Place Names Register Extract
Maningrida
Extract date: 30/04/2026
| Name |
Maningrida |
| Type Designation |
Community |
| Place Id |
22437 |
| Place Type |
Administrative Area |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
3 April 2007 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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|
Latitude:
-12° 03' S
(Decimal degrees -12.0574) |
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Longitude:
134° 13' E
(Decimal degrees 134.231) |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
(None Found) |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
West Arnhem Shire Council |
| History/Origin |
Maningrida as an administrative area is based on and takes its name from the Aboriginal community of the same name, established in 1949 as a trading post with Aboriginal people of the area. Following a census in 1955 which indicated a large number of Aboriginal people were residing at the trading post, the Government decided to establish a Community at the site on the banks of the Liverpool 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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