Place Names Register Extract
Mindil Beach
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Mindil Beach |
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| Type Designation | Beach |
| Place Id | 15114 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Recorded |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -12° 26' S (Decimal degrees -12.445589) | |
| Longitude: 130° 49' E (Decimal degrees 130.830835) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| The Gardens | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Darwin City Council | |
| History/Origin | The name 'MINDIL SWAMP' was first used on a survey plan by R E Gardiner in October 1871 - designating the area now reclaimed as Kahlin Oval as "Mindil Swamp". This name was later applied to what is now Mindil Beach on the other side of Myilly Point. Whilst there have been suggestions attributing the origin of the name to the Austrian botanist, G Mendel,or that it is of Macassan origin, it is believed to be a corruption of the Larrakia word meaning "sweet nut grass", pronounced 'MIN-DEEL'. |
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