William Mills (surveyor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1844
Place of Birth: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 18-Sep-1916
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About William Mills (surveyor)
- William Whitfield Mills (19 November 1844 – 18 August 1916), usually referred to as "W.
- Whitfield Mills" or "W.
- W.
- Mills", was an English surveyor of the Australian Overland Telegraph Line who is best known for naming a waterhole in Central Australia Alice Spring, from which the town of Alice Springs now takes its name.
- He also named Heavitree Gap as a tribute to his old school in Devon, England.
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