Place Names Register Extract
Raffles Bay
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| Name |
Raffles Bay |
| Type Designation |
Bay |
| Place Id |
17877 |
| Place Type |
Feature |
| Status |
Recorded |
| Date Registered |
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| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-11° 14' S
(Decimal degrees -11.247256) |
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Longitude:
132° 23' E
(Decimal degrees 132.394968) |
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| Locality / Suburb |
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Cobourg |
| Local Government Area |
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| History/Origin |
P. P. King on 16 April 1818 named the Bay in compliment to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore. The second British Settlement in the Territory was later established there in 1827, to be called Fort Wellington. |
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