Place Names Register Extract
Virginia
Extract date: 05/04/2025
| Name |
Virginia |
| Type Designation |
Locality |
| Place Id |
2087 |
| Place Type |
Administrative Area |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
29 October 1997 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
|
|
Latitude:
-12° 32' S
(Decimal degrees -12.5448) |
|
Longitude:
131° 01' E
(Decimal degrees 131.0192) |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
(None Found) |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Litchfield Council |
| History/Origin |
This locality is named after the small satellite town surveyed by George McLachlan in 1869 as part of the Goyder Survey of Palmerston of that year. The townsite was located on the Elizabeth River. These two names appear on Goyder's plan the Survey of Port Darwin and Environs, but their origin is obscure. It is believed that only one title was issued on the waterfront in this area. Many of the original street names have been applied toroads in the area and Virginia Road now gives access to the main freehold blocks surveyed by McLachlan in 1869. Virginia has been used as a name for the area since the 1970s, following the subdivision of the original sections. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 29/10/1997 |
NTG43 |
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