Place Names Register

Data types

The Place Names Register is divided into the following data or place names types, coinciding with the types of places as defined by section 4A of the Act.

 

Road Names	Highways, roads, streets, lanes, trails or thoroughfares that are open to or used by the public.
Feature Names	Geographic or topographic features (whether or not covered by water)
Aboriginal Communities	Aboriginal Communities and family homeland centres (including town camps)
Parks & Cemeteries	parks, gardens, reserves, recreation or sporting grounds that are open to or used by the public and public cemeteries within the meaning of the Cemeteries Act.
Suburbs, Localities or Administration Areas	County, hundred, town, suburb or locality within a town or a site for a town.
Government Infrastructure	Public infrastructure associated with transport facilities, education or medical institutions or nursing homes
Points of Interest	Places, structures or buildings that are or may be of public or historic interest, including places on the Northern Territory Heritage Register