Coconut Grove is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin,

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, Australia within the

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History

Coconut Grove is named for the grove of coconuts on the coastal fringe of the area. Development of Coconut Grove dates back to the pre-war years when it was mainly used for farming, but the suburb primarily grew from the 1960s. Coconut Grove is a small residential and light industrial suburb. Coconut Grove is bounded by Progress Drive in the north, Bagot Road in the east, Totem Road in the south and the Darwin Harbour foreshore in the west. Most streets in Coconut Grove are named after local Darwin residents, interstate visitors and crew who died during the shipwreck of the '' SS Gothenburg'' off the

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coast in 1875.NT Government (2007)
The Origin of Suburbs, Localities, Towns and Hundreds in the Greater Darwin area (Coconut Grove)
. Retrieved 1 January 2008. Coconut Grove is usually associated with the adjacent northern Darwin suburbs of

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, Millner and Rapid Creek.

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#c *https://web.archive.org/web/20080116181605/http://203.84.234.220/Profile/Darwin/Default.aspx?id=146 {{City of Darwin suburbs Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory