Place Names Register Extract
Manton Dam
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Manton Dam |
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| Type Designation | Dam |
| Place Id | 23617 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Recorded |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -12° 50' S (Decimal degrees -12.84037) | |
| Longitude: 131° 07' E (Decimal degrees 131.12717) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| Darwin River Dam | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Coomalie Community Council | |
| History/Origin | Manton Dam, Darwin's first wartime water supply, built in 1942, derives its name from the stream on which it is located. B T Finniss, commander of the Escape Cliffs settlement named the Manton River after his second-in-charge of the expedition, James Thomas Manton, who later took over the abortive survey task, and was recalled in 1866. Manton was a surveyor, an engineer and architect, who had built lighthouses in SA and also the Tapley Hills Road before taking on the NT task in 1864. He died in Adelaide in 1899. |
Register & Gazettal information
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