Place Names Register Extract
Hundred of Cavenagh
Extract date: 03/04/2025
| Name |
Hundred of Cavenagh |
| Type Designation |
Hundred |
| Place Id |
20498 |
| Place Type |
Administrative Area |
| Status |
Assigned |
| Date Registered |
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| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-12° 49' S
(Decimal degrees -12.82) |
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Longitude:
130° 59' E
(Decimal degrees 130.985) |
| Locality / Suburb |
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| |
(None Found) |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Litchfield Council |
| History/Origin |
This Hundred was named after Wentworth Cavenagh whose name appears on Darwin's widest original street (99 feet wide). Cavenagh was the Mayor of Adelaide in 1874. He was in the Strangways Ministry as a Minister and later became Premier of South Australia. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 14/09/1871 |
SAGG |
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