Place Names Register Extract
Raffles Road
Extract date: 10/06/2026
| Name |
Raffles |
| Type Designation |
Road |
| Place Id |
7612 |
| Place Type |
Road |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
8 October 1982 |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Gray |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Palmerston City Council |
| History/Origin |
Named after Raffles Bay on the Cobourg Peninsula, the site of Fort Wellington, the second European settlement in the NT. The Fort was occupied from June 1827 to August 1829. Captain Phillip Parker King named Raffles Bay in honour of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (of Singapore fame) on 16 April 1816. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 08/10/1982 |
NTG40 |
|
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