Anula, Northern Territory

This article is about a suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory.. For the ancient Sri Lankan queen, see Queen Anula.

Anula Darwin, Northern Territory
Anula Primary and Pre-School
Population:	2,592 (2006)
Postcode:	0812
Area:	1.3 km² (0.5 sq mi)
Location:	13 km (8 mi) from Darwin
LGA:	City of Darwin
State electorate:	Sanderson
Federal Division:	Solomon
Suburbs around Anula: Wagaman Wulagi Sanderson Moil Anula Malak Marrara Marrara Marrara

Anula is a Northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, in the Northern Territory of Australia. The suburb lies to the east of Lee Point Road and to the North of McMillians road and covers an area of 1.318 km².

The suburb lies to the north of Darwin International Airport which is also known as RAAF Base Darwin.

The streets in Anula are named after early NT Mines and Mineral Fields. Names such as SpringHill Street, Caledonian Street, Wolfram Court and Zapopan Court being but a few examples.

History

During World War II, in 1945, the No.1 Canadian Special Wireless Group was located in the present day suburb.

The suburb is named after the Yanyuwa (Anula) tribe of Aboriginal people from the Borroloola - McArthur River - Seven Emus area on the coastline of the Gulf of Carpentaria.

When the area was designed in 1966, the linguists' spelling was that listed, but variant uses of the name were Yanyula and Janjula. Yanyula Drive perpetuates one variant name for the tribe group, but the whole suburb enshrines Anula as the adopted name in the 1960s, gazetted finally as a suburb in 1984.

The suburb of Anula was under construction when Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin in late 1974.

External links

• City of Darwin- Community Profile - Anula