Place Names Register Extract

Port Essington

Extract date: 23/11/2024

Name	Port Essington
Type Designation	Harbour
Place Id	17735
Place Type	Feature
Status	Recorded
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -11° 16' S (Decimal degrees -11.2667)
	Longitude: 132° 09' E (Decimal degrees 132.15)
Locality / Suburb
	Cobourg
Local Government Area

History/Origin	In August 1618, Dutch Mariner Jacobszoon marked the point on the entrance to what was later called Port Essington, on the Dutch charts as Kape Schildpad (Cape Turtle). On 23 April 1818, P. P. King named the port Port Essington after Sir William Essington, a naval officer and later Admiral in 1810. Essington was in command of Triumph at the battle of Camperdown in October 1797.

Register & Gazettal information

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