Place Names Register Extract

Carruth Road

Extract date: 29/03/2024

Name Carruth
Type Designation Road
Place Id 5564
Place Type Road
Status Registered
Date Registered 7 November 2001
Locality / Suburb  
  Girraween
Local Government Area  
  Litchfield Council
History/Origin Named after Helen Wilhelmina Carruth (nee Sinclair) (1877-1940), an early NT Teacher known for her kindness, generosity and social conscience who brought education and a ray of hope to the less fortunate children in the early 1900s; Mrs Carruth remains the longest serving Teacher in the Northern Territory having taught from 1903 until about 1940.

Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
07/11/2001 NTG44
03/03/2017 Extension - Certified Plan S2016/158

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