Berrimah, Northern Territory

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Berrimah
Darwin,  Northern Territory
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Berrimah
Coordinates 12°26′2″S130°55′22″E / 12.43389°S 130.92278°E / -12.43389; 130.92278
Population789 (2016 census) [1]
Established1941
Postcode(s) 0820 [2]
Location12.4 km (8 mi) from Darwin
LGA(s)
Territory electorate(s) Karama
Federal division(s) Solomon
Suburbs around Berrimah:
Eaton Marrara
Karama 		Holmes
Eaton
Winnellie
Coonawarra 		Berrimah Knuckey Lagoon
Pinelands
Hidden Valley Hidden Valley
Wishart 		Pinelands
Tivendale
FootnotesAdjoining suburbs [3] [4]

Berrimah is an eastern suburb in the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia.

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History

Berrimah was created on the traditional country and waterways of the Larrakia people. [5]

Before World War II, the military authorities had decided on a number of locations in the north to identify strategic "camps" on "the road to the North" – "Berrimah", "Noonamah" and "Larrimah". The military board chose some local Aboriginal names. During that time Berrimah became a military and industrial area. [6]

Leading up to the bombing of Darwin and in late 1941, action was being taken to erect quickly the 119th Australian General Hospital [7] at the camp site to be known as "Berrimah", the Army quoting the origin of the Aboriginal word "to the south". The hospital was erected on the present day Kormilda College site and was then called "Berrimah".

The original road reserve between Sections 41 and 42, Hundred of Bagot, became known as Berrimah Road and by September 1952, this name was officially gazetted as the access road south of the main highway crossing to the quarantine station. The strafing of this hospital by Japanese war planes in 1942 led to its eventual removal to Adelaide River.

Not far away on the eastern side of Berrimah Road, a small cemetery reserve marked the graves of Japanese airmen who died in the earlier attempts to bomb Darwin into submission.

It is also the rough location of a concept known as the Berrimah Line, demarcation of inequitable resourcing towards the capital Darwin and surrounding areas, over the vast remote areas of the south. [8]

Present day

Located within Berrimah are the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Kormilda College, Berrimah Power Station, CSIRO Wildlife Research Laboratory, Berrimah Research Farm Centre, Darwin Prison, Don Dale Youth Detention Centre, the Showground and Exhibition Centre.

Berrimah is a predominantly industrial area.

Population

According to the 2016 census of population, there were 789 people in Berrimah.

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "2016 Community Profiles: Berrimah (State Suburb)". 2016 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 28 June 2017. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Bonzle Digital Atlas – Berrimah. Retrieved 2007-12-16
  3. 1 2 3 "Berrimah". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. February 2005. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Darwin City Council Suburbs" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Home". Larrakia Development Corporation. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  6. ↑ Greater Darwin Suburb Name Origins Archived 23 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 2007-12-16
  7. ↑ "119 Australian General Hospital | Monument Australia".
  8. ↑ "The invisible border separating the haves and have-nots of the Territory". ABC News. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
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