Marrara Sporting Complex
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Marrara is a northern suburb of the city of
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, Northern Territory,
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History

Shown on Goyder's original surveys of
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in 1869 was the swamp between the suburb and the Darwin International Airport, but like Leanyer, the name is believed to be derived from an
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name for the area. The streets in the residential area of the suburb are named after golf courses at the request of the
Darwin Golf Club Darwin may refer to: Common meanings * Charles Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection * Darwin, Northern Territory, a territorial capital city i ...
who developed the residential subdivision in order to develop the greens. It is also near the International Airport.


Economy

Airnorth has its head office on the property of Darwin International Airport in Marrara.Contact us
." Airnorth. Retrieved 10 February 2011. "Administration 4 Lancaster Road MARRARA."


References


External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20110629040718/http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#m#m {{City of Darwin suburbs Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory