Place Names Register Extract

DD Smith Truck Parking Bay

Extract date: 24/11/2024

Name	DD Smith Truck Parking Bay
Type Designation	Rest Area
Place Id	24503
Place Type	Feature
Status	Registered
Date Registered	10 October 2013
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -20° 00' S (Decimal degrees -20.0086)
	Longitude: 137° 07' E (Decimal degrees 137.13194)
Locality / Suburb
	Ranken
Local Government Area
	Barkly Shire Council
History/Origin	Named after Mr David Douglas Smith, the member for Stuart in the Legislative Council for the Northern Territory for the period between November 1962 and November 1965. Mr Smith first came to the Territory in 1926 for work in relation to the proposed railway line from Daly Waters to Dajarra in Queensland. He went to live in Alice Springs in 1928 and was the resident Engineer there for the Commonwealth Department of Works throughout the period of World War II and up until the 1950's.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
10/10/2013		Date added to the Register
23/10/2013	NTG G43

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