Place Names Register Extract

Hicks Road

Extract date: 05/06/2026

Name	Hicks
Type Designation	Road
Place Id	6486
Place Type	Road
Status	Registered
Date Registered	26 November 1997
Locality / Suburb
	Girraween
	Howard Springs
Local Government Area
	Litchfield Council
History/Origin	Hicks Road is named in commemoration of Lieutenant William Hicks RN, master of the brig Mary Elizabeth, which provisioned Fort Dundas during the early years of the British settlement established there in 1824. Hicks married Sophia Hickey at St Philip's Church, Sydney, in 1823. His wife, Sophia ('Sophie') Hicks, who died at Fort Dundas in 1827, is separately commemorated in the naming of nearby Sophia Road.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
26/11/1997	NTG47
14/07/1999	NTG27	Extension
13/12/2000	NTG49	Extension
30/07/2003	NTG30	Extension
25/02/2004	NTG08	Extension
28/03/2007	NTG13	Northerly Extension
13/06/2007	NTG24	Northerly Extension

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