Place Names Register Extract
Millner
Extract date: 17/10/2025
| Name |
Millner |
| Type Designation |
Suburb |
| Place Id |
2066 |
| Place Type |
Administrative Area |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
4 April 1984 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
|
|
Latitude:
-12° 23' S
(Decimal degrees -12.3917) |
|
Longitude:
130° 51' E
(Decimal degrees 130.864) |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
(None Found) |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Darwin City Council |
| History/Origin |
Dr James Stokes Millner replaced Dr Robert Peel as Goyder's Medical Officer in September 1869. He remained on as Government Resident until Captain Broomfield Douglas arrived in 1870. He stayed on during Palmerston's (Darwin) first six years and then resigned. He perished, along with his family, on the ill-fated "Gothenburg" in February 1875. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 04/04/1984 |
NTG13 |
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