Place Names Register Extract

Elliott

Extract date: 24/11/2024

Name	Elliott
Type Designation	Locality
Place Id	22346
Place Type	Administrative Area
Status	Registered
Date Registered	3 April 2007
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -17° 33' S (Decimal degrees -17.5524)
	Longitude: 133° 32' E (Decimal degrees 133.5387)
Locality / Suburb
	(None Found)
Local Government Area
	Barkly Shire Council
History/Origin	The suburb of Elliott takes its name from the town of Elliott which in turn derived its name from the military staging camp established half way between Darwin and Alice Springs in 1940, during World War II by Captain Reginald Douglas Elliott MBE of the Darwin Overland Mobile Force. It became known as "Elliott", so the name is perpetuated by naming the townsite "Elliott". In 1946 Administrator AR Driver felt the site would become the focal point for central Australia as it was at the junction of stock routes.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
03/04/2007		Date of Registration
04/04/2007	NTG 14	Notice of Naming
20/01/2016	NTG G3	Amendment to Locality Boundary

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