Place Names Register Extract

Burrundie

Extract date: 18/08/2024

Name Burrundie
Type Designation Locality
Place Id 22327
Place Type Administrative Area
Status Registered
Date Registered 3 April 2007
Location (Datum GDA94)  
Latitude: -13° 29' S (Decimal degrees -13.4921)
Longitude: 131° 51' E (Decimal degrees 131.861)
Locality / Suburb  
  (None Found)
Local Government Area  
  Victoria-Daly Shire Council
History/Origin This locality takes its name from the historic mining town of Burrundie which was surveyed by the South Australian Government in 1884 as the second town of the Territory after Palmerston (now Darwin).

The origin of the name ?Burrundie? is believed to be the Aboriginal name for the Mount Wells area.

The town of Burrundie It was centred on a railway reserve on the line between Palmerston (Darwin) and Pine Creek some 12 miles to the south. The Overland Telegraph Line staff were based there, as was a police station, a circuit court and a hospital. This town survived until around 1900 when mining development waned.

Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
03/04/2007 Date of Registration
04/04/2007 NTG 14 Notice of Naming

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