Place Names Register Extract
Gunn
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Gunn |
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| Type Designation | Suburb |
| Place Id | 2042 |
| Place Type | Administrative Area |
| Status | Registered |
| Date Registered | 5 December 2001 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -12° 29' S (Decimal degrees -12.4867) | |
| Longitude: 130° 59' E (Decimal degrees 130.9938) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
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| Local Government Area | |
| Palmerston City Council | |
| History/Origin |
The Suburb of Gunn is named after Mrs Jeannie Gunn who was born in Carlton, Melbourne as Jeannie Taylor in June, 1870. She studied literature and history with her sisters and later the 3 Taylor sisters opened their own school - Rolyat at Hawthorn in 1889. Miss Jeannie Taylor met Aeneas Gunn who was a librarian at Prahran in the 1890s and they were married in December 1901, arriving at the Elsey in 1902. The Gunns came to Port Darwin on the SS Guthrie. Aeneas Gunn had previously spent time in the Territory with his cousin Captain Joseph Bradshaw in 1890. Aeneas died in March 1903 and Jeannie Gunn returned to Hawthorn. Her book We of the Never Never, about life and the Territory people at Elsey Station became known Australia wide and in 1939 George VI awarded her the Order of the British Empire. She died in Melbourne during June 1961. The suburb of Gunn was regazetted on 5/12/2001 to conform to the current alignment. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 17/10/1984 | NTG41 | |
| 05/12/2001 | NTG48 | Revocation of 17/10/1984 gazettal and renaming of suburb due to changes to boundaries from originally gazetted |