The Gardens, Northern Territory

The Gardens is an inner suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is the traditional country and waterways of the Larrakia people.^[4]

The Gardens Darwin, Northern Territory
The Gardens
The Gardens
Coordinates	12°26′55″S 130°50′11″E
Population	728 (2016 census)[1]
• Density	404/km2 (1,048/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	0820
Area	1.8 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
Location	2.2 km (1 mi) from Darwin City
LGA(s)	City of Darwin
Territory electorate(s)	Fannie Bay
Federal division(s)	Solomon
Suburbs around The Gardens: Darwin Harbour Fannie Bay Parap Parap Darwin Harbour The Gardens Stuart Park Larrakeyah Larrakeyah Darwin City Darwin City
Footnotes	Adjoining suburbs[2][3]

History

The suburb's name derives from the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens (named after the former Lord Mayor of Darwin who was formerly the gardens' curator) which began with the appointment of Maurice Holtze in 1878 and has grown to have one of the largest known collections of palms. Holtze used the Gardens area to investigate the possibility of growing sugar cane and cotton in the Territory.

A small residential area adjacent to the Botanical Gardens was called Palmerston Gardens in 1968, but to avoid confusion with the 'new' Palmerston, the Palmerston appellation was discarded in 1984 when the suburb was officially named.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "The Gardens (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
2. "The Gardens". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
3. "Darwin City Council Suburbs" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
4. "The Larrakia People". Larrakia Nation. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

External links

• Media related to The Gardens, Northern Territory at Wikimedia Commons
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080123190745/http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#t