Place Names Register Extract

Balikpapan Court

Extract date: 24/11/2024

Name	Balikpapan
Type Designation	Court
Place Id	23813
Place Type	Road
Status	Registered
Date Registered	18 June 2010
Locality / Suburb
	Johnston
Local Government Area
	Palmerston City Council
History/Origin	After HMAS Balikpapan, a LCH (Landing Craft Heavy) of 323 tonnes, commissioned on 8 December 1971, having been built in Maryborough, Queensland and named after the location where the RAN's amphibious squadron put 7 Division troops ashore into Borneo in July 1945. HMAS Balikpapan was the prototype LCH and was operated by Army Water Transport until September 1974 when she was transferred to the RAN. HMAS Balikpapan was involved in Operation NAVY HELP DARWIN following Cyclone Tracy's devastation of Darwin on 25 December 1974.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
18/06/2010		Date added to the Register
23/06/2010	NTG25

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