Place Names Register Extract

Wells Street

Extract date: 13/03/2025

Name	Wells
Type Designation	Street
Place Id	8253
Place Type	Road
Status	Registered
Date Registered	16 January 1957
Locality / Suburb
	Ludmilla
	Parap
Local Government Area
	Darwin City Council
History/Origin	Named after Thomas Wells, Supreme Court Judge of the Northern Territory. Thomas Wells was appointed as a full-time Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory in 1933 following the retirement of Mallam. He presided over some of the Territory's most high profile trials, including the prosecution of Tuckiar. He was evacuated from Darwin to Alice Springs following the air raids during the Second World War. He returned to Darwin following the war, suffered a stroke in 1951, and retired shortly thereafter. He remained in Darwin and died in the Darwin Hospital in September 1954.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
16/01/1957	NTG3

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