Place Names Register Extract

Victoria River

Extract date: 30/04/2025

Name	Victoria River
Type Designation	Locality
Place Id	22404
Place Type	Administrative Area
Status	Registered
Date Registered	3 April 2007
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -16° 38' S (Decimal degrees -16.6388)
	Longitude: 131° 24' E (Decimal degrees 131.413)
Locality / Suburb
	(None Found)
Local Government Area
	Victoria-Daly Shire Council
History/Origin	The Victoria River locality derives its name from the stream of the same name, named by Captains Wickham and Stokes on 4 December 1839 during their survey of the north and west coasts of Australia in 'HMS Beagle' after Queen Victoria who had come to the English throne in 1837. The ?Beagle? explored the Victoria River to near where the Victoria Highway crosses the River.

Register & Gazettal information

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

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