Woodroffe, Northern Territory
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| Coordinates: 12°29′58.34″S 130°58′51.60″E / 12.4995389°S 130.9810000°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
| City | Darwin | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1980s | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 1.6 km2 (0.62 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 3,233 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 2,020/km2 (5,230/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 0830 | ||||||||||||
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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.[3]
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.[4]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Woodroffe (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Woodroffe (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "The Larrakia People". Larrakia Nation. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ NT Lands Group – NT Government – Australia