Place Names Register Extract
Rolyat Street
Extract date: 10/06/2026
| Name |
Rolyat |
| Type Designation |
Street |
| Place Id |
7694 |
| Place Type |
Road |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
27 March 1985 |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Gunn |
| |
Palmerston City |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Palmerston City Council |
| History/Origin |
Named after the ROLYAT school run by the Taylor sisters in Melbourne in the early 1900s. Jeannie Taylor, who married Aeneas Gunn in 1902, was one of the sisters. She later wrote "We of the Never Never" about her pioneering life on Elsey Station. Rolyat, which is Taylor spelt backwards, was also applied to a NT Pastoral Lease in the Hodgson Downs area in the 1900s. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 27/03/1985 |
NTG12 |
|
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