Yarrawonga, Northern Territory
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| Yarrawonga Darwin, Northern Territory |
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| Population: | 103(2006) [1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1980's | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 0830 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | City of Palmerston | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Drysdale | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Solomon | ||||||||||||
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Yarrawonga is an outer northern suburb of Palmerston. It is 21km SE of the Darwin CBD and 2.1km from Palmerston City. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston.
Yarrawonga is named after the Yarrawonga Zoo which was established in the area in 1965.
It is believed that the name came from the Victorian town of Yarrawonga in the northern part of the state.[2]
The area is one of Palmerston's Industrial Suburbs, along with Pinelands.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25/10/2007 2008). "Northern Territory Regional Population". http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?locationLastSearchTerm=Yarrawonga&locationSearchTerm=Yarrawonga&newarea=SSC72056&submitbutton=View+QuickStats+%3E&mapdisplay=on&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC72056&geography=&method=Place+of+Usual+Residence&productlabel=&producttype=QuickStats&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=PL&topholder=0&leftholder=0¤taction=104&action=401&textversion=false&subaction=1. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
- ^ NT Lands Group - NT Government - Australia
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Coordinates: 12°28′16″S 130°59′24″E / 12.471085°S 130.990115°E
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