Place Names Register Extract
Wagait Beach
Extract date: 02/04/2025
| Name |
Wagait Beach |
| Type Designation |
Locality |
| Place Id |
2096 |
| Place Type |
Administrative Area |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
4 December 2002 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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|
Latitude:
-12° 26' S
(Decimal degrees -12.434041) |
|
Longitude:
130° 44' E
(Decimal degrees 130.742309) |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
(None Found) |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Wagait Shire Council |
| History/Origin |
Wagait Beach is named after Wagait Beach which in turn was named after Wagait Tower, built during WWII but destroyed by Cyclone Tracy. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 04/12/2002 |
NTG48 |
|
| 03/04/2007 |
|
Revocation of NTG48 04/12/2002 gazettal and re-gazettal with new boundaries |
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