Place Names Register Extract

Mount Fitch

Extract date: 07/04/2025

Name	Mount Fitch
Type Designation	Mount
Place Id	15470
Place Type	Feature
Status	Recorded
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -12° 57' S (Decimal degrees -12.958727)
	Longitude: 130° 57' E (Decimal degrees 130.956127)
Locality / Suburb
	Rum Jungle
Local Government Area
	Coomalie Community Council
History/Origin	S W Herbert records in November 1870:- ''... prominent hill... Mount Fitch bearing the name of a noted smart sailor of the 'Henry Ellis' whose name was Michael Edward Fitch. He was with Colonel Finniss at Escape Cliffs as a boatman and subsequently, on leaving the Territory, carried out the duties of postman for many years at Gawler in SA."

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
	(None Found)

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