Place Names Register Extract
Fisher Airstrip
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Fisher Airstrip |
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| Type Designation | Airfield |
| Place Id | 12858 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Recorded |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -13° 33' S (Decimal degrees -13.5565) | |
| Longitude: 132° 37' E (Decimal degrees 132.6259) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| Gulung Mardrulk | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Roper Gulf Shire Council | |
| History/Origin | Fisher Airstrip was named by the Surveyor General Arthur Miller, who stood in for the Administrator at the official opening of the airstrip on 30 November 1955. (Fisher, Joe "Trials and Triumphs in the Northern Territory and Northern Australia, 2002") The airstrip is named after Joe Fisher who was Manager of United Uranium No Limitied (UUNL) operation in North Australia. He was also reponsible for low level aerial surveys. |
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