Karama is a northern suburb of

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History

The suburb of Karama is named after an Aboriginal tribe. Karama is an established residential area in Darwin's northern suburbs built in the period from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. The suburb is predominantly made up of residents of low socioeconomic status, with many homes being government housing. In 1964,

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recommended that a number of tribal names be used for the suburbs of Darwin. The suburbs Karama was listed.

Present day

Some major features of the area include the Karama Primary School, Manunda Terrace Primary School, Holy Family Primary School, O’Loughlin Secondary College and Karama Shopping Plaza. Karama Library is also located within the Karama Shopping Plaza, and is a service of

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Libraries. Brazil Crescent in Karama was named after Robert Brazil, a crewman (

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) on the ill-fated SS ''Gothenburg'', which sank off the north

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coast on 24 February 1875, with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Brazil was one of only 22 survivors and was awarded a

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for bravery and heroism for his efforts to save drowning passengers.NT Government
(2008). NT Place Names Register: Brazil Crescent. Retrieved online 2 February 2008.

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20110629040718/http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#letter_h#k#k * https://web.archive.org/web/20080116181605/http://203.84.234.220/Profile/Darwin/Default.aspx?id=146 {{coord, 12, 24, 03.85, S, 130, 55, 00.80, E, display=title Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory