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Darwin (Larrakia: Garramilla) [9] [better source needed] is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. The city has nearly 53% of the Northern Territory's population, with 139,902 at the 2021 census. [1] It is the smallest, wettest, and most northerly of the Australian capital cities and serves as the Top End's regional centre.
The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia [8] ... Darwin is the capital and largest city in the Northern Territory.
Map of the Northern Territory within Australia Darwin, the capital and largest city in the Northern Territory The Northern Territory is a self-governing territory of Australia . It has a population of 232,605 as of the 2021 Australian census , [ 1 ] the most recent census for which data has been released, [ 2 ] and occupies an area of 1,347,791 ...
The City of Darwin is a local government area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin City, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population.
The Top End contains the Territory's regional center and its capital city, Darwin, as well as major towns such as Palmerston and Katherine. The well-known town of Alice Springs is located further south, in the arid southern part of the Northern Territory, sometimes referred to by Australians as the Red Centre.
State and territory capitals of Australia State/territory Capital City population [2] State/territory population [3] Percentage of state/territory population in capital city Established Capital since Image New South Wales: Sydney: 5,029,768 7,759,274 64.82% 1788 1788 Victoria: Melbourne: 4,725,316 6,179,249 76.47% 1835 1851 Queensland: Brisbane ...
Alice Springs (Eastern Arrernte: Mparntwe [3]) is a town in the Northern Territory, Australia; it is the third-largest settlement after Darwin and Palmerston.The name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (née Alice Gillam Bell), wife of the telegraph pioneer Sir Charles Todd.
Palmerston from Fort Hill, 1905. Palmerston was the name chosen in 1864 [4] for the capital of the Northern Territory by the South Australian Government, which was then responsible for its administration, in recognition of Lord Palmerston, who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1855. [5]