Place Names Register Extract

Watarrka School

Extract date: 13/12/2025

Name	Watarrka School
Type Designation	School
Place Id	23538
Place Type	Infrastructure
Status	Registered
Date Registered	13 July 2009
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -24° 18' S (Decimal degrees -24.30093)
	Longitude: 131° 36' E (Decimal degrees 131.60146)
Locality / Suburb
	Petermann
Local Government Area
	MacDonnell Shire Council
Alternate Names
	Lilla School
History/Origin	Name altered from Lilla School to Watarrka School on 21 September 2011. The name Watarrka is derived from an Aboriginal (Luritja) word referring to the umbrella bush, a small Australian acacia that thrives within the Watarrka National Park region, where Lilla Community is situated.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
13/07/2009		Date added to Register
22/07/2009	NTG29
21/09/2011		Name altered from Lilla School to Watarrka School
05/10/2011	NTG40	Alteration of Name of Place Instrument published

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