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Knuckey Street
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| Name |
Knuckey |
| Type Designation |
Street |
| Place Id |
6744 |
| Place Type |
Road |
| Status |
Recorded |
| Date Registered |
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| Locality / Suburb |
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Darwin City |
| Local Government Area |
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Darwin City Council |
| History/Origin |
Named after Richard Randall KNUCKEY, one of the many surveyors whose names were perpetuated in Darwin (Palmerston) streets by George W. Goyder on his 1869 survey expedition to the Northern Territory. Knuckey arrived in South Australia in 1849 from Cornwall, England. At an early age he joined the Survey Department as a chainman and was later appointed Cadet Surveyor. In 1868 he was engaged by Goyder as a Second Class Surveyor for his survey expedition which arrived in Port Darwin on 5 February 1869. Knuckey was with A J Mitchell's No. 1 party during the survey. Following the survey work Knuckey was appointed Overseer of Section A (Charlotte Waters) of the Overland Telegraph Line construction party. He remained with the Telegraph Department until he retired in 1889. Knuckey died in 1914 in Adelaide. |
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