Place Names Register Extract
Towns River
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| Name |
Towns River |
| Type Designation |
Stream |
| Place Id |
19085 |
| Place Type |
Feature |
| Status |
Recorded |
| Date Registered |
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| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-14° 54' S
(Decimal degrees -14.9126) |
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Longitude:
136° 25' E
(Decimal degrees 136.4312) |
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| Locality / Suburb |
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Limmen |
| Local Government Area |
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Roper Gulf Shire Council |
| History/Origin |
Named after Robert Towns after whom Townsville, Queensland, was named, and believed to have originated when Cadell's journeys of 1868 were charted. The name appears on Goyder's 1885 pastoral compilation. |
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Comment |
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