Place Names Register Extract

Bohning Road

Extract date: 07/05/2024

Name	Bohning
Type Designation	Road
Place Id	5326
Place Type	Road
Status	Registered
Date Registered	12 June 1991
Locality / Suburb
	Hugh
Local Government Area
	MacDonnell Shire Council
History/Origin	Named after Esther Bohning (1879-1952), who with her husband John Bohning ran Helen Springs Station from 1914 to 1943. Esther together with her husband and some of her children drove a mob of cattle to Alice Springs in 1929 to be railed to Adelaide. These were the first cattle on the newly completed railway. Ester and daughter Elsie travelled to Adelaide with the cattle. They were dubbed "the petticoat drovers".

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
12/06/1991	NTG23

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