Place Names Register Extract
Mount Johns
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| Name |
Mount Johns |
| Type Designation |
Mount |
| Place Id |
15566 |
| Place Type |
Feature |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
23 November 1988 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-23° 43' S
(Decimal degrees -23.7286) |
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Longitude:
133° 53' E
(Decimal degrees 133.8894) |
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| Locality / Suburb |
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Mount Johns |
| Local Government Area |
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Alice Springs Town Council |
| History/Origin |
Charles Winnecke erected a trig station on Mt Johns on 2 Febuary 1878. The trig was apparently named by Winnecke after the young Edwin Johns who was a Telegrpah Operator on the Overland Telegraph Line at Alice Springs in 1877, later at Daly Waters and Darwin. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 23/11/1988 |
NTG47 |
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