Channel Island, Northern Territory Explained

Type:suburb
Channel Island
City:Outer Metropolitan Darwin
State:nt
Coordinates:-12.55°N 182°W
Local Map:yes
Zoom:12
Lga:Litchfield Municipality
Postcode:0822[1]
Established:21 April 2004
Established Footnotes:[2]
Pop:0
Stategov:Daly
Fedgov:Lingiari
Near-N:Wickham
Near-E:Wickham
Near-Se:Wickham
Cox Peninsula
Near-S:Cox Peninsula
Near-Sw:Cox Peninsula
Near-W:Darwin Harbour
Near-Nw:Darwin Harbour
Near:Channel Island
Footnotes:Adjoining suburbs[3] [4]

Channel Island is a suburb in the Middle Arm region of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located in the local government area of Litchfield.[5] Channel Island Power Station and the Darwin Aquaculture Centre are located on the island.[6]

History

There was a leprosarium on Channel Island in the early 20th century. It was at a time when many Aboriginal people who were thought to have leprosy or other infectious diseases were sent to lock hospitals and leprosariums. They were often treated poorly, and they were cut off from their families.[7] [8]

Channel Island was the first quarantine venue in Northern Territory. The facilities and a hospital for quarantine purposes were established at Channel Island in 1914.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcode information for Channel Island NT. Australia Post code. 18 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120312231147/http://www.australia-postcodes.com/postcode/nt/channel_island/#. 12 March 2012. dead.
  2. Web site: Burns . Christopher. B. . Place Names Act NAMING OF PUBLIC PLACE ("East Arm localities") . The Northern Territory Government Gazette . Northern Territory Government . 23 February 2019 . 7 . 21 April 2004 . "...the localities shown by thick black lines on the plans appearing in the Schedule be named East Arm, Hidden Valley, Wishart, Tivendale, Elrundie, Wickham and Channel Island, as indicated on those plans.".
  3. Web site: Channel Island . NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory . Northern Territory Government . 9 May 2019.
  4. Web site: Litchfield Municipality Localities . Place Names Committee . Northern Territory Government . 9 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190318101346/https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/404774/LitchfieldA3map.pdf . 18 March 2019 . dead .
  5. Web site: Channel Island. Litchfield Council. 18 July 2011.
  6. Web site: CHANNEL ISLAND (12o 33’S 130o 52’E) – Chart AUS 26. 19 July 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120313195607/http://www.dwnsail.com.au/images/documents/Channel%20Is%20Article.pdf. 13 March 2012.
  7. Web site: Carr . Cameron . Archaeologists investigate medical incarceration of Indigenous Australians in leprosariums . ABC News. . 10 July 2022 . 12 July 2022.
  8. Book: Robson, Charmaine . 2022 . Missionary Women, Leprosy and Indigenous Australians, 1936–1986 . The Making of Interwar Leprosy Policy for Indigenous Australians . https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-05796-0_3 . Cham . Palgrave Macmillan . 43-68 . 10.1007/978-3-031-05796-0_3 . 9783031057953. |access-date=26 Dec 2023
  9. Web site: CHANNEL ISLAND (12o 33’S 130o 52’E) – Chart AUS 26. 19 July 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120313195607/http://www.dwnsail.com.au/images/documents/Channel%20Is%20Article.pdf. 13 March 2012.

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