Place Names Register Extract

Buffalo Creek

Extract date: 15/06/2026

Name	Buffalo Creek
Type Designation	Suburb
Place Id	22286
Place Type	Administrative Area
Status	Registered
Date Registered	3 April 2007
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -12° 20' S (Decimal degrees -12.3453)
	Longitude: 130° 55' E (Decimal degrees 130.9177)
Locality / Suburb
	(None Found)
Local Government Area
	Darwin City Council
History/Origin	This new Darwin suburb takes its name from the stream of the same name which first appears on maps in the 1940s by the ARMY. The suburb boundary, as approved on 8 March 2007, is deliniated on CP 5076.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
03/04/2007		Date of Registration
04/04/2007	NTG 14	Notice of Naming

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