Place Names Register Extract
Arnhem Highway
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View in NT Atlas | Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Arnhem |
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| Type Designation | Highway |
| Place Id | 5117 |
| Place Type | Road |
| Status | Registered |
| Date Registered | 4 November 1998 |
| Locality / Suburb | |
| Humpty Doo | |
| Jabiru | |
| Lambells Lagoon | |
| McMinns Lagoon | |
| Middle Point | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Litchfield Council | |
| History/Origin | Named in 1970 after Arnhem Land through which it was proposed to be built and to which it gives access from Darwin. The name Arnhem Land has been in existence since the late 1620s and its discovery by the Dutch. Arnhem Land is named after one of the two Dutch ships "Pera" and "Arnhem" which on 26 April 1623 proceeded in company along the south coast of New Guinea. During this part of the journey the skipper of the "Arnhem", Meliszoon, and some of his men lost their lives as a result of an attack by natives while they were on land. The second mate of the "Pera", William Joosten van Colster, a young man, was then appointed skipper. The two ships separated. After the separation in the southeast part of the Gulf of Carpentaria on 27 April 1623, Colster made some discoveries on his own account. He discovered the northeastern extremity of Arnhem Land, the Wessel Islands and possibly Groote Eylandt in April-May 1623. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 01/07/1970 | NTG26 | |
| 08/07/1970 | NTG27 | Regazettal |
| 04/11/1998 | NTG43 | Revocation of 8/07/1970 gazettal and Regazettal |