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Settlement Creek

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Name Settlement Creek
Type Designation Stream
Place Id 18300
Place Type Feature
Status Recorded
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)  
Latitude: -17° 10' S (Decimal degrees -17.17)
Longitude: 137° 59' E (Decimal degrees 137.9947)
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Locality / Suburb  
  Calvert
Local Government Area  
  Roper Gulf Shire Council
History/Origin Settlement Creek was named by George De Lautour's 1873 overland journey from Townsville, Queensland, to Port Darwin with 100 head of cattle, as it was where he sent two of his party back to Burketown as he considered them useless in the bush, according to an article published in the Northern Territory Times and Gazette, published on 20 March 1875.

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