Place Names Register Extract

Langton Road

Extract date: 29/03/2024

Name Langton
Type Designation Road
Place Id 6819
Place Type Road
Status Registered
Date Registered 19 July 1972
Locality / Suburb  
  Howard Springs
Local Government Area  
  Litchfield Council
History/Origin Named after Henry Langton, a convict who acted as a Clerk and was the overseer of convicts at Fort Wellington. He well liked by the local Aboriginals. He left Raffles Bay with Comm. Barker on the "Amity" for King George Sound, WA, in 1831.

Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
19/07/1972 NTG29
16/04/2008 NTG 15 Easterly extension

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