Place Names Register Extract
Adelaide Place
Extract date: 18/12/2025
| Name |
Adelaide |
| Type Designation |
Place |
| Place Id |
5019 |
| Place Type |
Road |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
28 August 1996 |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Durack |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Palmerston City Council |
| History/Origin |
Named after the Adelaide River which was discovered by L R Fitzmaurice and C Keys of the HMS Beagle in 1839 and named in honour of Queen Adelaide because it flowed into Clarence Strait, named after her husband William IV, Duke of Clarence.
|
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 28/08/1996 |
NTG35 |
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