Place Names Register Extract
Woodroffe
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Woodroffe |
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| Type Designation | Suburb |
| Place Id | 2091 |
| Place Type | Administrative Area |
| Status | Registered |
| Date Registered | 5 December 2001 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -12° 30' S (Decimal degrees -12.5026) | |
| Longitude: 130° 58' E (Decimal degrees 130.9808) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| (None Found) | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Palmerston City Council | |
| History/Origin | The suburb is named after George WOODROFFE Goyder, Surveyor-General of South Australia from 1861 to 1893. Goyder was born in Liverpool in 1826 to a Dr David George Goyder and his wife Sarah (nee Etherington). The family later moved to Glasgow and after obtaining his education at the Glasgow High School, Goyder was articled to a firm of Engineers studying surveying. Goyder migrated to Australia in 1848 and joined the Colonial Engineer's Office in Adelaide in 1851. He became Deputy Surveyor-General then Surveyor-General in 1861, remaining in this position until 1893. In 1868/69 Goyder was appointed by the South Australian Government to carry out a survey of land in the Northern Territory. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 17/10/1984 | NTG41 | |
| 05/12/2001 | NTG48 | Revocation of 17/10/1984 gazettal and renaming of suburb with slight changes to boundaries |