Place Names Register Extract
Ranken
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| Name |
Ranken |
| Type Designation |
Locality |
| Place Id |
22387 |
| Place Type |
Administrative Area |
| Status |
Registered |
| Date Registered |
3 April 2007 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) |
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Latitude:
-20° 05' S
(Decimal degrees -20.0895) |
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Longitude:
137° 13' E
(Decimal degrees 137.2189) |
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| Locality / Suburb |
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| Local Government Area |
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Barkly Shire Council |
| History/Origin |
The Ranken locality is named after the Ranken River which is believed to have been named in the 1860s by Nat Buchanan or others after John LC Ranken, the first pastoralist on Lorne Creek on what was to become Avon Downs. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date |
Gazettal |
Comment |
| 03/04/2007 |
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Date of Registration |
| 04/04/2007 |
NTG 14 |
Notice of Naming |
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