Elsey is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 349 kilometres 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 surge…Elsey is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 349 kilometres 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 and the locality of Mataranka. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.
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