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Milikins Street

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Name Milikins
Type Designation Street
Place Id 24618
Place Type Road
Status Registered
Date Registered 4 June 2014
Locality / Suburb  
  Zuccoli
Local Government Area  
  Palmerston City Council
History/Origin Named after Trevor James Milikins who started his life in the Northern Territory after purchasing a one way ticket to Alice Springs, where he got a job in the then Department of Works as a Purchasing Officer. After two years, Trevor left the Department of Works, moving to Darwin and starting a new job at Native Affairs. It was in Darwin that he met his future wife, Annette Whelehan. In the early 1960s, Trevor was part of a group who travelled to West Arnhem to establish the community of Maningrida. Trevor spent a year in Maningrida, where he learnt to speak the language (Burera) and helped to build the community, as well as working with leprosy patients. Over the next few years, Trevor continued to patrol in Arnhem Land, usually for ten weeks at a time. His work included updating census records, ensuring that people were getting their appropriate entitlements and assisting the Department of Health to find those requiring medical treatment. Trevor passed away in 1991.

Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
04/06/2014 Date added to the Register
11/06/2014 NTG G23
01/02/2018 Relignment Approved - Certified Plan S2017/169
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