Place Names Register Extract
Fiddian Range
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Fiddian Range |
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| Type Designation | Range |
| Place Id | 12803 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Recorded |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -14° 43' S (Decimal degrees -14.7297) | |
| Longitude: 134° 27' E (Decimal degrees 134.4658) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| Limmen | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Roper Gulf Shire Council | |
| History/Origin | The Fiddian Range feature appears in David Lindsay's Trigs of 1880 of the Roper River District. It is believed the name is derived from Samuel Fiddian who was the first Headmaster of Prince Alfred College in Adelaide. It also appears on Ringwood's plan of the Overland Telegraph Line in the Northern Territory of 1874 (Sheet 1). |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
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| (None Found) |