Place Names Register Extract
Whaeldanks Creek
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Whaeldanks Creek |
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| Type Designation | Stream |
| Place Id | 19624 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Recorded |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -13° 39' S (Decimal degrees -13.653775) | |
| Longitude: 130° 39' E (Decimal degrees 130.665875) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| Daly River | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Victoria-Daly Shire Council | |
| History/Origin | Incorrectly named after the 1880s copper mine Wheal Danks which was in the area. The name Whaeldanks Creek is first shown on Surveyor CG Chapman's July 1913 plan (CP439) of "Road Traverse of Brock's Creek Road" (sic from Daly River). |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
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| (None Found) |