Place Names Register Extract
Port Mar Street
Extract date: 21/05/2024
| Name |
Port Mar |
| Type Designation |
Street |
| Place Id |
7558 |
| Place Type |
Road |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
25 July 1984 |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Moulden |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Palmerston City Council |
| History/Origin |
Named after the USS Port Mar, an American merchant ship which was severly holed in the hull during the bombing of Darwin in February 1942. She was beached on Channel Island. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 25/07/1984 |
NTG29 |
|
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