Place Names Register Extract

Sheathtail Road

Extract date: 29/03/2024

Name Sheathtail
Type Designation Road
Place Id 24274
Place Type Road
Status Registered
Date Registered 1 December 2011
Locality / Suburb  
  Berry Springs
Local Government Area  
  Litchfield Council
History/Origin Named after the bare-rumped sheathtail bat, which was recorded in the open pandanus woodlands in Kakadu in the 1970's. It is now critically endangered in Australia.

Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
01/12/2011 Date added to the Register.
07/12/2011 NTG49

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