Woodroffe, Northern Territory Explained

Type:suburb
Woodroffe
City:Darwin
State:nt
Alternative Location Map:Australia Darwin
Coordinates:-12.4995°N 130.981°W
Local Map:yes
Zoom:12
Lga:City of Palmerston
Postcode:0830
Est:1980s
Pop:3,233
Area:1.6
Stategov:Blain
Fedgov:Solomon
Near-Nw:Driver
Near-N:Gray
Near-Ne:Bakewell
Near-W:Moulden
Near-E:Rosebery
Near-Sw:Moulden
Near-S:Bellamack
Near-Se:Rosebery
Dist1:24.6
Location1:Darwin
Dist2:2.1

Woodroffe is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston, located 2.1 km from Palmerston City and 25 kilometres southeast of the Darwin CBD. Its local government area is the City of Palmerston. It is on the traditional Country and waterways of the Larrakia people.[1]

This suburb is named after George Woodroffe Goyder, Surveyor General of South Australia from 1861 to 1893. In 1868–69 Goyder was appointed by the South Australian Government to carry out a survey of land in the Northern Territory.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-03-31 . The Larrakia People . 2024-02-24 . Larrakia Nation . en-US.
  2. http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#w NT Lands Group – NT Government – Australia