Place Names Register Extract

Docherty Street

Extract date: 29/03/2024

Name Docherty
Type Designation Street
Place Id 23736
Place Type Road
Status Registered
Date Registered 4 December 2009
Locality / Suburb  
  Bellamack
Local Government Area  
  Palmerston City Council
History/Origin Named after Father Richard Docherty (1899-1979) founder of the Port Keats Catholic Mission, now Wadeye, in 1934, remaining there until 1958.

The theme, Top End Catholic Priests and Religious, was selected through consultation with Larrakia Development Corporation.

Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
04/12/2009 Added to the Register
09/12/2009 NTG49

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