Place Names Register Extract

Brisbane Crescent

Extract date: 16/04/2024

Name	Brisbane
Type Designation	Crescent
Place Id	23805
Place Type	Road
Status	Registered
Date Registered	18 June 2010
Locality / Suburb
	Johnston
Local Government Area
	Palmerston City Council
History/Origin	After HMAS Brisbane (III), a Perth class guided missile armed destroyer of 4,600 tonnes, commissioned in 1967. On 26 December 1974, the day after Darwin was devastated by Cyclone Tracy, HMAS Brisbane's ship's company were recalled from Christmas leave and she 'crash' sailed from Sydney with HMAS Melbourne at 5pm on Boxing Day, carrying vital supplies to assist in what became known as Operation NAVY HELP DARWIN. The Brisbane, together with HMAS Flinders, were the first RAN vessels to arrive off Darwin at 9am on 31 December 1974. She remained in the Darwin area until 18 January 1975. The Brisbane was decommissioned in October 2001 and is now a dive wreck off the Queensland coast at Mudjimba.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
18/06/2010		Date added to the Register
23/06/2010	NTG25

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