Place Names Register Extract
Hughes
Extract date: 26/11/2024
| Name |
Hughes |
| Type Designation |
Locality |
| Place Id |
2046 |
| Place Type |
Administrative Area |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
29 July 1998 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
|
|
Latitude:
-12° 41' S
(Decimal degrees -12.6868) |
|
Longitude:
131° 05' E
(Decimal degrees 131.0995) |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
(None Found) |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Litchfield Council |
| History/Origin |
This locality derives its name from the war-time airfield which was named after WA Hughes, the Director of Mines in the Northern Territory before the war, who had inspected the site with US Army Colonel Sverdrup in early February 1942 and recommended its use as an air-field. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 29/10/1997 |
NTG43 |
|
| 29/07/1998 |
NTG29 |
Amendment of 29/10/1997 Instrument (different plan in schedule) |
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