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Murrumujuk, Northern Territory
Murrumujuk is an outer rural locality of Darwin. It is on the coast of Shoal Bay In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material and rises from the bed of a body of water to near the surface. I ..., south of Gunn Point.Murrumujuk (Locality) The area has been provisionally set aside for a residential subdivision. Murrumujuk is of aboriginal origin. References External links {{Litchfield Municipality Suburbs and Towns Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin ( ; Larrakia: ) is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. With an estimated population of 147,255 as of 2019, the city contains the majority of the residents of the sparsely populated Northern Territory. It is the smallest, wettest, and most northerly of the Australian capital cities and serves as the Top End's regional centre. Darwin's proximity to Southeast Asia makes the city's location a key link between Australia and countries such as Indonesia and East Timor. The Stuart Highway begins in Darwin, extends southerly across central Australia through Tennant Creek and Alice Springs, concluding in Port Augusta, South Australia. The city is built upon a low bluff overlooking Darwin Harbour. Darwin's suburbs begin at Lee Point in the north and stretch to Berrimah in the east. The Stuart Highway extends to Darwin's eastern satellite city of Palmerston and its suburbs. The Darwin region, like much of the Top End, experiences a tropical climate with a wet a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litchfield Municipality
The Litchfield Council is a local government area of the Northern Territory of Australia on the eastern and southeastern outskirts of the Darwin-Palmerston urban area. The municipality covers an area of , and was created by the Northern Territory government on 6 September 1985. Geography The Litchfield Municipality is bounded by the Adelaide River to the east, Van Diemen Gulf and the Coomalie Shire in the south and the City of Darwin and City of Palmerston to the northwest. The Stuart and Arnhem Highways run through the Litchfield Municipality. Most of the Municipality is rural or rural-residential in character. Current day service provision Despite the first elected body's original ethos of the 3Rs in the early 1980s, Litchfield Council went on, and continues, to provide numerous services beyond Roads, Rubbish and Recreation, including but not limited to; * Animal Management * Abandoned Vehicles * Planning and Development * Thorak Regional Cemetery (from 1 July 2008) * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beagle Gulf, Northern Territory
Beagle Gulf is a gulf in the Northern Territory of Australia which opens on its west side to the Timor Sea. The gulf is bounded to the south by the mainland and to the north by Bathurst and Melville Islands. It is connected to Van Diemen Gulf in the east by Clarence Strait. Its south coast includes the natural harbours of Darwin and Bynoe. It is approximately 100 km long and 50 km wide. It surrounds the Quail Island Group. Name Beagle Gulf was named after the ship HMS ''Beagle'', on which Charles Darwin and Robert Fitzroy sailed around parts of Australia. The ''Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places'' incorrectly states that "it was named in 1836 by Robert Fitzroy, commander of HMS Beagle, after his ship. The Beagle charted the area with Charles Darwin aboard as naturalist." However, Darwin and Fitzroy sailed in 1836 from King George's Sound (Western Australia) directly to the Cocos-Keeling Islands, at the south coast of Java, and from there to Cape Town a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunn Point, Northern Territory
Gunn Point Peninsula located just over an hour from Darwin, Northern Territory, is a popular fishing, camping and leisure destination for Territorians and tourists alike. Whilst Gunn Point is available for public use it is private property and conditions of use are detailed on https://gunnpoint.com.au/ Murrumujuk Beach is a 5.5 km stretch of beach located on the western side of the Gunn Point Peninsula. The beach is a multi-use area shared by people, vehicles, horse riders and wildlife. Visitors are reminded to respect the conditions of use to preserve this unique natural environment The natural environment or natural world encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not artificial. The term is most often applied to the Earth or some parts of Earth. This environment encompasses ... so that everyone can continue to enjoy this popular recreation destination. References External links Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyde Point, Northern Territory
__NOTOC__ Glyde Point is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about north-east of the territory capital of Darwin. Glyde Point is located on land on the south coast of the Clarence Strait which overlooks the Vernon Islands. This locality is named after the point of the same name which was named in the 1860s possibly after Lavington Glyde, a former member of the South Australian Parliament. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Glyde Point had no people living within its boundaries. In 2019, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that consideration was being given to building a port facility within the locality at Glyde Point that could be used by the Royal Australian Navy and the US Marine Corps. This was proposed in response to the 99-year lease of Port Darwin to a company owned by a Chinese Communist Party-connected billionaire. Glyde Point is loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koolpinyah, Northern Territory
__NOTOC__ Koolpinyah is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about east of the territory capital of Darwin. The locality consists of land bounded to the east by the Adelaide River and in part to the north by the Clarence Strait. This locality is named after Koolpinyah Station, a pastoral lease established on land now partly included in the locality in 1908 by Evan and Oscar Herbert, the sons of Charles Edward Herbert, a judge, a politician and a former Government Resident of the Northern Territory. The name is ultimately derived from "Gulpinyah", the aboriginal name for a waterhole located near the station’s homestead. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Koolpinyah had no people living within its boundaries. Koolpinyah is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Goyder and within the local government area of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoal Bay, Northern Territory
Shoal Bay is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about east of the territory capital of Darwin. The locality is named after the nearby bay which was named in 1839 by Commander Wickham and Lieutenant Stokes during ''HMS Beagle'' third survey expedition. The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Shoal Bay had no people living within its boundaries. Shoal Bay is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Nelson and the local government area of the Litchfield Municipality The Litchfield Council is a local government area of the Northern Territory of Australia on the eastern and southeastern outskirts of the Darwin-Palmerston urban area. The municipality covers an area of , and was created by the Northern Territ .... References {{Litchfield Municipality Suburbs and Towns Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoal Bay (Darwin)
Shoal Bay is a shallow bay lying adjacent to, and north of, the city of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. Encompassing Hope Inlet at its eastern end, it is characterised by extensive areas of intertidal mudflats and mangroves and is an important site for waders, or shorebirds. The bay is situated within the Shoal Bay Coastal Reserve, a protected area that was established in 2000. Shoal Bay is also known for accommodating the Shoal Bay Receiving Station, a signals-intelligence collection facility that contributes to the NSA's global data collection program. Description The bay comprises the lower reaches of the Howard River and several small tidal creeks that drain into Hope Inlet. Much of the bay is exposed at low tide, with about of tidal mud and sand flats. Unlike most other bays in the Northern Territory, it is not associated with large rivers, nor freshwater coastal floodplains. It does include some swamps and remnants of monsoonal vine forest on the mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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