Moil is a northern suburb of the city of
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin ( ; Larrakia: ) is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. With an estimated population of 147,255 as of 2019, the city contains the majority of the residents of the sparsely populated Northern Territory.
It is the smalle ...
, Australia. It is the traditional country and waterways of the
Larrakia people
The Larrakia people are a group of Aboriginal Australian people in and around Darwin in the Northern Territory. The Larrakia, who refer to themselves as "Saltwater People", had a vibrant traditional society based on a close relationship with ...
.
History
Moil was built before
Cyclone Tracy
Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, from 24 to 26 December 1974. The small, developing easterly storm had been observed passing clear of the city initially, but then turned t ...
in 1974. While on Larrakia land, it derives its name from the
Aboriginal people on the
Moyle River
The Moyle River is a river in the Northern Territory, Australia.
Course
The river rises on a plateau area near the Wingate Mountains and flows in a north westerly direction through mostly uninhabited country through a narrow valley then across ...
who inhabit an area on the lower reaches of the
Daly River and around Port Keats.
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110629040718/http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#m
{{City of Darwin suburbs
Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory