Place Names Register Extract

Budgen Street

Extract date: 02/05/2024

Name Budgen
Type Designation Street
Place Id 5448
Place Type Road
Status Registered
Date Registered 25 September 1968
Locality / Suburb  
  Moil
Local Government Area  
  Darwin City Council
History/Origin Named after the Budgen family and in particular Private William Ernest Budgen who was a fitter and turner in the Railways Workshops at Darwin before enlisting at the age of 20. He was killed in action in France on 11 April 1917. The Budgen family was a well known during early 1900s in Darwin where his mother has a hotel in Cavenagh St.

Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
25/09/1968 NTG42

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