The Narrows is a northern

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History

It is named after the narrow land between Ludmilla and Sadgrove Creeks. The Narrows appeared on early plans of Darwin and was retained as a suburb name when the area of land south of the RAAF Base was subdivided in 1960.

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External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20080123190745/http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#t {{DEFAULTSORT:Narrows, Northern Territory, The Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory