Place Names Register Extract
Strauss Cricket Ground
Extract date: 24/11/2024
| Name |
Strauss Cricket Ground |
| Type Designation |
Park |
| Place Id |
24929 |
| Place Type |
Park or Cemetery |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
9 November 2017 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-12° 40' S
(Decimal degrees -12.67372) |
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Longitude:
131° 04' E
(Decimal degrees 131.076422) |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Noonamah |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Litchfield Council |
| History/Origin |
Named after Captain Allison (Al) W. Strauss, US Air Corps. In a major engagement over Darwin on 27 April 1942, Captain Strauss was shot down while leading a combat flight against enemy planes. He died when his plane crashed at Swires Bluff on the southern shore of Darwin Harbour. Captain Strauss was posthumously awarded the 'Silver Star' for gallantry in action over Darwin, Northern Territory. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 09/11/2017 |
|
Date added to the Register (Certified Plan S2017/113) |
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