Place Names Register Extract
Goyder Road
Extract date: 16/04/2024
| Name |
Goyder |
| Type Designation |
Road |
| Place Id |
6298 |
| Place Type |
Road |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
5 January 1955 |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Fannie Bay |
| |
Parap |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Darwin City Council |
| History/Origin |
Named after George Woodroffe Goyder, Surveyor-General of South Australia. Born in Liverpool, England, in 1826 Goyder emigrated to Australia in 1848. In 1868/69 Goyder was appointed by the South Australian Government to carry out a survey of land in the Northern Territory during which survey he selected Port Darwin as the new site for the Palmerston now known as Darwin. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 05/01/1955 |
NTG1 |
|
| 16/04/2008 |
NTG 15 |
Westerly extension |
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