Marrara is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin,

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. It is on the traditional Country and waterways of the Larrakia people.

History

Shown on Goyder's original surveys of Darwin in 1869 was the swamp between the suburb and the

Darwin International Airport Darwin International Airport is a domestic and international airport serving Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is the eleventh busiest airport in Australia measured by passenger movements, with almost 2 million passengers travelli ...

, but like Leanyer, the name is believed to be derived from an Aboriginal name for the area. The streets in the residential area of the suburb are named after golf courses at the request of the Darwin Golf Club who developed the residential subdivision in order to develop the greens. It is also near the International Airport. The

Marrara Oval Marrara Oval, currently known as TIO Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used for multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially ho ...

hosts

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matches.

Economy

Airnorth Capiteq Pty Limited, trading as Airnorth, is a regional airline based at Darwin International Airport in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It operates scheduled and charter services in the Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western ...

has its head office on the property of

in Marrara.Contact us
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. Retrieved 10 February 2011. "Administration 4 Lancaster Road MARRARA."

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20110629040718/http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#m#m {{City of Darwin suburbs Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory