Place Names Register Extract

Tovey Street

Extract date: 24/11/2024

Name	Tovey
Type Designation	Street
Place Id	24625
Place Type	Road
Status	Registered
Date Registered	4 June 2014
Locality / Suburb
	Zuccoli
Local Government Area
	Palmerston City Council
History/Origin	Named after Francis Peter Tovey who started a panel beating business in Geranium Street. He went on to establish Darwin's first self-drive hire car business using rebuilt wrecked cars. He established a radiator repair business and was the first to sell caravans in Darwin. Peter built and raced motorcycles at Winnellie Showgrounds and later at Nightcliff, being Champion at least once. In 1968 he built the Floyd Court subdivision, in Coconut Grove. Peter moved to Queensland and died there in March 2008.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
04/06/2014		Date added to the Register
11/06/2014	NTG G23

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