Place Names Register Extract
Tuckwell Street
Extract date: 24/11/2024
| Name |
Tuckwell |
| Type Designation |
Street |
| Place Id |
8106 |
| Place Type |
Road |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
23 December 2011 |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Southport |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Litchfield Council |
| History/Origin |
Named after Edward "Ned" Tuckwell, mechanic, who served with McKinlay in 1866 at Escape Cliffs on the East Alligator River and who returned to serve with Surveyor-General Goyder in 1869. He may have been associated with the Southport survey with Surveyor W Harvey in May 1869. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 23/12/2011 |
|
Date Registered. |
| 16/05/2012 |
NTG G20 |
|
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