Place Names Register Extract

Fiddian Range

Extract date: 01/04/2025

Name	Fiddian Range
Type Designation	Range
Place Id	12803
Place Type	Feature
Status	Recorded
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -14° 43' S (Decimal degrees -14.7297)
	Longitude: 134° 27' E (Decimal degrees 134.4658)
Locality / Suburb
	Limmen
Local Government Area
	Roper Gulf Shire Council
History/Origin	The Fiddian Range feature appears in David Lindsay's Trigs of 1880 of the Roper River District. It is believed the name is derived from Samuel Fiddian who was the first Headmaster of Prince Alfred College in Adelaide. It also appears on Ringwood's plan of the Overland Telegraph Line in the Northern Territory of 1874 (Sheet 1).

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
	(None Found)

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