Place Names Register Extract
Fergusson River
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Fergusson River |
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| Type Designation | Stream |
| Place Id | 12798 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Recorded |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -14° 24' S (Decimal degrees -14.4127) | |
| Longitude: 131° 39' E (Decimal degrees 131.6595) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| Claravale | |
| Nitmiluk | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Roper Gulf Shire Council | |
| History/Origin | SW Herbert in his unpublished manuscript "Reminiscences of life in the NT 1870-1873" records: "..five of which flow into the Fergusson, the largest of them all, named after Sir James Fergusson, then Governor of SA. These rivers were named by Mr W McMinn; " Mr McMinn was the overseer of the Overland Telegraph Line which was built across the river between Christmas Day and January 1871. |
Register & Gazettal information
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