Moulden is an outer-city
suburb
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of
Palmerston Palmerston may refer to:
People
* Christie Palmerston (c. 1851–1897), Australian explorer
* Several prominent people have borne the title of Viscount Palmerston
** Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston (c. 1673–1757), Irish nobleman an ...
,
Australia
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. It is southeast of the
Darwin CBD by road, about as the crow flies. Its
local government area
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is the
City of Palmerston
The City of Palmerston is a local government area of the Northern Territory of Australia. It contains the suburbs of Darwin's satellite city, Palmerston, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin and the rural areas of Howa ...
. Moulden is bounded by Tilston Avenue in the north, Temple Terrace in the east, to the south is Chung Wah Terrace and Elrundie Avenue in the west.
Moulden is named after
Beaumont Arnold Moulden, who was a representative in the
Legislative Council of South Australia
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the House of Assembly. It sits in Parli ...
.
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110629040718/http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#g
*http://www.id.com.au/nt/commprofile/default.asp?id=251&gid=6050&pg=1
{{City of Palmerston suburbs
Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory