Channel Island, Northern Territory

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Channel Island
Outer Metropolitan Darwin,  Northern Territory
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Channel Island
Channel Island, Northern Territory
Coordinates 12°33′S130°52′E / 12.550°S 130.867°E / -12.550; 130.867
Population0 (2016 census) [1]
Established21 April 2004 [2]
Postcode(s) 0822 [3]
LGA(s) Litchfield Municipality
Territory electorate(s) Daly
Federal division(s) Lingiari
Suburbs around Channel Island:
Darwin Harbour Wickham Wickham
Darwin Harbour Channel Island Wickham
Cox Peninsula Cox Peninsula Wickham
Cox Peninsula
FootnotesAdjoining suburbs [4] [5]

Channel Island is a suburb in the Middle Arm region of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located in the local government area of Litchfield. [6] Channel Island Power Station and the Darwin Aquaculture Centre are located on the island. [7]

History

There was a leprosarium on Channel Island in the early 20th century. It was at a time when many Aboriginal people who were thought to have leprosy or other infectious diseases were sent to lock hospitals and leprosariums. They were often treated poorly, and they were cut off from their families. [8] [9]

Channel Island was the first quarantine venue in Northern Territory. The facilities and a hospital for quarantine purposes were established at Channel Island in 1914. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Channel Island (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Burns, Christopher. B. (21 April 2004). "Place Names Act NAMING OF PUBLIC PLACE ("East Arm localities")" (PDF). The Northern Territory Government Gazette. Northern Territory Government. p. 7. Retrieved 23 February 2019. ...the localities shown by thick black lines on the plans appearing in the Schedule be named East Arm, Hidden Valley, Wishart, Tivendale, Elrundie, Wickham and Channel Island, as indicated on those plans.
  3. ↑ "Postcode information for Channel Island NT". Australia Post code. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Channel Island". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Channel Island". Litchfield Council. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "CHANNEL ISLAND (12o 33'S 130o 52'E) – Chart AUS 26" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  8. ↑ Carr, Cameron (10 July 2022). "Archaeologists investigate medical incarceration of Indigenous Australians in leprosariums". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  9. ↑ Robson, Charmaine (2022). "The Making of Interwar Leprosy Policy for Indigenous Australians". Missionary Women, Leprosy and Indigenous Australians, 1936–1986. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 43–68. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-05796-0_3. ISBN   9783031057953. |access-date=26 Dec 2023
  10. ↑ "CHANNEL ISLAND (12o 33'S 130o 52'E) – Chart AUS 26" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2011.


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