Place Names Register Extract
Lansdowne
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Lansdowne |
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| Type Designation | Suburb |
| Place Id | 22303 |
| Place Type | Administrative Area |
| Status | Registered |
| Date Registered | 3 April 2007 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -14° 25' S (Decimal degrees -14.4174) | |
| Longitude: 132° 23' E (Decimal degrees 132.3842) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| (None Found) | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Katherine Town Council | |
| History/Origin | This Suburb is named in commemoration of Anne Pascoe Lansdowne (nee Dalkin) (1909 - 1973) - Landlord of the "Mine Host" Hotel at Knotts Crossing, Katherine from the mid-50s to 1973 and Frank Lansdowne (1907 - 1989) who worked with CSIRO to develop plant and animal breeds suitable for the Top End; co-owners of Kumbidgee Station brahman stud. The suburb boundary, as approved on 8 March 2007, is deliniated on CP 5078. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 03/04/2007 | Date of Registration | |
| 04/04/2007 | NTG 14 | Notice of Naming |