Place Names Register Extract
Mount Porter
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| Name |
Mount Porter |
| Type Designation |
Mount |
| Place Id |
15712 |
| Place Type |
Feature |
| Status |
Recorded |
| Date Registered |
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| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-13° 38' S
(Decimal degrees -13.635) |
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Longitude:
131° 49' E
(Decimal degrees 131.8203) |
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| Locality / Suburb |
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Douglas-Daly |
| Local Government Area |
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Victoria-Daly Shire Council |
| History/Origin |
G.G. McLachlan probably named this mountain after the Porter family of Adelaide. Thomas Drage Porter was an Inspector of Lands, later South Australian Surveyor General. He was the son of John Barwick Porter, Clerk of Works Architect of Parkside.
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