Place Names Register Extract

May Court

Extract date: 24/11/2024

Name	May
Type Designation	Court
Place Id	24027
Place Type	Road
Status	Registered
Date Registered	21 December 2010
Locality / Suburb
	Humpty Doo
Local Government Area
	Litchfield Council
History/Origin	Named after Arthur John May (known by all as John) (-2007). Registered as a Surveyor in Victoria in November 1959, after 4 years training. Worked in private practice around Victoria before moving to Darwin in 1973. Moved to Canberra after Tracy, but returned to Darwin with his family in 1976. John carried out survey work through out the NT, from surveying the road between Uluru / Ayers Rock and The Olgas to supervising the building of the Royal Darwin Hospital and laying out new subdivisions in the Litchfield Shire. John retired in 2004 after 50 years of surveying, and moved to Hervey Bay, Qld, where he died in April 2007.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
21/12/2010		Date added to the Register
05/01/2011	NTG1

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