Place Names Register Extract
Sheathtail Road
Extract date: 24/11/2024
| Name |
Sheathtail |
| Type Designation |
Road |
| Place Id |
24274 |
| Place Type |
Road |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
1 December 2011 |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Berry Springs |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Litchfield Council |
| History/Origin |
Named after the bare-rumped sheathtail bat, which was recorded in the open pandanus woodlands in Kakadu in the 1970's. It is now critically endangered in Australia. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 01/12/2011 |
|
Date added to the Register. |
| 07/12/2011 |
NTG49 |
|
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