Place Names Register Extract
Daly River
Extract date: 25/04/2024
| Name |
Daly River |
| Type Designation |
Locality |
| Place Id |
21967 |
| Place Type |
Administrative Area |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
3 April 2007 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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|
Latitude:
-13° 35' S
(Decimal degrees -13.5864) |
|
Longitude:
130° 38' E
(Decimal degrees 130.6411) |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
(None Found) |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Victoria-Daly Shire Council |
| History/Origin |
Daly River derives its name from the feature 'stream' of the same name which in turn was discovered by Colonel Boyle Travers Finniss in 1865 and named by him after Sir Dominick Daly, Governor-General of South Australia. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 03/04/2007 |
|
Date added to Register |
| 04/04/2007 |
NTG 14 |
Notice of naming |
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