Wagaman is a suburb

Suburb

The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...

 of the Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n city of Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...

, Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...

. It lies in the band of locations known as the northern suburbs. An established residential area, Wagaman is bounded by Vanderlin Drive in the north, Lee Point Road in the east, Parer Drive in the south and Trower Road in the west; these confines correspond to the neighbouring suburbs of Alawa

Alawa, Northern Territory

Alawa is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The suburb it is bounded by Dripstone Road, parts of Lakeside Drive and the Rapid Creek. It is in the Local Government Area of City of Darwin.-History:...

, Moil

Moil, Northern Territory

Moil is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:Moil was built before Cyclone Tracy in 1974. It derives its name from the Aboriginal people on the Moyle River who inhabit an area on the lower reaches of the Daly River and around Port Keats.-External...

, Anula

Anula, Northern Territory

Anula is a Northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, in the Northern Territory of Australia. The suburb lies to the east of Lee Point Road and to the North of McMillians road and covers an area of 1.318 km²....

, Wanguri

Wanguri, Northern Territory

Wanguri is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:Wanguri was one of Darwin's northern suburbs built before Cyclone Tracy in 1974...

 and Casuarina

Casuarina, Northern Territory

Casuarina is one of the northern suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.It is home to the largest shopping centre in the Northern Territory, called Casuarina Square...

.

History

Development of the area was primarily during the 1970s, with much of the area built before Cyclone Tracy

Cyclone Tracy

Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day, 1974...

 struck in 1974 and caused severe damage. Major features of the area include Wagaman Primary School, Wagaman Park and a small shopping centre.

Wagaman has experienced a decrease in population between 1996 and 2001, the result of stability in the number of dwellings and a decline in the average number of persons living in each dwelling.

Wagaman is named after the Wagiman Aboriginal

Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....

 tribe from present-day Pine Creek

Pine Creek, Northern Territory

Pine Creek is a small town in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory, Australia. According to the 2001 Australian census 665 people live in Pine Creek, which is the fourth largest town between Darwin and Alice Springs....

, in the Katherine

Katherine, Northern Territory

Katherine is a town situated southeast of Darwin in the "Top End" of Australia in the Northern Territory. It is the fourth largest settlement in the Territory after the capital Darwin, Palmerston and Alice Springs...

Region of the Northern Territory.

Present day

The land area of Wagaman is approximately one square kilometre, with a population density around 22.4 people per square kilometre (2001 figures).

External links

• http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml
• http://www.multimap.co.nz/world/AU/Northern_Territory/Wagaman