Extract date: 02/02/2025
| Name | Kings Canyon |
|---|---|
| Type Designation | Gorge |
| Place Id | 14179 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Recorded |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -24° 15' S (Decimal degrees -24.2501) | |
| Longitude: 131° 34' E (Decimal degrees 131.5784) | |
| Locality / Suburb | |
| Petermann | |
| Local Government Area | |
| MacDonnell Shire Council | |
| History/Origin | Ernest Giles named the Creek after which the Gorge is named. Ernest Giles in SAPP 21 of 1874 "Mr Ernest Giles's Explorations, 1972". writes: Wednesday, 30th Octember. - ... The creek upon which I encamped I called "King's Creek," after Mr Fielder King, who is a resident with Mr McCulloch, and also an old and kind friend of mine. Elsewhere in the paper Giles writes: Mr John McCulloch of Gottlieb Wells and Black Rock, who showed me great hospitality and kindness when travelling past their stations. Giles in his book "Australia Twice Traversed" Book 1, Chapter 6 writes I called this King's Creek. Another on the western flat beyond joins it. I called the north-west point of this range Carmichael's Crag. The range Giles mentions is the George Gill Range. |
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
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