Place Names Register Extract
Costello
Extract date: 01/04/2025
| Name |
Costello |
| Type Designation |
Locality |
| Place Id |
22336 |
| Place Type |
Administrative Area |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
3 April 2007 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
|
|
Latitude:
-20° 55' S
(Decimal degrees -20.9203) |
|
Longitude:
136° 46' E
(Decimal degrees 136.781) |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
(None Found) |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Barkly Shire Council |
| History/Origin |
The Costello locality derives its name from the Costello Range named in June 1989 to commemorate John Costello, who with his family held ?Valley of the Springs? Station on the Limmen Bight River in the 1883. They abandoned the Station in 1890 and moved cattle to Lake Nash. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 03/04/2007 |
|
Date of Registration |
| 04/04/2007 |
NTG 14 |
Notice of Naming |
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