Place Names Register Extract
Settlement Creek
Extract date: 31/03/2025
| Name |
Settlement Creek |
| Type Designation |
Stream |
| Place Id |
18300 |
| Place Type |
Feature |
| Status |
Recorded |
| Date Registered |
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| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-17° 10' S
(Decimal degrees -17.17) |
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Longitude:
137° 59' E
(Decimal degrees 137.9947) |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Calvert |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Roper Gulf Shire Council |
| History/Origin |
Settlement Creek was named by George De Lautour's 1873 overland journey from Townsville, Queensland, to Port Darwin with 100 head of cattle, as it was where he sent two of his party back to Burketown as he considered them useless in the bush, according to an article published in the Northern Territory Times and Gazette, published on 20 March 1875. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
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(None Found) |
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