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Place Names Register Extract

Higgs Street

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Name Higgs
Type Designation Street
Place Id 6489
Place Type Road
Status Registered
Date Registered 25 September 1968
Locality / Suburb  
  Moil
Local Government Area  
  Darwin City Council
History/Origin After Lieutenant Horace Higgs, a Mounted Constable, who first came to the Territory around 1908. He enlisted in the 10th (South Australian) Infantry Battalian in 1916 and died in France in October 1917. During his period as a Mounted Constable in the Territory he served mainly at Roper Bar.

Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
25/09/1968 NTG42
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