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Place Names Register Extract

Byers Road

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Name Byers
Type Designation Road
Place Id 5482
Place Type Road
Status Registered
Date Registered 14 August 1985
Locality / Suburb  
  Uralla
Local Government Area  
  Katherine Town Council
History/Origin Named after Hugh Wason Byers who managed Coolibah Station, southwest of Katherine. Byers had been a Major in the Australian Light Horse in the First World War and spent most of the life in the outback. He was well known in the Katherine District.


Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
14/08/1985 NTG32
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