Place Names Register Extract

Leanyer

Extract date: 29/04/2025

Name	Leanyer
Type Designation	Suburb
Place Id	2054
Place Type	Administrative Area
Status	Registered
Date Registered	4 April 1984
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -12° 22' S (Decimal degrees -12.3708)
	Longitude: 130° 54' E (Decimal degrees 130.9036)
Locality / Suburb
	(None Found)
Local Government Area
	Darwin City Council
History/Origin	The suburb gets its name from the nearby swamp. The name Leanyer was in general use for the area at the time of development and first appeared on Goyder's 1869 survey plans. The origin is not known, but is presumed to be Aboriginal. The suburb boundary, as approved on 8 March 2007, is deliniated on CP 5076.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
04/04/1984	NTG13
03/04/2007		Revocation of NTG13 04/04/1984 gazettal and re-gazettal with new boundaries
04/04/2007	NTG 14	Notice of 3/4/2007 namings

The Northern Territory Gazetteer is maintained by the Place Names Section,
Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics.
GPO Box 1680, Darwin NT 0801. Ph 08 8995 5333.
place.names@nt.gov.au

© Northern Territory of Australia
The Northern Territory of Australia does not warrant that the information in this extract or any part of it is correct or complete and will not be liable for any loss damage or injury suffered by any person as a result of its inaccuracy or incompleteness. You are encouraged to notify any error or omission in the material by calling the Place Names Section.