Place Names Register Extract
Escape Cliffs Settlement
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Escape Cliffs Settlement |
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| Type Designation | Building |
| Place Id | 20204 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Historical |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -12° 08' S (Decimal degrees -12.1384) | |
| Longitude: 131° 15' E (Decimal degrees 131.2507) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| Hotham | |
| Local Government Area | |
| History/Origin | Escape Cliffs settlement represents the first South Australian attempt at settling the Northern Territory during 1864/65 and takes its name from the foreshore cliffs all thta remains of the settlement is the bakehouse oven, ship?s water tanks, survey point, well, clay brick floor of the Government Resident?s House, another unidentified floor area, the remains of a kiln and a footpath or garden. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
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| (None Found) |