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ref_no: 44655
place_name: Normanton
alt_name: null
type: LOCB
description: Locality Bounded
status: Y
currency: Y
gazetted_date: 1224806400000
gazette_page: 978.0
plan_no: QPN1105
modified_date: 1626697524000
lga_name: Carpentaria Shire
comments:
longitude: 140° 53' 46" E
latitude: 17° 53' 11" S
longitude_dd: 140.89611
latitude_dd: -17.88639
origin: Name derived from county and parish name, which came from Norman River, which was named after Captain William Henry Norman Victorian Naval Force (1812-1869), commander of HMCS Victoria (sloop), which carried Burke and Wills search parties to the gulf of Carpentaria in August 1861. Norman River named by John McKinlay (1819-1872) explorer, ca. 11 June 1862. Refer R. L. Jack. Northmost Australia. Melbourne, 1922, vol. 1, p. 287.
history: Named and bounded by the Minister for Natural Resources and Minister for Mines 1st March 2002. The locality name amended by the Minister of Natural Resources and Water 24th October 2008.
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Point:
X: 140.89611000000002
Y: -17.88638999999995