Place Names Register Extract
Glen Helen
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Glen Helen |
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| Type Designation | Gorge |
| Place Id | 19441303 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Recorded |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -23° 41' S (Decimal degrees -23.68828) | |
| Longitude: 132° 40' E (Decimal degrees 132.67647) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| Mount Zeil | |
| Local Government Area | |
| MacDonnell Shire Council | |
| Alternate Names | |
| Yapalpe | |
| History/Origin | In the mid 1870s, explorer Ernest Giles recorded a gorge along the Finke River in the West MacDonnell Ranges during his explorations of Central Australia. Although he observed the feature, he did not approach it closely or assign it a name. European interest in the region continued, and in 1875 or early 1876, Richard Warburton traversed the area while tracing the Finke River to its source. During this expedition, Warburton named the gorge Glen Helen, reportedly in honour of Helen Grant, the eldest daughter of his employer, Alexander Grant. Long before European exploration and settlement, the site was known to the Aranda people as Yapalpe. It has long been an important meeting place for Aboriginal people from the West and Central MacDonnell Ranges, serving as a gathering site for cultural and social exchange. |
Register & Gazettal information
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