Jingili is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin,

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History

Jingili was constructed in the early 1970s. Jingili is named after the

Jingili people The Jingili or Jingulu are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory. Language Jingulu is classified as belonging to the Mirndi family of non Pama-Nyungan languages. An early word-list was compiled by F. A. Gillen. Following ...

, an

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who inhabited the area around Elliott in the middle of the Territory. The streets within Jingili are named after Flying Officers killed in the Darwin area during

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and local people killed in action in

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during

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Present day

Jingili is two kilometres from

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. Jingili has a Primary School, a Pre-school and a Day-Care centre. The smaller shopping centre is well equipped for day-to-day shopping. One of Darwin's oldest cemeteries is located in this suburb not far from the Rapid Creek.

References

External links

* *http://www.placenames.nt.gov.au/origins/greater-darwin {{coord, 12, 23, 12, S, 130, 52, 31, E, region:AU-NT_type:city(109,419), display=title Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory