Place Names Register Extract

Mount Johns

Extract date: 05/12/2025

Name	Mount Johns
Type Designation	Suburb
Place Id	22305
Place Type	Administrative Area
Status	Registered
Date Registered	3 April 2007
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -23° 43' S (Decimal degrees -23.7231)
	Longitude: 133° 54' E (Decimal degrees 133.903)
Locality / Suburb
	(None Found)
Local Government Area
	Alice Springs Town Council
History/Origin	This suburb in Alice Springs is named after the feature, Mount Johns, which in turn was named by Winnecke in 1878 after Edwin Johns, a telegraph operator at the Alice Springs Telegraph Station from 1876-79. The suburb boundary, as approved on 8 March 2007, is deliniated on CP 5075.

Register & Gazettal information

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

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