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Elsey, Northern Territory
__NOTOC__ Elsey is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about south-east of the territory capital of Darwin. The locality’s name derived from the Elsey Creek whose watercourse is located within the locality and which was named by the explorer, Augustus Charles Gregory. The name is ultimately derived from John Ravenscroft Elsey, a surgeon and naturalist, who was a member of Gregory’s expedition to Northern Australia during 1856. The locality of Elsey fully surrounds both the community of Jilkminggan Jilkminggan is a small community in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located south-east of Katherine and north of Daly Waters. The community has had books published about local stories. Notes External links Jilkminggan (Roper ... and the locality of Mataranka, Northern Territory, Mataranka. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. Elsey includes the following places listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register: *E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darwin City, Northern Territory
Darwin City (referred to as ''Darwin city centre'' or ''The CBD'' (Central Business District) is a suburb in metropolitan Darwin which comprises the original settlement, the central business district, parkland and other built-up areas. It is the oldest part of Darwin and includes many of the city's important institutions and landmarks, such as Parliament, Government House, the Northern Territory Supreme Court, Bicentennial Park and the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens. The city centre is located in the local government areas of the City of Darwin and the Darwin Waterfront Precinct. Although the city centre is one of the most developed areas of Darwin, demographically it is one of the less densely populated, due to its core being commercial. History The first British person to see Darwin harbour appears to have been Lieutenant John Lort Stokes of HMS ''Beagle'' on 9 September 1839. The ship's captain, Commander John Clements Wickham, named the port after Charles Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jilkminggan, Northern Territory
Jilkminggan is a small community in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located south-east of Katherine Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christ ... and north of Daly Waters. The community has had books published about local stories. Notes External links Jilkminggan (Roper Gulf Regional Council) Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory {{NorthernTerritory-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Australian Census
The 2016 Australian census was the 17th national population census held in Australia. The census was officially conducted with effect on Tuesday, 9 August 2016. The total population of the Commonwealth of Australia was counted as – an increase of 8.8 per cent or people over the . Norfolk Island joined the census for the first time in 2016, adding 1,748 to the population. The ABS annual report revealed that $24 million in additional expenses accrued due to the outage on the census website. Results from the 2016 census were available to the public on 11 April 2017, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics website, two months earlier than for any previous census. The second release of data occurred on 27 June 2017 and a third data release was from 17 October 2017. Australia's next census took place in 2021. Scope The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) states the aim of the 2016 Australian census is "to count every person who spent Census night, 9 August 2016, in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorrie Airfield
__NOTOC__ Gorrie Airfield was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) airfield in the Northern Territory of Australia during World War II located about north of Larrimah and about south of Mataranka in what is now the locality of Elsey. The airfield was named after Flying Officer Peter Gorrie who was killed in action on 12 January 1942 during an attack against enemy shipping at Menado. The establishment at Gorrie comprised over 6,000 RAAF personnel responsible for aircraft and vehicle maintenance for the RAAF and United States Army Air Forces. A large petrol storage and bomb dump were constructed as part of the airfield. The remains of the runway and many of the buildings and structures are still visible. Part of the airfield covering an area of was listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register on 28 July 2010 under the name, "WII Gorrie Airfield Precinct". Units based at Gorrie Airfield * No. 9 Stores Depot (RAAF) * No. 14 Aircraft Repair Depot (RAAF) * No. 18 Replenis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsey Memorial Cemetery
Elsey may refer to: Places Australia Northern Territory * Elsey, Northern Territory, a locality * Elsey National Park, a protected area *Elsey Station, a former pastoral lease * Electoral division of Elsey, a former electorate Germany * Elsey Abbey, a former women's religious house United States * Elsey, Missouri People * Bill Elsey (1921–2019), British racehorse trainer * Charles Elsey (1882–1966), British racehorse trainer * George Elsey (1918-2015), US Naval Commander during World War 2 World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ... * Joseph Ravenscroft Elsey (1834–1857), English-born naturalist, surgeon and explorer in Australia See also * Elseya {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Territory Heritage Register
The Northern Territory Heritage Register is a heritage register, being a statutory list of places in the Northern Territory of Australia that are protected by the Northern Territory statute, the ''Heritage Act 2011''. The register is maintained by the Northern Territory Heritage Council. Other registers Sites within the Northern Territory are listed on national and international heritage registers such as the following, are not duplicated in the Northern Territory Heritage Register: * UNESCO World Heritage list * Australian National Heritage list * Commonwealth Heritage list The Commonwealth Heritage List is a heritage register established in 2003, which lists places under the control of the Australian government, on land or in waters directly owned by the Crown (in Australia, the Crown in right of the Commonwealth ... * Australian National Shipwreck database References External links * (, last amended 1 May 2016.) * – Searchable database. {{Heritage registers o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustus Charles Gregory
Sir Augustus Charles Gregory (1 August 1819 – 25 June 1905) was an English-born Australian explorer and surveyor. Between 1846 and 1858 he undertook four major expeditions. He was the first Surveyor-General of Queensland. He was appointed a lifetime Member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Early years Augustus Charles Gregory was born at Farnsfield, Nottingham, England. He was the second of five brothers born to Joshua Gregory and Frances Churchman. Among his brothers were Francis Thomas Gregory, who also became a noted explorer. #Joshua William Gregory, born 1815, died 20 September 1850 aged 35. #Augustus Charles Gregory, born 1 August 1819, died 1905 aged 86 #Francis (Frank) Thomas Gregory, born 1821. #Henry Churcham Gregory, born 1823, died London 29 July 1903 aged 79 years #Charles Frederick Gregory, born 1825. A. C. Gregory was educated privately by tutors and later by his mother. In 1829, the family emigrated to Western Australia on board the ''Lotus'', arriv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Territory Of Australia
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Australia to the west ( 129th meridian east), South Australia to the south ( 26th parallel south), and Queensland to the east ( 138th meridian east). To the north, the territory looks out to the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria, including Western New Guinea and other islands of the Indonesian archipelago. The NT covers , making it the third-largest Australian federal division, and the 11th-largest country subdivision in the world. It is sparsely populated, with a population of only 249,000 – fewer than half as many people as in Tasmania. The largest population center is the capital city of Darwin. The archaeological history of the Northern Territory may have begun more than 60,000 years ago when humans first settled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mataranka, Northern Territory
Mataranka is a town and locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 420 km (260 mi.) southeast of the territory capital of Darwin, and 107 km (66 mi.) south of Katherine. At the 2016 census, Mataranka recorded a population of 350. 29.5% of residents are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. The town is located near Roper River and Mataranka Hot Springs. This area is the setting for Jeannie Gunn's autobiographical account of the year 1902, ''We of the Never Never''. The homestead, which she shared with her husband, Aeneas Gunn, until his death, has been reconstructed near to the hot springs. The Mataranka Station is part of the Katherine Rural College of Charles Darwin University. History Establishment The name Mataranka means "home of the snake" in the Yangmanic language of the Aboriginal people who inhabit the area. The name was given to a sheep farm around 1915 by John A. Gilruth, who was the Administrator of the Northern Terri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manbulloo, Northern Territory
Manbulloo is a locality in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is located within the Katherine Town Council local government area, approximately south-west of the town Katherine on the Victoria Highway. The locality was officially defined in April 2007, with the name being a corruption of a word meaning "pallid cuckoo" in the Wardaman language, and was first settled by Europeans as a pastoral station. Established in 1917 by the North Australia Meat Company to support the operations of Vestey's Meatworks, Manbulloo Station was located close to the recently extended North Australia Railway, allowing direct rail access for livestock to be transported to Vestey's Meatworks in Darwin. The area was the site of Manbulloo Airfield, a World War II base built in 1942 that hosted squadrons of the Royal Australian Air Force and United States Army Air Force. During the war, a field abattoir and fresh food processing camp was also established by the Australian Army at Manbulloo. Today, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
