Buffalo Creek, Northern Territory

Buffalo Creek
Buffalo Creek
Interactive map of Buffalo Creek
Coordinates: 12°20′43″S 130°55′04″E / 12.34528°S 130.91778°E / -12.34528; 130.91778
CountryAustralia
StateNorthern Territory
CityDarwin
LGA
Government
 • Territory electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total0 (2016 census)[3]
Postcode
0810
Suburbs around Buffalo Creek
Beagle Gulf Beagle Gulf Beagle Gulf
Lee Point
Leanyer
Buffalo Creek Micket Creek
Leanyer Holmes Holmes
Adjoining suburbs[4][5]

Buffalo Creek is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is the traditional country and waterways of the Larrakia people.[6]

History

Buffalo Creek is an undeveloped northern suburb of Darwin. The name is taken from the stream of the same name which first appears on maps in the 1940s by the Army.[7]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Buffalo Creek (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. 
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Buffalo Creek (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Buffalo Creek (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Buffalo Creek". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Darwin City Council Suburbs" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  6. ^ "The Larrakia People". Larrakia Nation. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  7. ^ Northern Territory Government Archived 23 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine