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Acacia Hills, Northern Territory


FieldValue
nameAcacia Hills
cityDarwin
statent
imageAcacia Hills NT.jpg
captionAcacia Hills
coordinates
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Northern Territory
lgaLitchfield Municipality
postcode0822
pop711pop_year =
pop_footnotes
local_mapyes
zoom10
dist160.2
location1Darwin
stategovGoyder
fedgovSolomon
near-nHughes
Lloyd Creek
Wak Wak
near-neWak Wak
near-eDaly
Manton
near-seLake Bennett
near-sManton Dam Recreation Area
near-swDarwin River Dam
near-wFly Creek
Livingstone
near-nwLivingstone
nearAcacia Hills
footnotesAdjoining suburbs

| near-n = Hughes Lloyd Creek Wak Wak | near-ne = Wak Wak | near-e = Daly Manton | near-se = Lake Bennett | near-s = Manton Dam Recreation Area | near-sw = Darwin River Dam | near-w = Fly Creek Livingstone | near-nw = Livingstone

Acacia Hills is an outer rural locality of Darwin. It is 60 km south of the Darwin CBD in Litchfield Municipality. Named for the acacia shrub that is endemic to the area, the suburb is largely rural land, just north of Manton Dam and west of the Adelaide River. Mango farming is an important local industry. Both the Stuart Highway and Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor pass through the area.

The area is notable as the site of the 1999 Acacia Hills Shootout, where bushman Rodney Ansell ambushed several policemen at a roadblock. Ansell killed one policeman but was eventually shot himself in the gun battle that followed.

Acacia Hills again made national news in 2021, when the Northern Territory Environmental Protection Authority ordered a Victorian company to remove 3000 tonnes of used tyres which were discovered to have been stored illegally on a local property.

References

References

  1. {{Census 2021 AUS
  2. "Acacia Hills". Northern Territory Government.
  3. "Litchfield Municipality Localities". Northern Territory Government.
  4. Jane Bardon. (15 October 2019). "The Top End's multi-million-dollar mango industry in race to adapt to climate change". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].
  5. Ashleigh Raper. (12 January 2011). "Truck rollover blocks highway". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].
  6. (11 April 2013). "25 Most Insane Shootouts in History". List25.
  7. Aaron Bunch. (17 December 2021). "NT clean up order over massive tyre haul". [[7 News]].
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