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Douglas Daly Experimental Station

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Name Douglas Daly Experimental Station
Type Designation Farm
Place Id 12453
Place Type Infrastructure
Status Recorded
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)  
Latitude: -13° 50' S (Decimal degrees -13.8345)
Longitude: 131° 10' E (Decimal degrees 131.1831)
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Locality / Suburb  
  Douglas-Daly
Local Government Area  
 
History/Origin Named the Douglas Daly Experimental Station when first established in the 1950s and renamed the Douglas Daly Research Farm in the mid 1980s. This Government research facility is so named as it is located at the junction of the Douglas and Daly Rivers. The Daly River was named by Col. Boyle T Finniss in 1865.

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