Ludmilla is a northern inner suburb of the city of
Darwin,
Northern Territory
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,
Australia
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. It is the traditional country and waterways of the
Larrakia people.
Ludmilla is a predominantly residential suburb and is usually associated with the adjacent inner Darwin suburbs of
Parap,
Fannie Bay and
Stuart Park. The indigenous community of
Bagot is located in Ludmilla.
According to The Place Names Committee for the Northern Territory, the suburb's name came from Ludmilla Creek which was named by the government surveyor Gustav Sabine after Ludmilla Holtze, a German immigrant who arrived in Darwin with her parents and three brothers in 1872.
Gallery
Image:Ludmilla_Holtze.jpg, Ludmilla Holtze
Image:Holtze Family.jpg, Holtze family in the 1880s
Image:Maurice_Holtze.jpg, Maurice Holtze
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110629040718/http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#l#l
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Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory