Smith Street is a major

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in the Darwin Central Business district of

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, Australia. Smith Street is named after A. H. Smith who was the first surveyor in charge of party number 3 of

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in 1869. Smith Street runs 4.5 kilometres in a north-west to south-east direction on the western side of the Darwin CBD. The street intersects with Daly Street, Knuckey Street and terminates with The Esplanade.

Shopping precinct

Smith Street is a major retail shopping precinct along with the rest of the Darwin CBD. It is the second largest shopping centre in

with the largest being

Casuarina Square Casuarina Square, the largest shopping centre in the Northern Territory, is located in Casuarina in Darwin's northern suburbs. The shopping centre is built to the building code for Tropical Cyclones, due to cyclones that sweep through the area su ...

. A central feature of Smith Street Mall is a pedestrian only strip between Knuckey Street and Bennett Street. Smith Street features a variety of stores centred on the mall including new

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and

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and more than 200 specialty shops.

Tourist attractions

An attraction within Smith Street is the historic Victoria Hotel built in 1894. It was badly damaged by cyclones in 1897, 1937 and in

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. At the end of the Mall at Bennett Street is

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where the

Parliament House and

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are located. The Galleria Arcade is located in the Smith Street Mall and is one of the largest side arcades in

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Shopping precinct

Tourist attractions

See also

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