Place Names Register Extract
Yarrawonga
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Yarrawonga |
|---|---|
| Type Designation | Suburb |
| Place Id | 2094 |
| Place Type | Administrative Area |
| Status | Registered |
| Date Registered | 5 December 2001 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -12° 28' S (Decimal degrees -12.4737) | |
| Longitude: 130° 59' E (Decimal degrees 130.9875) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| (None Found) | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Palmerston City Council | |
| History/Origin | Named after the Yarrawonga Park Zoo which used to be on the site where McKenzie Place now is. The late Dr Alex McKenzie and Mrs Jean McKenzie came to Darwin in the post-war years and settled at Pee Wee Camp at East Point. Later they established themselves on freehold land where in 1965 they set up a wildlife park which they called Yarrawonga Park. It is believed that the name "Yarrawonga" came from Victoria, the aboriginal word origin being "the place where the wonga pigeon nests". |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 22/08/1984 | NTG33 | |
| 05/12/2001 | NTG48 | Revocation of 22/08/1984 gazettal and renaming of suburb with slight changes to boundaries |
| 29/07/2016 | Alteration of Locality Boundary | |
| 10/08/2016 | NTG G32 | Alteration of Locality boundary notified in Gazette |