Place Names Register Extract
Watarrka School
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Watarrka School |
|---|---|
| Type Designation | School |
| Place Id | 23538 |
| Place Type | Infrastructure |
| Status | Registered |
| Date Registered | 13 July 2009 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -24° 18' S (Decimal degrees -24.30093) | |
| Longitude: 131° 36' E (Decimal degrees 131.60146) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| Petermann | |
| Local Government Area | |
| MacDonnell Shire Council | |
| Alternate Names | |
| Lilla School | |
| History/Origin | Name altered from Lilla School to Watarrka School on 21 September 2011. The name Watarrka is derived from an Aboriginal (Luritja) word referring to the umbrella bush, a small Australian acacia that thrives within the Watarrka National Park region, where Lilla Community is situated. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 13/07/2009 | Date added to Register | |
| 22/07/2009 | NTG29 | |
| 21/09/2011 | Name altered from Lilla School to Watarrka School | |
| 05/10/2011 | NTG40 | Alteration of Name of Place Instrument published |