Place Names Register Extract
Douglas Daly Experimental Station
Extract date: 10/05/2024
| Name |
Douglas Daly Experimental Station |
| Type Designation |
Farm |
| Place Id |
12453 |
| Place Type |
Infrastructure |
| Status |
Recorded |
| Date Registered |
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| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-13° 50' S
(Decimal degrees -13.8345) |
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Longitude:
131° 10' E
(Decimal degrees 131.1831) |
| Locality / Suburb |
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Douglas-Daly |
| Local Government Area |
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| History/Origin |
Named the Douglas Daly Experimental Station when first established in the 1950s and renamed the Douglas Daly Research Farm in the mid 1980s. This Government research facility is so named as it is located at the junction of the Douglas and Daly Rivers. The Daly River was named by Col. Boyle T Finniss in 1865. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
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(None Found) |
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