Place Names Register Extract
Ciccone
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Ciccone |
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| Type Designation | Suburb |
| Place Id | 22287 |
| Place Type | Administrative Area |
| Status | Registered |
| Date Registered | 3 April 2007 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -23° 41' S (Decimal degrees -23.6922) | |
| Longitude: 133° 52' E (Decimal degrees 133.867) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| (None Found) | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Alice Springs Town Council | |
| History/Origin | The suburb of Ciccone is named in honour of Pasquale 'Patsy' Ciccone (1888-1983) and Maria Antonia Ciccone (1890-1979), early Italian pioneers of Central Australia. Both were born in Serrata, Calabria, Italy. Pasquale and Antonia married in Italy in 1910, and their daughter was born a year later. Pasquale first came to Australia in 1924, working in Melbourne and Adelaide before moving to Central Australia in 1926 to work at the Winnecke goldfields. Antonia joined him in 1933, and together they worked mining gold at Winnecke until 1940. Their daughter and son-in-law arrived in Australia in 1938. During World War II, Patsy and his son-in-law mined wolfram at Wauchope and later copper at the Pinnacles mine. From 1943 to 1952, they mined mica at Harts Range, with Pasquale serving as president of the Central Australian Mica Miners Association and lobbying Canberra on behalf of miners. Antonia worked alongside him under challenging conditions. When mica mining became unprofitable in 1952 due to new discoveries overseas, Pasquale moved into business, building the Pasquale Ciccone Building on Sturt Terrace in Alice Springs, where he ran a grocery and drapery store. He also built and rented rooms near the Memorial Club and owned two shops in the Stuart Highway Emporium complex. Pasquale had many interests beyond mining and business, including law, mechanics, and electrics, and was known for sponsoring many Central Australians of southern Italian descent, supporting the local Italian community. Pasquale and Antonia passed away in Alice Springs and are buried at Alice Springs Garden Cemetery. Sources: Find a Grave. (n.d.). Pasquale Ciccone (1888?1983). Retrieved October 15, 2025, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180539814/pasquale-ciccone Find a Grave. (n.d.). Maria Antonia Cotela Ciccone (1890?1979). Retrieved October 15, 2025, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180539793/maria-antonia-ciccone Mindat.org. (n.d.). Ciccone workings, Winnecke Goldfield, Georgina Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia. Retrieved October 15, 2025, from https://zh.mindat.org/loc-294649.html Wikipedia contributors. (2025, October 15). Ciccone, Northern Territory. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciccone%2C_Northern_Territory Wikipedia contributors. (2025, October 15). Winnecke Goldfield. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnecke_Goldfield (1983, June 2) Parliamentary record : Part I debates (02 June 1983). Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Darwin. Retrieved 2025, October 15, from https://hdl.handle.net/10070/697144 |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 03/04/2007 | Date of Registration | |
| 04/04/2007 | NTG 14 | Notice of Naming |