Larger text size icon Smaller text size icon

Place Names Register Extract

Town of Daly Waters

If you know of any information about this place name which does not appear in this extract, please let the Place Names Committee know by completing a submission form.

Print Extract | Search Again

Name Town of Daly Waters
Type Designation Town
Place Id 23512
Place Type Administrative Area
Status Assigned
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)  
Latitude: -16° 15' S (Decimal degrees -16.2533)
Longitude: 133° 22' E (Decimal degrees 133.36932)
View Map | View in NT Atlas | View in Google Earth
Locality / Suburb  
  Daly Waters
Local Government Area  
  Roper Gulf Shire Council
History/Origin The town of Daly Waters is named after the adjoining stream feature named by John McDouall Stuart on 23 May 1862, during Stuart's sixth and successful attempt to cross the Continent from south to north.
Daly Waters is named after Sir Dominick Daly who was the Governor of South Australia at the time.

The town of Daly Waters grew around the Daly Waters Depot, which later became the Telegraph Station (early 1872), and was surveyed in 1927 following the extension of the railway line to Birdum. The townsite was proclaimed in 1952.

Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
  (None Found)  
Print Extract | Search Again