Buffalo Creek
Darwin, Northern Territory
Buffalo Creek is located in Darwin, Australia
Buffalo Creek
Buffalo Creek
Coordinates12°20′43″S 130°55′04″E / 12.34528°S 130.91778°E / -12.34528; 130.91778
Population0 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)0810
LGA(s)City of Darwin
Territory electorate(s)Wanguri
Federal division(s)Solomon
Suburbs around Buffalo Creek:
Beagle Gulf Beagle Gulf Beagle Gulf
Lee Point
Leanyer		 Buffalo Creek Micket Creek
Leanyer Holmes Holmes
FootnotesAdjoining suburbs[2][3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

References

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


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