Place Names Register Extract
Langton Road
Extract date: 24/11/2024
| Name |
Langton |
| Type Designation |
Road |
| Place Id |
6819 |
| Place Type |
Road |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
19 July 1972 |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Howard Springs |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Litchfield Council |
| History/Origin |
Named after Henry Langton, a convict who acted as a Clerk and was the overseer of convicts at Fort Wellington. He well liked by the local Aboriginals. He left Raffles Bay with Comm. Barker on the "Amity" for King George Sound, WA, in 1831. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 19/07/1972 |
NTG29 |
|
| 16/04/2008 |
NTG 15 |
Easterly extension |
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