Place Names Register Extract
Thorngate Road
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View in NT Atlas | Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Thorngate |
|---|---|
| Type Designation | Road |
| Place Id | 8039 |
| Place Type | Road |
| Status | Registered |
| Date Registered | 23 February 1979 |
| Locality / Suburb | |
| Holtze | |
| Robertson Barracks | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Litchfield Council | |
| History/Origin | Named after William and John Bartley Thorngate of Gosport, Hampshire, England who with Emmanuel Churcher applied for a land in the Northern Territory in 1864 as a result of the South Australian colonisation of the Territory. William and John Thorngate died in 1867 and 1868 respectively and Emmanuel Churcher in 1887, and as a result of a 1889 court decision the applications passed to WE Churcher who was subsequently issued title to a large tract of land in Palmerston (now Darwin) and the surrounding Hundred of Bagot. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 23/02/1979 | NTG8 | |
| 16/04/2008 | NTG 15 | South-easterly extension |