As one of Darwin's northern suburbs, Jingili was constructed in the early 1970s. Jingili is named after an Aboriginal tribe who inhabited the area around Elliott in the middle of the Territory. The streets within Jingili are mostly named after Flying Officers killed in the Darwin area during WWII and local people killed in action in France or Belgium during World War I.
KaramaOne of the new Northern Suburbs built in the 1979/80 period. In 1964, Douglas Lockwood recommended that a number of tribal names be used for neighbourhood units or suburbs of Darwin. Karama and Garawa were listed, but Karama was preferred although Welfare authorities felt that Garawa was more correct. Karama is pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable.
King CreekThis proposed locality takes its name from the feature of that name which was applied by W P Auld in 1865 after Stephen King Snr to the upper reaches of the creek whilst Auld was traversing from Escape Cliffs to Port Darwin.
Knuckey Lagoon Knuckey Lagoon
This prominent lagoon or lagoons was named by Surveyor General GW Goyder during the Survey of the Port Darwin and Environs in 1869 after Richard Randall Knuckey, his Senior Surveyor, who took a leading part in the survey. Knuckey also surveyed part of the Overland Telegraph Line in later years. Born in Cornwall (England), Knuckey was educated in Kadina (SA), trained as a surveyor in Adelaide and served in the Northern Territory. This locality was removed from the Berrimah suburban area in the "City of Darwin".
LarrakeyahThe suburb gets its name from the original Aboriginal tribe when Darwin was founded by G W Goyder in 1869 after early abortive attempts by South Australia at Escape Cliffs. The Larrakeyah and Woolner tribes were known to and assisted the survey parties. Aboriginal camps were apparent in the area covered by the suburb to the west of the city. Larrakia (current orthography) are a group of Gulumirrigin speaking Aboriginal people. The name Larrakeyah / Larrakia would appear to have no meaning.
LeanyerThe name Leanyer was in general use for the area at the time of development and first appeared on 1869 survey plans. The origin is not known, but is presumed to be Aboriginal. The roads within this suburb are generally named after coastal features and rivers in the northern part of the NT or pastoral properties owned by the developer of the subdivision - Hooker Rex.
Lee PointThe name of this new suburb is derived from the geographical fature, 'Lee Point', which appears on Goyder's 1869 Plan of Port Darwin and probably dates back to Stokes' examination of the Harbour in 1839. The suburb is taken up with Defence installations.
Ludmilla, as a suburb, derives its name from Ludmilla Creek, believed to have been named after Ludmilla Holtze by Gustav Sabine, who was a Government Surveyor, and who carried out a survey of that particular area in 1893. As the name did not appear on any maps prior to this survey it is pretty certain to have been Gustav Sabine (Sabine Road, Millner). Not very much is known about Ludmilla Holtze herself other than she was the only daughter of Maurice and Evlampia Holtze who migratedto Australia from Hanover in 1872, together with Ludmilla and her three brothers. Both Maurice Holtze as Government Gardener (1878-1891) responsible for the development of horticulture in Palmerston (Darwin), and Nicholas (Ludmilla's brother) through his untiring work from 1891 when he took over from his father until his untimely death in 1913 aged 45, are credited with the variety of species and beauty of the Botanical Gardens as they are today.
MalakNamed after the Aboriginal tribe who came from the Daly River area who have totemic groupings, (eg turtles, crocodiles, lizards etc). Alternative spellings have been Mallak, Mulluck Mulluck. It seems also to be an alternative name for the Gubabiungui who now live at Milingimbi. Although the naming intended in 1965 to have the tribe pronounced Mulluck, its name has been pronounced in a variety of anglicised forms.
MantonThis locality derives its name from Manton Dam, Darwin's first wartime water supply. Boyle Travers Finniss, commander of the Escape Cliffs settlement named the River after his second-in-charge of the expedition, James Thomas Manton, who later took over the abortive survey task, and was recalled in 1866. Manton was a surveyor, an engineer and architect, who had built lighthouses in SA and also the Tapley Hills Road before taking on the NT task in 1864. He died in Adelaide in 1899.
Marlow LagoonNamed after Joseph Marlow who came to the Territory at the age of 21 year in about 1917 from the Malay States. He was a fettler on the Railways at stages, but had an interest in Agricultural Lease No. 213 between 1927 and 1938. This lease covered the peninsula area jutting into East Arm of Darwin Harbour between Berrimah and Palmerston. It is believed that his occupation of this lease led to the use of the name Marlow's Lagoon (for the waterhole) on pre-war plans. In 1935, Joseph Marlow married Ellen Mary Flynn, daughter of Nellie & Tom Flynn of Rum Jungle on 26th February and they had two children. On 27th September 1940 Marlow (recorded as Joseph Marler) died at Parap, aged 46 years).
Marrara Cricket Ground Marrara
The swamp between the suburb and the Darwin International Airport is shown on Goyder's original surveys of Darwin in 1869, but it, like Leanyer, is believed to be derived from an Aboriginal name for the area. The suburb derives its name from the swamp and includes the residential area and the sporting complex between the airport and McMillans Road. The streets in the residential area of the suburb are named after golf courses at he request of the Darwin Golf Club who developed the residential subdivision in order to develop the greens.
Micket CreekAlthough the name Micket Creek in various spelling forms has appeared on maps and plans since 1869 when Port Darwin and environs was surveyed by members of the Goyder expedition, the origin of the name is unknown. As the name appears on the same plan as Leanyer and Marrara Swamps, the posibility of the name being of Aboriginal Origin can not be discounted. More recently the Micket Creek Shooting Complex has been built in the locality, bringing various shooting clubs into the one complex.
Dr James Stokes Millner
Millner
This suburban area was named after Dr James Stokes Millner, who came to Darwin after Goyder's party and was its Medical Officer and Protector of Aborigines after Dr Robert Peel left in September 1869. He remained on as Government Resident until Captain Bloomfield Douglas arrived in 1870. He stayed on during Darwin's first 6 years and resigned and with his family perished on the ill-fated Gothenburg in February 1875.
AJ Mitchell
Mitchell
The suburb of Mitchell and nearby Mitchell Creek are named after Surveyor A J Mitchell who was a Senior Surveyor with Surveyor General GW Goyder during the surveying of Palmerston and surrounding hinterland in 1869-70. He was involved in the actual surveying of the land where the current Palmerston stands. Following the surveying around Port Darwin, he is known to have been employed by the Lands Department in NSW prior to emigrating to California, USA, in 1874.
Moil
One of Darwin's northern suburbs, built before Cyclone Tracy in 1974. It derives its name from the Aboriginal people on the Moyle River who inhabit an area on the lower reaches of the Daly River and around Port Keats.
Moulden
The suburb of Moulden is named after Beaumont Arnold Moulden who was one of the representatives for the Central District in the Legislative Council of SA. Moulden was born at Southwark, London, on 19 October 1849 arriving in South Australia with his father (Joseph Eldin Moulden) in 1850 and was educated at Mr J L Young's school. Subsequently, Moulden was articled to the late Honourable J Tuthill Bagot, MLC, and was admitted to the Bar in November 1870.
At the general elections in 1887 he was returned at the head of the poll for the Assembly District of Albert, and held the portfolio of Attorney-General in the Cockburn Government during 1889-1890, but being unable to agree with his colleagues on the progressive land tax Moulden voluntarily resigned his office. In December 1903 following a by-election, he was returned as a member of the Legislative Council for the Central District, and was re-elected for that District at the 1905 general elections. Beaumont Moulden was for seven years President of the Australasian National League. He was a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Furriers, London, and a Freeman of the City of London. In 1900, in recognition of his political services, he received at the hands of Lady Cecil, the Grand Star of the Primrose League of England. It was in the earlier years that Moulden became involved with W H Gray as his solicitor in acquiring land near Darwin and, in 1871 together with Gray's son, F J Gray, and E H Bakewell, Moulden held an interest in Section 83 Hundred of Bagot near to the present suburb of Moulden.
Nakara
One of Darwin's northern suburbs just established before Cyclone Tracy in 1974. It derives its name from the Aboriginal tribe who occupy the coastal area of Boucaut Bay, west of the Blyth River in northern Arnhem Land. Most of the Nakara people now live at Maningrida. The streets in Nakara are mostly named after early residents of the Territory.
Nightcliff
'Night Cliff' appears on Goyder's original plan of Port Darwin (1869), but could have originated between Stokes' examination of the harbour in 1839 and that time. Many people believed, incorrectly, it came from a misspelling of J G Knight's name, but he arrived in 1873. When Nightcliff became a Town for land title purposes in 1948, the Nomenclature Committee of the day agreed to the conjoint name 'Nightcliff'. The new Progress Association of the 1950's before Local Government arrived in Darwin applied the floral and shrub names to the suburbs streets.
Parap
Parap
Parap derived its name from that applied by Dr J A Gilruth, first Commonwealth Administrator in 1912. He applied the name Paraparap (believed to have been a pastoral property of Dewing near Moriac, Geelong), but had to abbreviate it to Parap later during his term.
Rapid Creek
Rapid Creek derives its name from the fast flowing stream in the Wet season which flows from the Marrara Swamp to the sea at Casuarina Beach. It was first settled by the Jesuit Mission under Father Strele, but was abandoned before the turn of the century. After Nightcliff expanded as a seaside suburb in the 1950's, the residential area expanded to Rapid Creek. Rapid Creek prior to the war was a favourite day trip / picnic area for Darwin people, along the bush track which was to become Bagot Road and McMillans Road. The streets in Rapid Creek are mostly named after Police Officers.
Fifth Earl of Rosebery
Rosebery
This suburb is named after the Fifth Earl of Rosebery who was born in London as Archibald Philip Primrose and was to become a British statesman including the Prime Minister of Britain. It was during his overseas visit in 1884 that the South Australian Government decided to name additional Counties in the Top End. After the initial group of Palmerston, Gladstone and Disraeli, the County of Rosebery was gazetted in 1885, together with the County of Malmesbury. Rosebery covered the area north of Pine Creek with Malmesbury being to the west over the Daly River area. The Place Names Committee in conjunction with the Palmerston Development Authority decided to perpetuate the Rosebery name as the County of Rosebery fell into disuse and was cancelled on 7 January 1977.
Shoal Bay
This locality takes its name from the feature named by Captains Wickham and Stokes on the HMS Beagle in 1839, who anchored in Shoal Bay and named it before going on to discover Emery Point and Port Darwin. The bay was named because of its shallowness.
John McDouall Stuart
Stuart Park
This area derived its name as part of Parap after the Army had left in 1946 and a number of Sidney William hutments remained. The Parap Parish Hall between Westralia Street and Charles Street existed in 1949, but was not named until 1954. When Administrator Driver was making the first moves towards local government, local Progress Associations were set up, including Stuart Park in 1950. It is believed that the park or camp area, formerly part of Parap, got its name as a separate unit from the park/camp area near the Stuart Highway which in turn is named after explorer John McDouall Stuart.
The Gardens
This suburban name is derived from the Botanic Gardens which began with the appointment of Maurice Holtze as the Curator in 1878 and has grown to have one of the largest known collections of palms. Holtze used the Gardens area to investigate the possibility of growing sugar cane and cotton in the Territory. A small residential area adjacent to the Botanical Gardens was called Palmerston Gardens in 1968, but to avoid confusion with the 'new' Palmerston, the Palmerston appellation was discarded in 1984 when the suburb was officially named.
The Narrows
The Narrows, as a suburb, derives its name from the name given to the narrow strip of land between Ludmilla and Sadgrove Creeks. The name appears on early plans of Darwin and was retained as a suburb name when the area of land south of the RAAF Base was subdivided in 1960.
Rocky Point, Bathurst Island
Tiwi
One of Darwin's northern suburbs, partly built before Cyclone Tracy struck in December 1974. It is the aboriginal word used for the people of Melville and Bathurst Islands which lie some 50Km to the north of Darwin. Bathurst and Melville Islands are known collectively as the Tiwi Islands. Tiwi simply means "people" being the plural form of the islander's word for an island man (Tini) and women (Tinga). The streets in Tiwi are mostly named after pastoral stations.
Virginia
This locality is named after the small satellite town surveyed by George McLachlan in 1869 as part of the Goyder Survey of Palmerston of that year. The townsite was located on the Elizabeth River. These two names appear on Goyder's plan the Survey of Port Darwin and Environs, but their origin is obscure. It is believed that only one title was issued on the waterfront in this area. Many of the original street names have been applied toroads in the area and Virginia Road now gives access to the main freehold blocks surveyed by McLachlan in 1869. Virginia has been used as a name for the area since the 1870s, following the subdivision of the original sections.
Wagaman
One of Darwin's northern suburbs built before Cyclone Tracy struck in 1974. It derives its name from the Aboriginal people who inhabit the upper reaches of the Daly River, around Dorisvale and Oolloo Stations and most of those surviving are now found there and at Adelaide River. The usual spelling is Wagaman, although the form Waggaman has been widely used. The streets in Wagaman are mostly named after Dutch explorers of the north Australian coast and their boats.
Wanguri
One of Darwin's northern suburbs built before Cyclone Tracy struck in 1974. It derives its name from the Aboriginal Tribe, one of the relatively small clans of North East Arnhem Land. The Wangwu people spoke a slightly different dialect from those of their neighbours and their country lay in the area between SE Arnhem Bay and Caledon Bay. Most now live at Yirrkala. (The 'N' and the 'G' should be pronounced separately WAN-GURI; possibly the correct spelling is WANG-GURI, but Wanguri is in general use). The streets in Wanguri are mostly named after early Greek residents of Darwin.
Winnellie Army Camp
Winnellie
This industrial suburb to the south of the airport derived its name from the 'Winnellie Camp' formed there by the Army in 1941. It is believed that the name came from the conjoint name of 'Winifred' and 'Nellie', wives of two officers who were involved in building the camp.
George Woodroffe Goyder
Woodroffe
This suburb is named after George Woodroffe Goyder, Surveyor-General of South Australia from 1861 to 1893. Goyder was born in Liverpool in 1826 to a Dr David George Goyder and his wife Sarah (nee Etherington). The family later moved to Glasgow and after obtaining his education at the Glasgow High School, Goyder was articled to a firm of Engineers studying surveying. Goyder migrated to Australia in 1848 and joined the Colonial Engineer's Office in Adelaide in 1851. He became Deputy Surveyor-General then Surveyor-General in 1861, remaining in this position until 1893. In 1868/69 Goyder was appointed by the South Australian Government to carry out a survey of land in the Northern Territory.
Woolner
Named after the Woolner (Wulna) Aboriginal tribal group which occupied the area east of Darwin when the town was founded in 1869.
Wulagi
One of Darwin's northern suburbs east of Lee Point Road built after Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin in late 1974. It derives its name from an Aboriginal tribe on the Blyth and Cadell Rivers in Central Arnhem Land. It has four male subsections WAMUD, KARAMANG, BURALANG and BALANG and BILINJIL (female). The streets in Wulagi are named after birds found in the Northern Territory.
Yarrawonga
This suburb is named after the Yarrawonga Park Zoo, a wildlife park, established on freehold land in the area in 1965. The late Dr Alex McKenzie and Mrs Jean McKenzie came to Darwin in the post-war years and settled at Pee Wee Camp at East Point. It is believed that the name came from Victoria, the Aboriginal word origin being 'the place where the wonga pigeon nested'.