Yarrawonga, Northern Territory
Yarrawonga is an outer northern suburb of Palmerston. It is 21 km SE of the Darwin City and 2.1 km from Palmerston City. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston.
| Yarrawonga Darwin, Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 12.471085°S 130.990115°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 32 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1980s | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0830 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Palmerston | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Drysdale | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lingiari | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining suburbs[2] [3] | ||||||||||||||
Yarrawonga is named after the Yarrawonga Zoo which was established in the area in 1965.
It is believed that the name came from the Victorian town of Yarrawonga in the northern part of the state.[4]
The area is one of Palmerston's Industrial Suburbs, along with Pinelands.
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yarrawonga (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- "Search result for 'Yarrawonga'". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- "Palmerston City Council Suburbs" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- NT Lands Group – NT Government – Australia
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