Place Names Register Extract
Hicks Road
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View in NT Atlas | Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Hicks |
|---|---|
| Type Designation | Road |
| Place Id | 6486 |
| Place Type | Road |
| Status | Registered |
| Date Registered | 26 November 1997 |
| Locality / Suburb | |
| Girraween | |
| Howard Springs | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Litchfield Council | |
| History/Origin | Hicks Road is named in commemoration of Lieutenant William Hicks RN, master of the brig Mary Elizabeth, which provisioned Fort Dundas during the early years of the British settlement established there in 1824. Hicks married Sophia Hickey at St Philip's Church, Sydney, in 1823. His wife, Sophia ('Sophie') Hicks, who died at Fort Dundas in 1827, is separately commemorated in the naming of nearby Sophia Road. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 26/11/1997 | NTG47 | |
| 14/07/1999 | NTG27 | Extension |
| 13/12/2000 | NTG49 | Extension |
| 30/07/2003 | NTG30 | Extension |
| 25/02/2004 | NTG08 | Extension |
| 28/03/2007 | NTG13 | Northerly Extension |
| 13/06/2007 | NTG24 | Northerly Extension |