Place Names Register Extract

Leary Street

Extract date: 24/11/2024

Name	Leary
Type Designation	Street
Place Id	23838
Place Type	Road
Status	Registered
Date Registered	17 August 2010
Locality / Suburb
	Bellamack
Local Government Area
	Palmerston City Council
History/Origin	Named after Father John Leary, whose first appointment in 1953 was to Garden Point Mission, Melville Island. In subsequent years, Father Leary founded a new mission centre on the Daly River and worked in Wadeye and Darwin. In 1990, Father Leary was appointed Vicar for the Aboriginal People. In 2000, Father Leary was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (OAM) "for services to the spiritual, educational and health needs of the Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory as priest and missionary of the Catholic Church". The theme, Top End Catholic Priests and Religious, was selected through consultation with Larrakia Development Corporation.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
17/08/2010		Date added to the Register
25/08/2010	NTG34

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