Place Names Register Extract
Meyers Hill
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Meyers Hill |
|---|---|
| Type Designation | Hill |
| Place Id | 15026 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Registered |
| Date Registered | 3 October 1962 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -23° 42' S (Decimal degrees -23.7057) | |
| Longitude: 133° 53' E (Decimal degrees 133.8863) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| Desert Springs | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Alice Springs Town Council | |
| History/Origin | Charles Meyers arrived in Central Australia in about 1891 and established a business as a saddler in Stuart township. Annie, his eventual wife, arrived in 1896. Their marriage was performed by a missionary from Hermannsburg and took place in the old Stuart Arms Hotel. Mrs Meyers went south for some years while their children were being educated, but returned in 1924 and started her well-known guesthouse "Myrtle Villa". The hill / ridge is at the northern end of what is now Olive Pink Boranic Gardens is also known as Annie Meyers Hill and has the Arrente name of Tharrarletneme. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 03/10/1962 | NTG46 |