![]() Darwin - Northern Territory - Australia - Travel. Darwin. A classic tropical sea port and the capital of the Northern. Territory. Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory. Located. between Beagle Gulf and Port Darwin and situated on Fannie Bay. Darwin is a thriving centre of over 1. Port Darwin was discovered by Lieutenant John Lort Stokes and. Captain J. C. Wickham when, travelling in the HMS Beagle. Wickham named the area after. Charles Darwin who had once sailed in the HMS Beagle. In 1. 86. 9 it. was renamed Palmerston but in 1. Darwin. The settlement of Darwin is a vital part of the interminable. The premium five star lifestyle magazine for the northern territory lifestyle for the northern territory magazine; residenntt lifestylelifestyle for the northern. Find holiday information on Kakadu, Australia's biggest national park: the Bininj/Mungguy people, the world's highest concentration of Aboriginal rock art. Founded in 2001, realestateVIEW.com.au is now one of Australia's leading real estate portals. Our aim is to make it easy for you to find your dream home by listing. Darwin A classic tropical sea port and the capital of the Northern Territory. Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory. Located between Beagle Gulf and. Real Estate Directory Real Estate For Sale. NSW Real Estate For Sale; VIC Real Estate For Sale; QLD Real Estate For Sale; WA Real Estate For Sale; SA Real Estate For Sale. Australia. The various settlements at Escape Cliffs, Port Essington and Fort Dundas (see. Melville Island) had all been miserable failures. The South. Australian government were determined to make the settlement at. Port Darwin work. Consequently they were far more systematic and. The Surveyor- General was sent to the area and by 1. In spite. of these preparations the new town of Palmerston was hardly a boom. Discover Australia's Red Centre, where Alice Springs offers access to the awe-inspiring landscapes of Uluru and Kata Tjuta, the MacDonnell Ranges and Kings Canyon. Darwin ads Darwin, All categories classifieds Darwin, All categories free ads Darwin, ads for sale Darwin, ads to buy Darwin, FREEADSAustralia Darwin. ![]() ![]() The town would almost certainly have been as. Overland Telegraph. Thus the. outpost had an instant raison d'etre. In 1. 87. 0 the first pole at the northern end of the Overland. Telegraph was placed in the ground. Two years later Government. House, a remarkably beautiful old seven- gabled house which. ![]() Darwin Harbour, was built. It was pulled down and rebuilt. House of Seven. Gables', still stands today surrounded by a white fence and. Its domination of the harbour. The sudden increase. Fannie Bay Gaol in. The gaol was closed in 1. Fannie Bay Museum. The gaol is located on East Point Road and has a. Territory's last execution in. Other interesting displays include the women's section and. The laundry was destroyed by Cyclone Tracy and it is. Cyclone Tracy display which. The story of the disaster which was Cyclone Tracy is one which. Australia. At the time, Christmas Day, 1. It was, quite simply, Australia's worst natural disaster. At 3. am the anemometer at Darwin Airport recorded winds of 2. ABC radio station, 8. DR, was. off the air for 3. Some of the buildings which were devastated were the Old Police. Station, the Court House and Cell Block all on The Esplanade which. Lameroo Beach. The buildings were constructed in 1. John George Knight who was at. Government Resident for the Northern Territory. The Police Station, Court House and Cell Block had all been used. Northern Territory Mounted Police until. World War II when the Royal Australian Navy took over the buildings. HMAS Melville. They remained in under. Navy control until Cyclone Tracy damaged them. It was a comment of. Cyclone Tracy had wiped out most of Darwin the buildings were still. Their importance was such that. Northern Territory. Administration. The 1. Pine Creek and the. The. result was that by 1. Darwin had grown to 4. There are two free publications Top of Australia - Visitors. Magazine and Visitors' Guide to Darwin - Australia's North both of. Darwin Tourist Promotion Association and. Tourist Information Offices in the Darwin. They both contain good maps of the city and plenty of. Things to see: Chinese Temple. The Chinese have left their mark upon the city and visitors can go. Chinese Temple on Woods Street about 1. Buddhists, Taoists and Confucianists still. The building has a very chequered history having been. Japanese bombing raids in 1. Cyclone Tracy in 1. Open from 8am- 4pm daily the temple is an. Darwin. Esplanade Gallery. One building which survived Cyclone Tracy virtually unscathed is. Esplanade Gallery which was built out of cypress pine and 1. The Esplanade in. It is a superb example of tropical architecture with every. Fannie Bay Gaol. By 1. The sudden increase in. Fannie Bay Gaol in. The gaol was closed in 1. Fannie Bay Museum. The gaol is located on East Point Road and has a. Territory's last execution in. Other interesting displays include the women's section and. The laundry was destroyed by Cyclone Tracy and it is. Cyclone Tracy display which. British Australian Telegraph Residence Museum. A superb display chronicling the pearl diving era exists in the BAT. Lyons Cottage. Located on The Esplanade. Esplanade Gallery the building, which was completed in. British- Australian Telegraph Company. There's a room on the. Palmerston and Essington, another. Macassans, a room on the early police force, and. Telegraph system. Stuart Memorial. Another place to recall Darwin's early history is the Stuart. Memorial on the corner of Mitchell Street and Knuckley Street. It is entirely appropriate that Darwin should have a memorial. John Mc. Douall Stuart. He started his journey on 2. October 1. 86. 1. Adelaide and reached the coast 6. Adelaide. River - close to the site of modern day Darwin. Stuart's route was more than just a piece of daring exploration. It is appropriately. Stuart Highway. Botanical Gardens. It is easy for southerners to forget that Darwin is both. Started in the late 1. German. botanist Dr. Maurice Holtze they contain over 4. Holtze was one of those remarkable and urbane Europeans who find. Australia by strange means. He had worked in the Royal. Gardens in Hanover and the Imperial Gardens in St Petersburg before. Australia where, from 1. Palmerston Botanic Gardens. The government. officials, being typical philistines in terms of horticulture, put. Holtze rebelled saying that the 'raising of cabbage. With his. son, Nicholas (who became curator of the Gardens in 1. Holtze. began a series of experiments to see whether the climate of the. He. experimented with rice, rubber, coffee, tobacco, peanuts, sugar and. Northern. Territory could become a rice bowl. In 1. 89. 1 he left the Territory and became director and secretary. Adelaide Botanical Gardens. Christchurch Cathedral. One building which is a reminder of the devastation of Cyclone. Tracy is Christchurch Cathedral in Smith Street near the harbour. It was 'enhanced' by. Using stones taken from the old Post. Office they built a porch as a memorial to the people who had died. World War II. Significantly when Christmas morning 1. Cathedral left intact was the porch. The. cathedral was subsequently rebuilt incorporating the porch into the. Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Natural. Sciences. Established in 1. Dr Colin Hinton, the Northern Territory. Museum of Arts and Natural Sciences is one of the best museums in. Australia. Where many museums tend to be stuffy, rather lifeless. South- East Asia and Australasia and. The museum's show pieces include an excellent. Aboriginal bark paintings, a collection of stone axes. Melville Island Pukamani Burial Poles. Indo Pacific Marine. The Indo Pacific Marine in Lambell Terrace near the northern end of. Smith Street is worth a visit. It is one of the few aquariums in. East Port Fortifications. The East Port Fortifications at East Point at the northern end of. Fannie Bay is a reminder of how close Darwin was to the front line. World War II. These military fortifications were built. Not surprisingly East Port was the site of. Australian shore. On 1. 9 February 1. Japanese bombed the headland. Today the headland has remnants of. Browns Mart. Browns Mart is the oldest commercial building still standing in. Darwin. Located at 1. Smith Street the building was originally. It was seriously damaged by the cyclones of both. Darwin. Giese Residence. The devastation which occurred with Cyclone Tracy has left only. The Giese Residence. Myilly Terrace and Kahlin Avenue is an example of. Darwin in the. 1. It was designed for the tropical climate with timber. Take Advantage of Western Australia Online. For assistance in planning your holiday in Darwin and Western. Australia visit Western. Australia Online which is a fascinating site offering Darwin. Western Australia a comprehensive. All you have to do, to have your most detailed. Western. Australia Online pride themselves in their ability to answer all. So, if Walkabout is not answering your. Western Australia, try Western Australia. Online. The Urban Fringe. Beyond the city centre and the points of interest Darwin sprawls. Australian cities. This is a zone of market gardens. HMAS Coonawarra - . Naval Communications Station, the Darwin Airport, and endless. If it wasn't for the temperature and the. Melbourne or Sydney. Tourist Information. Northern Territory Visitors Centre. GPO Box 2. 54. 1Darwin NT 0. Telephone: (0. 8) 8. Facsimile: (0. 8) 8. Tourism Top End. Cnr Knuckey & Mitchell Sts. Darwin NT 0. 80. 0Telephone: (0. Facsimile: (0. 8) 8. Email: info@tourismtopend. Motels. All Seasons Frontier Darwin Hotel. Buffalo Court. Darwin NT 0. Telephone: (0. 8) 8. Rating: ***Asti Motel. Cnr Smith St West & Packard Pl. Darwin NT 0. 80. 0Telephone: (0. Facsimile: (0. 8) 8. Rating: **Boomerang Motel & Caravan Park. Virginia Rd. Darwin NT 0. Telephone: (0. 8) 8. Facsimile: (0. 8) 8. Rating: **Cherry Blossom Motel. Esplanade. Darwin NT 0. Telephone: (0. 8) 8. Facsimile: (0. 8) 8. Rating: *Darwin Phoenix Motel. Progress Dve. Darwin NT 0. Telephone: (0. 8) 8. Facsimile: (0. 8) 8. Darwin Travelodge. The Esplanade. Darwin NT 0. Telephone: (0. 8) 8. Facsimile: (0. 8) 8. Rating: ***Backpackers. Melaleuca on Mitchell. Mitchell St. Darwin NT 0. Telephone: (0. 8) 8. Facsimile: (0. 8) 8. Motels. Metro Inn Motel. Gardens Rd. Darwin NT 0. Telephone: (0. 8) 8. Facsimile: (0. 8) 8. Rating: **Mirambeena Tourist Resort Motel. Cavenagh St. Darwin NT 0. Telephone: (0. 8) 8. Rating: ***Novotel Atrium Darwincnr Peel St & The Esplanade. Darwin NT 0. 80. 0Telephone: (0. Facsimile: (0. 8) 8. Rating: ****Palms Motel. Mc. Minn St. Darwin NT 0. Telephone: (0. 8) 8. Facsimile: (0. 8) 8. Rating: **Plaza Hotel Darwin. Mitchell St. Darwin NT 0. Telephone: (0. 8) 8. Facsimile: (0. 8) 8. Rating: ****Poinciana Inn. Cnr Mc. Lachlan & Mitchell Sts. Darwin NT 0. 80. 0Telephone: (0. Facsimile: (0. 8) 8. Rating: ***Value Inn Darwin. Mitchell St. Darwin NT 0. Telephone: (0. 8) 8. Facsimile: (0. 8) 8. Hotels. All Seasons Premier Darwin Central. Cnr Smith & Knuckey Sts. Darwin NT 0. 80. 0Telephone: (0. Facsimile: (0. 8) 8. Beaufort Hotel. The Esplanade. Darwin NT 0. 80. 0Telephone: (0. Facsimile: (0. 8) 8. Rating: ****Don Hotel. Cavenagh St. Darwin NT 0.
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