Coonawarra, Northern Territory
Encyclopedia
Coonawarra is an eastern suburb in the city of Darwin
, in the Northern Territory
of Australia
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Defence Establishment Berrimah and Darwin Detention Centre is located in Coonawarra. The origin of the name is derived from the aboriginal word for “Swan”.
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
, in the Northern Territory
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...
of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Defence Establishment Berrimah and Darwin Detention Centre is located in Coonawarra. The origin of the name is derived from the aboriginal word for “Swan”.
External links
- http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#c