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King Place

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Name King
Type Designation Place
Place Id 6711
Place Type Road
Status Recorded
Date Registered
Locality / Suburb  
  Jabiru
Local Government Area  
  West Arnhem Shire Council
History/Origin Named after Stephen King who was one of the new group on Stuarts' sixth journey in 1861/2 to the north west. He returned to N.T. with Finniss as Storekeeper. He worked with Litchfield in 1865 and caught malaria. He assisted with the O.T. Line, joined the Survey Dept, moved in 1878, and retired in 1893. He died in 1915 as the last member of Stuart's party in Australia.

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