Place Names Register Extract
Ngukurr
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| Name |
Ngukurr |
| Type Designation |
Community |
| Place Id |
22448 |
| Place Type |
Administrative Area |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
3 April 2007 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-14° 43' S
(Decimal degrees -14.7327) |
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Longitude:
134° 44' E
(Decimal degrees 134.7432) |
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| Locality / Suburb |
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(None Found) |
| Local Government Area |
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Roper Gulf Shire Council |
| History/Origin |
Ngukurr as an administrative area is based on and takes its name from the Aboriginal community of the same name, established by the Church Mission Society in 1908 on the banks of the Roper River after which it took its name. In 1969 the Roper River Council requested the Aboriginal name for the local area, which exceeds ?living memory? of the local residents be used. Ngukurr has no translatable meaning, but in essence means ?taboo, sacred or holy?. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 03/04/2007 |
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Date of Registration |
| 04/04/2007 |
NTG 14 |
Notice of Naming |
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