Place Names Register Extract

Spencely Road

Extract date: 20/04/2024

Name Spencely
Type Designation Road
Place Id 7904
Place Type Road
Status Registered
Date Registered 21 June 1995
Locality / Suburb  
  Humpty Doo
Local Government Area  
  Litchfield Council
History/Origin Named after Charles Spencely, originally from London, England who arrived in SA in 1853 on the Timandraa and eventually settled in Tea Tree Gully, SA. In 1868/69 he went, as a cook, with Goyder's Party to the Northern Territory for the survey of Palmerston (Darwin) and hinterland. Not long after returning to Adelaide following the completion of the survey in September 1869, he returned to Port Darwin with his wife and child aboard the Kohinoor with the Medical Officer James Millner, in order to make a land selection and settle in the Northern Territory.

Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
21/06/1995 NTG25 Date Gazetted
12/06/2002 NTG23 Extension southwest from 21/06/1995 gazettal - previously Gumtree Drive
31/08/2015 Extension WEST from existing Road
09/09/2015 NTG G36 Extension - Date Gazetted

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