Place Names Register Extract
Lloyd Creek
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Lloyd Creek |
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| Type Designation | Locality |
| Place Id | 2057 |
| Place Type | Administrative Area |
| Status | Registered |
| Date Registered | 29 July 1998 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -12° 39' S (Decimal degrees -12.6575) | |
| Longitude: 131° 09' E (Decimal degrees 131.1603) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
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| Local Government Area | |
| Litchfield Council | |
| History/Origin | Lloyd Creek takes its name from Lloyds Creek, one of two creeks in the area named by Frederick Henry Litchfield during the Finniss Expedition in 1865 and later incorporated into Goyder's surveys of the Hundreds in 1869. Litchfield recorded the naming of Lloyds Creek on 1 June 1865. The creek is thought to commemorate expedition member John Vereker Lloyd, who arrived at Escape Cliffs aboard the Bengal in 1865 and joined Litchfield's exploration party. A 1927 obituary recorded that Lloyd participated in exploration of the surrounding country and later wrote in his diary that a river had been named after him. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
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| 29/10/1997 | NTG43 | |
| 29/07/1998 | NTG29 | Amendment of 29/10/1997 Instrument (different plan in schedule) |