Place Names Register Extract
Middle Point
Extract date: 16/04/2024
| Name |
Middle Point |
| Type Designation |
Locality |
| Place Id |
2065 |
| Place Type |
Administrative Area |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
29 July 1998 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
|
|
Latitude:
-12° 35' S
(Decimal degrees -12.599) |
|
Longitude:
131° 19' E
(Decimal degrees 131.3261) |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
(None Found) |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Litchfield Council |
| History/Origin |
This locality technically derives its name from the ridge of fertile upland country jutting out as a "middle point" into the open plain country on the edge of the coastal plains of the Adelaide River. The CSIRO Research Station and the Middle Point School were established there in the wake of the Humpty Doo Rice Project and associated rice experiments. The original Marrakai Station was established on the River nearby. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 29/10/1997 |
NTG43 |
|
| 29/07/1998 |
NTG29 |
Amendment of 29/10/1997 Instrument (different plan in schedule) |
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