Charles Darwin is an eastern suburb in the city of
Darwin, in the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...
of
Australia
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.
The suburb is named after ''
Charles Darwin National Park'', named after
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended fr ...
, which is located within the suburb. The suburb was to be developed as a residential and commercial area but was preserved in April 1997 with the creation of Charles Darwin National Park.
References
{{City of Darwin suburbs
Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory
Places in the unincorporated areas of the Northern Territory