Place Names Register Extract

Bathurst Island

Extract date: 05/03/2026

Name	Bathurst Island
Type Designation	Island
Place Id	10684
Place Type	Feature
Status	Recorded
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -11° 35' S (Decimal degrees -11.5974)
	Longitude: 130° 18' E (Decimal degrees 130.3105)
Locality / Suburb
	Tiwi Islands
Local Government Area
	Tiwi Islands Shire Council
History/Origin	Named by PP King on 21 May 1818, in compliment to the third Earl of Bathurst (1762 - 1834), Secretary of State for Colonies. The second Earl was given the title Baron Apsley in 1771, hence the adjacent Apsley Strait. The Dutch named the Island - De Speult Eylandt on 5 May 1623 by Van Closter in the "Arnhem" in honour of Herman van Speult, Governor of Ambon.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
	(None Found)

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