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Lansdowne Road
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| Name |
Lansdowne |
| Type Designation |
Road |
| Place Id |
6820 |
| Place Type |
Road |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
7 July 1999 |
| Locality / Suburb |
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| |
Lansdowne |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Katherine Town Council |
| History/Origin |
Named in commemoration of Anne Pascoe Lansdowne (nee Dalkin) (1909 - 1973) - Landlord of the "Mine Host" Hotel at Knotts Crossing, Katherine from the mid-50s to 1973 and a keen participant in Red Cross and Country Women's Association all her life; and Frank Lansdowne (1907 - 1989) - worked with CSIRO to develop plant and animal breeds suitable for the Top End; co-owner of a brahman stud on Kumbidgee Station; member of Katherine Historical Society and well known Raconteur. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 07/07/1999 |
NTG26 |
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