Place Names Register Extract

Mindil Beach

Extract date: 02/04/2025

Name	Mindil Beach
Type Designation	Beach
Place Id	15114
Place Type	Feature
Status	Recorded
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -12° 26' S (Decimal degrees -12.445589)
	Longitude: 130° 49' E (Decimal degrees 130.830835)
Locality / Suburb
	The Gardens
Local Government Area
	Darwin City Council
History/Origin	The name 'MINDIL SWAMP' was first used on a survey plan by R E Gardiner in October 1871 - designating the area now reclaimed as Kahlin Oval as "Mindil Swamp". This name was later applied to what is now Mindil Beach on the other side of Myilly Point. Whilst there have been suggestions attributing the origin of the name to the Austrian botanist, G Mendel,or that it is of Macassan origin, it is believed to be a corruption of the Larrakia word meaning "sweet nut grass", pronounced 'MIN-DEEL'.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
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