Place Names Register Extract
Elsey Creek
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Elsey Creek |
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| Type Designation | Stream |
| Place Id | 12647 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Recorded |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -14° 56' S (Decimal degrees -14.943744) | |
| Longitude: 133° 16' E (Decimal degrees 133.281961) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| Elsey | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Roper Gulf Shire Council | |
| History/Origin | Elsey Creek was named by Augustus C Gregory on 14 July 1856 after his surgeon/naturalist, Doctor John Ravenscroft Elsey. The Creek was discovered by Gregory on his 1855-56 exploration of the north or Australia and he named it after Doctor Elsey. Elsey Station ("We of the Never Never" fame), Elsey Park and Elsey Road road have all taken their names from the Creek. Dr Elsey died at St Kitts, in the Carribean, in 1857. |
Register & Gazettal information
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