Place Names Register Extract

Costello Range

Extract date: 14/06/2026

Name	Costello Range
Type Designation	Range
Place Id	11978
Place Type	Feature
Status	Registered
Date Registered	28 June 1989
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -15° 29' S (Decimal degrees -15.4874)
	Longitude: 135° 26' E (Decimal degrees 135.4376)
Locality / Suburb
	Limmen
	Mcarthur
Local Government Area
	Roper Gulf Shire Council
History/Origin	Named by Minister on the recommendation of the Place Names Committee in June 1989, upon the request of the Mines and Energy Dept who were carrying out a geological survey of area and need a name to describe the area. Costello Range commemorates John Costello and family who held "Valley of the Springs" station on the Limmen Bight River in the 1870/80s. They abandoned the station in 1890 and moved to Lake Nash.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
28/06/1989	NTG25

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