Place Names Register Extract
Chambers Pillar
Extract date: 16/05/2025
| Name |
Chambers Pillar |
| Type Designation |
Column |
| Place Id |
11687 |
| Place Type |
Feature |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
5 August 1959 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
|
|
Latitude:
-24° 52' S
(Decimal degrees -24.87561) |
|
Longitude:
133° 49' E
(Decimal degrees 133.82496) |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Hugh |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
MacDonnell Shire Council |
| History/Origin |
John McDouall Stuart named the Pillar on 6 April 1860 after his Adelaide sponsor James Chambers.
The pillar is known by Aboriginals as "Idracowra".
Ref: Threadgill Page 50 Footnote 30 |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 05/08/1959 |
NTG34 |
|
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