Place Names Register Extract
Mount Dundas
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Mount Dundas |
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| Type Designation | Mount |
| Place Id | 15430 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Recorded |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -12° 13' S (Decimal degrees -12.2191) | |
| Longitude: 136° 51' E (Decimal degrees 136.8634) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| East Arnhem | |
| Local Government Area | |
| East Arnhem Shire Council | |
| History/Origin | Named by Matthew Flinders on 11 February 1803, after Right Hon. Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount Melville, who later became the First Lord of the Admiralty (1812) after Flinders had returned to England. Flinders also named other features in and around Nhulunbuy after Viscount Melville - Mount Saunders, Dundas Point, Melville Isle (which was rename Bremer Island in 1934), Melville Bay (which now includes Gove Harbour). See Ingleton "Matthew Flinders; Navigator and Chartmaker" for further details into these namings. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
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