Place Names Register Extract
Garamanak Park
Extract date: 19/04/2024
| Name |
Garamanak Park |
| Type Designation |
Urban Park |
| Place Id |
23023 |
| Place Type |
Park or Cemetery |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
17 December 2007 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-12° 21' S
(Decimal degrees -12.35905) |
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Longitude:
130° 53' E
(Decimal degrees 130.88773) |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Lyons |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Darwin City Council |
| History/Origin |
Named in commemoration of Topsy Garamanak, a Larrakia and Wulna elder born in the late 1900s and who died in 1974. An important Larrakia ceremony woman. Matriarch of the Browne, Talbot and Kenyon families. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 17/12/2007 |
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| 20/02/2008 |
NTG 7 |
Altering of Name |
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