Place Names Register Extract
Tom Price Park
Extract date: 19/04/2024
| Name |
Tom Price Park |
| Type Designation |
Park |
| Place Id |
24935 |
| Place Type |
Park or Cemetery |
| Status |
Historical |
| Date Registered |
25 January 2018 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-12° 28' S
(Decimal degrees -12.482504) |
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Longitude:
130° 59' E
(Decimal degrees 130.989651) |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Gunn |
| Lot/Portion |
|
| |
Town of Palmerston |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Palmerston City Council |
| History/Origin |
Thomas (or Tom) Price Park - after Thomas (Tom) Price who worked extensively in the agriculture and farming industries of the Northern Territory. He was also a keen fisherman, a member of the Katherine Gun Club and member and Councillor of the Katherine and District Show Society, of which he was made an Honorary Life Member. Tom remarried around 1990 and they lived in Palmerston. He passed away in a vehicle accident in 2000, with his funeral being held in Palmerston. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 25/01/2018 |
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Date added to Register - Certified Plan S2017/168 |
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