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Tom Price Park

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Name Tom Price Park
Type Designation Park
Place Id 24935
Place Type Park or Cemetery
Status Historical
Date Registered 25 January 2018
Location (Datum GDA94)  
Latitude: -12° 28' S (Decimal degrees -12.482504)
Longitude: 130° 59' E (Decimal degrees 130.989651)
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Locality / Suburb  
  Gunn
Lot/Portion  
  Town of Palmerston
Local Government Area  
  Palmerston City Council
History/Origin Thomas (or Tom) Price Park - after Thomas (Tom) Price who worked extensively in the agriculture and farming industries of the Northern Territory. He was also a keen fisherman, a member of the Katherine Gun Club and member and Councillor of the Katherine and District Show Society, of which he was made an Honorary Life Member. Tom remarried around 1990 and they lived in Palmerston. He passed away in a vehicle accident in 2000, with his funeral being held in Palmerston.

Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
25/01/2018 Date added to Register - Certified Plan S2017/168
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