Place Names Register Extract
Weddell
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Weddell |
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| Type Designation | Locality |
| Place Id | 22278 |
| Place Type | Administrative Area |
| Status | Registered |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -12° 37' S (Decimal degrees -12.6173) | |
| Longitude: 131° 00' E (Decimal degrees 131.0066) | |
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| Local Government Area | |
| Litchfield Council | |
| History/Origin | The Weddell locality takes its name from the name applied in the late 1980s, to a proposed satellite town to the south of Darwin and Palmerston, near Noonamah. Weddell is named in commemoration of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hunter Weddell (1882-1951) soldier, public servant and Northern Territory Administrator, born and educated in Geelong, Victoria. With the outbreak of World War 1 he joined the AIF as a Major. He served as an officer at Gallipoli in 1915 and was the only surviving officer from the front two companies. Leaving the Army in 1917, he returned to Perth and the Attorney-General's Department. In 1926, Weddell applied for and was appointed Government Resident of North Australia, arriving in Darwin in March 1927. In 1936, with changes to administration, Weddell was appointed Administrator for the Northern Territory and served in that position until 1937 when he retired to Victoria with angina problems. In 1939, with war approaching, he was recalled to the Army and served with the Australian Intelligent Corps in Melbourne until 1943 when he retired, having reached the rank of Colonel. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
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| 04/04/2007 | NTG 14 | Notice of Naming |