Casuarina is one of the northern suburbs of
Darwin, the capital of the
Northern Territory of Australia
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...
.
It is home to the largest shopping centre in the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...
, called
Casuarina Square
Casuarina Square, the largest Shopping center, shopping centre in the Northern Territory, is located in Casuarina, Northern Territory, Casuarina in Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin's northern suburbs. The shopping centre is built to the buildin ...
. Casuarina is a small suburb taking in the large shopping and business area and the adjoining emergency service facilities/ buildings.
History
Casuarina derives its suburban name from the
casuarina
''Casuarina'' is a genus of 17 tree species in the family Casuarinaceae, native to Australia, the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, islands of the western Pacific Ocean, and eastern Africa. It was once treated as the sole genus in the fami ...
trees that grow along the nearby Casuarina Beach. Casuarina was the name used in the early 1960s for the proposed main business area in the northern suburbs.
Transport
Casuarina is a base for one of three interchanges for the Darwin bus service which is located at Casuarina Square, just below
Woolworths. From here, travellers can ride buses directly to the Darwin or Palmerston interchanges, or on circuits which service the surrounding suburbs before returning to the Casuarina interchange.
250px, Casuarina Interchange In late 2010, Vice President of The Northern Territory Transport Authority, David Rivett, authorised the introduction of the "Orbital Link" bus routes, that serve as express bus services to the Darwin and Palmerston bus interchanges. These services only run on weekdays and are intended to alleviate common travel difficulties encountered by those travelling to work and school in the peak hours of the day.
See also
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Darwin Surf Life Saving Club
The Darwin Surf Life Saving Club is a foundation member of the surf lifesaving movement in the Northern Territory. It was founded in 1982 on the Casuarina Coastal Reserve in Casuarina, Northern Territory
See also
*Surf lifesaving
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References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070903185425/http://www.brmanagement.com.au/suburbsmap.html
*https://web.archive.org/web/20080123190745/http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#t
Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory
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