Place Names Register Extract
Tennant Creek
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Tennant Creek |
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| Type Designation | Locality |
| Place Id | 22394 |
| Place Type | Administrative Area |
| Status | Registered |
| Date Registered | 3 April 2007 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -19° 39' S (Decimal degrees -19.6591) | |
| Longitude: 134° 11' E (Decimal degrees 134.1912) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
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| Local Government Area | |
| Barkly Shire Council | |
| History/Origin | The Tennant Creek locality takes its name from the town of the same name which in turn derives its name from the feature stream which was named by John McDouall Stuart in June 1860 after his associate John Tennant of Port Lincon. The location at which Stuart named the creek is north of the town, near the Overland Telegraph Station. A repeater station was established near Tennant Creek following the completion of the Overland Telegraph Line in 1872. A reserve was proclaimed around the telegraph station in 1874. Following the discovery of gold in the surrounding hills, the town site of Tennant Creek was surveyed in September 1935. Blakeway in carrying out the survey took into account the location of the telegraph line and buildings already in existence. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
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| 03/04/2007 | Date of Registration | |
| 04/04/2007 | NTG 14 | Notice of Naming |