Place Names Register Extract

Tuckwell Street

Extract date: 19/04/2024

Name Tuckwell
Type Designation Street
Place Id 8106
Place Type Road
Status Registered
Date Registered 23 December 2011
Locality / Suburb  
  Southport
Local Government Area  
  Litchfield Council
History/Origin Named after Edward "Ned" Tuckwell, mechanic, who served with McKinlay in 1866 at Escape Cliffs on the East Alligator River and who returned to serve with Surveyor-General Goyder in 1869. He may have been associated with the Southport survey with Surveyor W Harvey in May 1869.

Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
23/12/2011 Date Registered.
16/05/2012 NTG G20

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