Place Names Register Extract

Packards Rivulet

Extract date: 01/11/2024

Name Packards Rivulet
Type Designation Stream
Place Id 21389
Place Type Feature
Status Historical
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)  
Latitude: -12° 22' S (Decimal degrees -12.372029)
Longitude: 131° 12' E (Decimal degrees 131.200992)
Locality / Suburb  
  Koolpinyah
Local Government Area  
  Litchfield Council
History/Origin Fred Litchfield named the Rivulet after his colleague, surveyor A D Packard, on 15 September 1865 during the Escape Cliffs survey 1864-66.

Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
  (None Found)  

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