Place Names Register Extract
Ross Highway
Extract date: 13/03/2025
| Name |
Ross |
| Type Designation |
Highway |
| Place Id |
7714 |
| Place Type |
Road |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
22 July 1987 |
| Locality / Suburb |
|
| |
Hale |
| |
Ross |
| Local Government Area |
|
| |
Alice Springs Town Council |
| History/Origin |
Named after the Central Australian explorer John Ross after whom the river, to which the Highway provides access, is named. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 22/07/1987 |
NTG29 |
Rename part of Emily Gap Road |
| 19/06/1991 |
NTG24 |
Part revocation of 22/07/1987 gazettal (between Palm Circuit and Stegar Road)- replaced by Ragonesi Road; revocation of Aranda Terrace of 3/10/1962 - replaced by Ross Highway. |
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