Place Names Register Extract
Cox Peninsula
Extract date: 21/05/2024
| Name |
Cox Peninsula |
| Type Designation |
Locality |
| Place Id |
22337 |
| Place Type |
Administrative Area |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
3 April 2007 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-12° 32' S
(Decimal degrees -12.5488) |
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Longitude:
130° 43' E
(Decimal degrees 130.7175) |
| Locality / Suburb |
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(None Found) |
| Local Government Area |
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| History/Origin |
This locality derives its name from the Cox Peninsula named after Matthew Dillon Cox regarded as the Territory's first pastoralist who applied for a lease over the peninsula in 1869, just after the establishment of Palmerston (Darwin). Cox's lease never eventuated as he died before he could meet the stocking conditions. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 03/04/2007 |
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Date of Registration |
| 04/04/2007 |
NTG 14 |
Notice of Naming |
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