Place Names Register Extract
Mount Fitch
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Mount Fitch |
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| Type Designation | Mount |
| Place Id | 15470 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Recorded |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -12° 57' S (Decimal degrees -12.958727) | |
| Longitude: 130° 57' E (Decimal degrees 130.956127) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| Rum Jungle | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Coomalie Community Council | |
| History/Origin | S W Herbert records in November 1870:- ''... prominent hill... Mount Fitch bearing the name of a noted smart sailor of the 'Henry Ellis' whose name was Michael Edward Fitch. He was with Colonel Finniss at Escape Cliffs as a boatman and subsequently, on leaving the Territory, carried out the duties of postman for many years at Gawler in SA." |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
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| (None Found) |