Coconut Grove is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia within the local government area of City of Darwin. It is the traditional country and waterways of the Larrakia people.[4]
| Coconut Grove Darwin, Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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  Coconut Grove | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 12°23′56″S 130°51′9″E / 12.39889°S 130.85250°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 3,050 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 2,180/km2 (5,640/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1962 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0810 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.4 km2 (0.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 8.7 km (5 mi) from Darwin | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Darwin | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Fannie Bay | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Solomon | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining suburbs[2][3] | ||||||||||||||
History
editCoconut Grove is named for the grove of coconuts on the coastal fringe of the area. Development of Coconut Grove dates back to the pre-war years when it was mainly used for farming, but the suburb primarily grew from the 1960s.
Coconut Grove is a small residential and light industrial suburb.[citation needed] Coconut Grove is bounded by Progress Drive in the north, Bagot Road in the east, Totem Road in the south and the Darwin Harbour foreshore in the west.[2] Most streets in Coconut Grove are named after local Darwin residents, interstate visitors and crew who died during the shipwreck of the SS Gothenburg off the Queensland coast in 1875.[5]
Coconut Grove is usually associated with the adjacent northern Darwin suburbs of Nightcliff, Millner and Rapid Creek.
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Coconut Grove (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Coconut Grove". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Darwin City Council Suburbs" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "The Larrakia People". Larrakia Nation. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ NT Government (2007). The Origin of Suburbs, Localities, Towns and Hundreds in the Greater Darwin area (Coconut Grove) Archived 23 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 January 2008.
External links
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20070903185425/http://www.brmanagement.com.au/suburbsmap.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080123190745/http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#c
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080116181605/http://203.84.234.220/Profile/Darwin/Default.aspx?id=146