Fannie Bay, Northern Territory Explained

Type:suburb
Fannie Bay
City:Darwin
State:nt
Alternative Location Map:Australia Darwin
Coordinates:-12.427°N 130.8402°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Local Map:yes
Zoom:12
Pop:2,624
Postcode:0820
Area:4.60
Dist1:4
Location1:Darwin
Lga:City of Darwin
Stategov:Fannie Bay
Fedgov:Solomon
Near-Nw:Darwin Harbour
Near-N:East Point
Ludmilla
Near-Ne:Ludmilla
Near-E:Ludmilla
Parap
Near-S:The Gardens
Parap
Near-Sw:Darwin Harbour
Near-W:Darwin Harbour
Footnotes:Adjoining suburbs[2] [3]

Fannie Bay is a middle/inner suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is the traditional country and waterways of the Larrakia people.[4]

Situated in the suburb is the Fannie Bay Gaol museum, Fannie Bay Race Track, Fannie Bay Oval the home of the Port Darwin FC and a monument to Ross Smith, captain of the Vickers Vimy, that on 10 December 1919, was the first aircraft to fly from England to Australia in less than 30 days. Adjoining the suburb is the East Point Reserve, containing Lake Alexander, a Military Museum and gun emplacements from the Second World War.

A great many places in the Northern Territory were named by John McDouall Stuart for members of the Chambers family, who sponsored his expeditions. Fannie Bay on the other hand was named by George Goyder after Fanny Carandini, an opera singer.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Place Names Register Extract for "Fannie Bay" (suburb) . NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 26 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Fannie Bay . NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory . February 2005. Northern Territory Government . 26 March 2019.
  3. Web site: Darwin City Council Suburbs . Northern Territory Government . 13 March 2019 . 18 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190318101207/https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/404771/DarwinA3map.pdf . dead .
  4. Web site: 2023-03-31 . The Larrakia People . 2023-12-01 . Larrakia Nation . en-US.
  5. Web site: Place Names Register.