Place Names Register Extract

Escape Cliffs Settlement

Extract date: 04/06/2026

Name	Escape Cliffs Settlement
Type Designation	Building
Place Id	20204
Place Type	Feature
Status	Historical
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -12° 08' S (Decimal degrees -12.1384)
	Longitude: 131° 15' E (Decimal degrees 131.2507)
Locality / Suburb
	Hotham
Local Government Area

History/Origin	Escape Cliffs settlement represents the first South Australian attempt at settling the Northern Territory during 1864/65 and takes its name from the foreshore cliffs all thta remains of the settlement is the bakehouse oven, ship?s water tanks, survey point, well, clay brick floor of the Government Resident?s House, another unidentified floor area, the remains of a kiln and a footpath or garden.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
	(None Found)

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