Place Names Register Extract

Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park

Extract date: 11/05/2025

Name	Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park
Type Designation	Reserve
Place Id	14073
Place Type	Administrative Area
Status	Assigned
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -14° 19' S (Decimal degrees -14.3167)
	Longitude: 132° 34' E (Decimal degrees 132.5667)
Locality / Suburb
	(None Found)
Local Government Area
	Roper Gulf Shire Council
History/Origin	Nitmiluk is the Jawoyn name for Katherine Gorge. The name means 'cicada place'. The name was given by the Dreamtime figure, Nabilil, as he travelled through the country and when he came to the entrance to the Gorge where he heard the song of the cicada insect - 'Nit, nit, nit, nit!' (Adapted from the Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park Plan of Management 1993.)

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
20/05/1975	CG19
30/05/1975	NTG 21	Republication of Commonwealth Gazette notice

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