Place Names Register Extract

McMinn Street

Extract date: 24/11/2024

Name	McMinn
Type Designation	Street
Place Id	7087
Place Type	Road
Status	Recorded
Date Registered
Locality / Suburb
	Darwin City
Local Government Area
	Darwin City Council
History/Origin	Named after Gilbert Rotherdale McMinn, a 1st class Surveyor in charge of the No. 4 Survey Party in the Goyder expedition to establish Palmerston (now Darwin) in 1869 and later in charge of surveying the Central Sections of the Overland Telegraph Line. McMinn was later to be appointed Government Resident of the Northern Territory. He held freehold sections in the Darwin Rural area. His wife, Anna, is buried in the old Palmerston Cemetery. (It is an historical practice to show road name on plans with a space between Mc & Minn (ie Mc Minn))

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
02/05/1984	NTG17	Part Closed
31/03/1993	NTG13	Part Closed
28/07/1993	NTG30	Part Closed
13/11/2007		South easterly extension
28/11/2007	NTG 48

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