Place Names Register Extract

Acacia Creek

Extract date: 05/06/2026

Name	Acacia Creek
Type Designation	Stream
Place Id	10136
Place Type	Feature
Status	Recorded
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -12° 48' S (Decimal degrees -12.800742)
	Longitude: 131° 11' E (Decimal degrees 131.196044)
Locality / Suburb
	Manton
Local Government Area
	Litchfield Council
History/Origin	One of the first 50 place names applied in the Darwin and Environs area by Fred Litchfield, exploring out of Escape Cliffs in May 1865. The creek now crosses the Stuart Highway constructed in 1942-46. Litchfield named the creek after a local tree species.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
	(None Found)

The Northern Territory Gazetteer is maintained by the Place Names Section,
Department of Lands, Planning and Environment.
GPO Box 1680, Darwin NT 0801. Ph 08 8995 5333.
place.names@nt.gov.au

© Northern Territory of Australia
The Northern Territory of Australia does not warrant that the information in this extract or any part of it is correct or complete and will not be liable for any loss damage or injury suffered by any person as a result of its inaccuracy or incompleteness. You are encouraged to notify any error or omission in the material by calling the Place Names Section.