Place Names Register Extract

Mount Davenport

Extract date: 21/05/2024

Name	Mount Davenport
Type Designation	Mount
Place Id	15406
Place Type	Feature
Status	Recorded
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -22° 21' S (Decimal degrees -22.35)
	Longitude: 130° 46' E (Decimal degrees 130.7667)
Locality / Suburb
	Lake Mackay
Local Government Area
	Central Desert Shire Council
History/Origin	P E Warburton mentions in his journal on 23 May 1874 "these remarkable hills distant 25 miles, are table topped, quite flat and scarped all round, the middle one saddle back and the third wedge shaped." The mount is not mentioned in his journal but his plan of 1874 shows "Mt Davenport". No mention is made of after whom Mt Davenport is named, however it is believed to have been named after Samuel Davenport, a SA Member of the Legislative Council.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
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