Place Names Register Extract

Willey Road

Extract date: 05/06/2026

Name	Willey
Type Designation	Road
Place Id	24344
Place Type	Road
Status	Registered
Date Registered	8 August 2012
Locality / Suburb
	Darwin River
Local Government Area
	Litchfield Council
History/Origin	Named after Keith Willey, who spent eight years in the Northern Territory, the last as a Crocodile Shooter. In 1966 he released Crocodile Hunt, the story of life as a Crocodile Shooter. Keith was a reporter, feature writer and sub-editor. He was the news editor for the NT News for seven years and in 1964 was The Mirror Newspaper's Darwin correspondent. He was a well known author and involved in at least 22 published works, He has a rare distinction of having won the Walkley National Award for Journalism three times.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
08/08/2012		Date added to the Register.
22/08/2012	NTG G34

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