |
Berrimah |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Darwin City Council |
| History/Origin |
The 119th Army General Hospital was established in the area in late 1941 and the hospital site was named 'Berrimah' which is Aboriginal for 'place where sick man gets better'. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 04/04/1984 |
NTG13 |
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| 18/11/1998 |
NTG45 |
Revocation of 4/04/1984 gazettal and renaming of suburb with changes to boundaries - part of the suburb since 29/10/1997 had been in Knuckey Lagoon locality |
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