The Gardens, Northern Territory Explained

Type:suburb
The Gardens
City:Darwin
State:nt
Coordinates:-12.4486°N 130.8364°W
Alternative Location Map:Australia Darwin
Pop:728
Postcode:0820
Area:1.8
Local Map:yes
Zoom:12
Dist1:2.2
Location1:Darwin City
Lga:City of Darwin
Fedgov:Solomon
Near-Sw:Larrakeyah
Near-W:Darwin Harbour
Near-Nw:Darwin Harbour
Near-N:Fannie Bay
Parap
Near-Ne:Parap
Near-E:Stuart Park
Near-Se:Darwin City
Near-S:Larrakeyah
Darwin City
Near:The Gardens
Footnotes:Adjoining suburbs[1] [2]

The Gardens is an inner suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is the traditional country and waterways of the Larrakia people.[3]

History

The suburb's name derives from the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens (named after the former Lord Mayor of Darwin who was formerly the gardens' curator) which began with the appointment of Maurice Holtze in 1878 and has grown to have one of the largest known collections of palms. Holtze used the Gardens area to investigate the possibility of growing sugar cane and cotton in the Territory.

A small residential area adjacent to the Botanical Gardens was called Palmerston Gardens in 1968, but to avoid confusion with the 'new' Palmerston, the Palmerston appellation was discarded in 1984 when the suburb was officially named.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Gardens . NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory . Northern Territory Government . 30 April 2019.
  2. Web site: Darwin City Council Suburbs . Place Names Committee . Northern Territory Government . 30 April 2019.
  3. Web site: 2023-03-31 . The Larrakia People . 2023-12-01 . Larrakia Nation . en-US.