Place Names Register Extract
Gaden Park
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| Name |
Gaden Park |
| Type Designation |
Urban Park |
| Place Id |
3080 |
| Place Type |
Park or Cemetery |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
13 March 1968 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-12° 23' S
(Decimal degrees -12.38865) |
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Longitude:
130° 52' E
(Decimal degrees 130.87141) |
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| Locality / Suburb |
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Jingili |
| Lot/Portion |
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Town of Nightcliff |
| Local Government Area |
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Darwin City Council |
| History/Origin |
Named after the Gaden family of the NT Jack, Hazel and Hazel's wife, Ada Mary. The Gaden brothers were buffalo shooters of the Alligator River area in the 1920s. Ada Gaden who died in 1967 spent much of her life in the buffalo camps where she reared her children. She lived in the area known as Kapalga today, and was the first white woman to live there and Aborigines gave a corroboree to welcome her.
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Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 13/03/1968 |
NTG12 |
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