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Acacia Hills, Northern Territory
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Acacia Hills | |
| city | Darwin | |
| state | nt | |
| image | Acacia Hills NT.jpg | |
| caption | Acacia Hills | |
| coordinates | ||
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Northern Territory | |
| lga | Litchfield Municipality | |
| postcode | 0822 | |
| pop | 711 | pop_year = |
| pop_footnotes | ||
| local_map | yes | |
| zoom | 10 | |
| dist1 | 60.2 | |
| location1 | Darwin | |
| stategov | Goyder | |
| fedgov | Solomon | |
| 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 | |
| near | Acacia Hills | |
| footnotes | Adjoining 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
- {{Census 2021 AUS
- "Acacia Hills". Northern Territory Government.
- "Litchfield Municipality Localities". Northern Territory Government.
- Jane Bardon. (15 October 2019). "The Top End's multi-million-dollar mango industry in race to adapt to climate change". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].
- Ashleigh Raper. (12 January 2011). "Truck rollover blocks highway". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].
- (11 April 2013). "25 Most Insane Shootouts in History". List25.
- Aaron Bunch. (17 December 2021). "NT clean up order over massive tyre haul". [[7 News]].
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