Marrara is a northern suburb of the city of

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, Australia.

History

Shown on Goyder's original surveys of

in 1869 was the swamp between the suburb and the

Darwin International Airport Darwin International Airport is the busiest airport serving the Northern Territory and the tenth busiest airport in Australia. It is the only airport serving Darwin. The airport is located in Darwin's northern suburbs, from Darwin city ...

, but like Leanyer, the name is believed to be derived from an

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name for the area. The streets in the residential area of the suburb are named after golf courses at the request of the Darwin Golf Club who developed the residential subdivision in order to develop the greens. It is also near the International Airport.

Economy

Airnorth has its head office on the property of

in Marrara.Contact us
." Airnorth. Retrieved 10 February 2011. "Administration 4 Lancaster Road MARRARA."

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20110629040718/http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#m#m {{City of Darwin suburbs Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory