Place Names Register Extract

Banka Banka

Extract date: 14/06/2025

Name	Banka Banka
Type Designation	Homestead
Place Id	10598
Place Type	Feature
Status	Recorded
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -18° 47' S (Decimal degrees -18.79292)
	Longitude: 134° 01' E (Decimal degrees 134.02926)
Locality / Suburb
	Tablelands
Local Government Area
	Barkly Shire Council
History/Origin	It would appear that the original aboriginal name "Parnkurr-parnkurr" was the name given by the local Aborigines (Warumungu) to the station area, previously identified in 1880s as Radford Springs. The anglicised version Banka Banka was applied to the station by Thomas Nugent when he first took up his holding in 1890s. Ernestine Hill in "The Territory" (pg 214) refers to coming to Banka Banka - the Warumungu word meaning many bees.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
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