Place Names Register Extract
Buffalo Creek
Extract date: 14/06/2026
| Name |
Buffalo Creek |
| Type Designation |
Stream |
| Place Id |
11290 |
| Place Type |
Feature |
| Status |
Recorded |
| Date Registered |
|
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-12° 20' S
(Decimal degrees -12.337897) |
|
Longitude:
130° 54' E
(Decimal degrees 130.909389) |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Buffalo Creek |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Darwin City Council |
| History/Origin |
This feature was named by the Army in the 1940's presumably because they had seen buffalo in the vicinity. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| |
(None Found) |
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