Place Names Register Extract
Eaton
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Eaton |
|---|---|
| Type Designation | Suburb |
| Place Id | 22292 |
| Place Type | Administrative Area |
| Status | Registered |
| Date Registered | 3 April 2007 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -12° 24' S (Decimal degrees -12.4108) | |
| Longitude: 130° 52' E (Decimal degrees 130.8823) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| (None Found) | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Darwin City Council | |
| History/Origin | This Darwin suburb takes in RAAF Base Darwin and the airport. Eaton is named in commemoration of Group Captain Charles Eaton (1895 - 1979) British & Australian Pioneer Aviator, Diplomat and Soldier. Charles Eaton OBE, AFC, MID was born in London in 1895 and came to Australia in 1922 and joined the RAAF in 1925. He first came to the NT in 1929 to find the missing "Kookaburra". In 1938 he inspected northern defences and in 1939 was appointed OIC Fannie Bay. In 1940 with the completion of the new RAAF aerodrome, he was appointed Station Commander of RAAF Darwin. After the War he was appointed Australian Consul in Portuguese East Timor and later Acting Australian Consular General at Jakarta. The suburb boundary, as approved on 8 March 2007, is deliniated on CP 5076. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 03/04/2007 | Date of Registration | |
| 04/04/2007 | NTG 14 | Notice of Naming |