Place Names Register Extract
Flint Street
Extract date: 17/04/2025
| Name |
Flint |
| Type Designation |
Street |
| Place Id |
6125 |
| Place Type |
Road |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
13 March 1968 |
| Locality / Suburb |
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| |
Jingili |
| Local Government Area |
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| |
Darwin City Council |
| History/Origin |
Named after Ernest Ebenezer Samuel Flint who was the Senior and Inspecting Officer of the OT Line after 16 years of service with the Department. He was born in 1854. He was employed by the South Australian Post Master General's Department at the age of 17 in 1871 during the latter stage of the Overland Telegraph Line construction. He subsequently was appointed to the Port Darwin Line and spent the majority of his service stationed at various localities along the route. Flint was present at the fatal spearing of Stapleton at Barrow Creek in 1874, sustaining serious injuriues to himself during the attack. He was one of the first explorers into the Arltunga area when in 1882 he accompanied Mounted Constable Shirley into the area east of Alice Springs. He died aged 33 with complications from a bout of rheumatic fever and was buried at the Alice Springs Telegraph reserve. Mt Ebenezer, east of Ayers Rock, was named after him following his death.
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Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 13/03/1968 |
NTG12 |
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