Place Names Register Extract
Tomkinson River
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Tomkinson River |
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| Type Designation | Stream |
| Place Id | 19038 |
| Place Type | Feature |
| Status | Recorded |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -12° 08' S (Decimal degrees -12.1431) | |
| Longitude: 134° 11' E (Decimal degrees 134.1855) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| West Arnhem | |
| Local Government Area | |
| West Arnhem Shire Council | |
| History/Origin | Named by Capt Francis Cadell on 6 June 1867, during his exploration of coastal rivers of the Northern Territory to determine the site for a capital. Cadell in his report published as South Australian Parliamentary Paper No. 24 of 1868/9 "Exploration Northern Territory" writes "Thursday, June 6 - .... The width of this affluent to the Liverpool, which I have named the Tomkinson, was at this point eighty yards, with a depth of five fathoms at low water, midchannel, on a bottom muddy and soft as that of the main stream." Cadell probably named this river after Samuel Tomkinson (1816-1900) a prominent businessman and banker of Adelaide, South Australia |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
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| (None Found) |