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Pierssene Road
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| Name |
Pierssene |
| Type Designation |
Road |
| Place Id |
7517 |
| Place Type |
Road |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
2 September 1987 |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Yarrawonga |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Palmerston City Council |
| History/Origin |
Named after Thomas Herbert (Bert) Pierssene and his wife Eunice (nee Aitken). Bert Pierssene was born in Western Australia in 1901. Following service in WWI he worked out of Broome on pearling luggers before coming to the Top End of the Territory in the mid 1920s. He took on various contracting jobs in the area and for a time worked for the Gaden family, shooting buffalo on Kapalga and Marrakai. It was at this time he met EUNICE Aitken who was a cousin and companion to Mrs Ada Gaden. They were married in Darwin in 1929. He later worked for the PMG in Darwin as line foreman and then as Stores Manager until his retirement in 1966. Bert Pierssene died in 1973 and his wife Eunice in 1976. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 02/09/1987 |
NTG35 |
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