Farrar, Northern Territory

This article is about the Northern Territory suburb. For other uses, see Farrar.

Farrar
Darwin, Northern Territory
Looking over the suburb of Farrar
Farrar is located in Darwin, Australia
Farrar
Farrar
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Coordinates12°28′41″S 130°59′28″E / 12.478°S 130.991°E / -12.478; 130.991
Population1,518 (2016 census)[1]
Established1990s
Postcode(s)0830
Location
LGA(s)City of Palmerston
Territory electorate(s)Johnston
Federal division(s)Lingiari
Suburbs around Farrar:
Yarrawonga Holtze Holtze
Palmerston City Farrar Howard Springs
Bakewell Gunn Zuccoli

Farrar is an outer eastern suburb of Palmerston. It is 21 km SE of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston. Farrar is bounded to the north and east by the Stuart Highway, to the west Roystonea Avenue. Farrar was originally part of Gunn when Palmerston was divided into suburbs in 1984. It is on the traditional Country and waterways of the Larrakia people.[2]

The development of Palmerston's eastern suburbs did not start in the 1990s as designed in 1984 and the suburb of Gunn of 1998 was larger. It was decided in 1999 to allocate a new name to the area of Gunn between the old and new Stuart Highway alignments.

The suburb is named after John Farrar, a pastoral pioneer of the Northern Territory.

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Farrar (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "The Larrakia People". Larrakia Nation. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.