词条 | Alawa, Northern Territory |
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| name = Alawa | city = Darwin | state = nt | image = Alawa_NT.jpg | caption = | lga = City of Darwin | postcode = 0810 | est = 1960s | pop = 2,127 |pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} |pop_footnotes=[1] | area = 1.2 | stategov = Casuarina | fedgov = Solomon | near-nw = Brinkin | near-n = Casuarina | near-ne = Wanguri | near-w = Rapid Creek | near-e = Wagaman | near-sw = Millner | near-s = Jingili | near-se = Moil | dist1 = 12 | location1= Darwin }} Alawa is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is bounded by Trower and Dripstone Roads, Lakeside Drive and the Rapid Creek. It is in the local government area of City of Darwin. HistoryThe suburb of Alawa was constructed in the late 1960s. Alawa is named after the Alawa Aboriginal tribe who inhabited an area on the southern tributaries.[2] The street names in Alawa commemorate the residents and workers, at the old Post Office, who were killed in the bombing of Darwin by the Japanese in 1942, and the boats and people associated with the early settlement of Palmerston (Port Darwin). Present dayAlawa's boundary borders the Casuarina Shopping centre. the largest shopping centre in the Territory. The suburb also has a primary school and a smaller shopping centre. References1. ^{{Census 2016 AUS |id = SSC70003 |name = Alawa (State Suburb) |accessdate = 28 June 2017 |quick = on}} 2. ^The Origin of Suburbs, Localities, Towns and Hundreds in the Greater Darwin area {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629040718/http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml |date=29 June 2011 }}. Retrieved 2007-12-16 External links{{Commons category}}
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