Place Names Register Extract
Ada Street
Extract date: 16/12/2025
| Name |
Ada |
| Type Designation |
Street |
| Place Id |
5015 |
| Place Type |
Road |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
13 March 1968 |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Jingili |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Darwin City Council |
| History/Origin |
Named after Ada Gaden who died in 1967 who spent much of her life in the buffalo camps where she reared her children. She lived in an area known as Kapalga today, and was the first white woman to live there and the Aborigines gave a corroboree to welcome her.
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Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 13/03/1968 |
NTG12 |
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