Ludmilla,_Northern_Territory

Ludmilla, Northern Territory

Ludmilla, Northern Territory

Suburb of Darwin, the Northern Territory, Australia

Ludmilla is a northern inner suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is the traditional country and waterways of the Larrakia people.[4]

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Ludmilla is a predominantly residential suburb and is usually associated with the adjacent inner Darwin suburbs of Parap, Fannie Bay and Stuart Park. The indigenous community of Bagot is located in Ludmilla.

According to The Place Names Committee for the Northern Territory, the suburb's name came from Ludmilla Creek which was named by the government surveyor Gustav Sabine after Ludmilla Holtze, a German immigrant who arrived in Darwin with her parents and three brothers in 1872.[5]

  • Ludmilla Holtze
  • Holtze family in the 1880s
  • Maurice Holtze

References

  1. [1]
    Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Ludmilla (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. [2]
    "Ludmilla". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Darwin City Council Suburbs" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  4. [4]
    "The Larrakia People". Larrakia Nation. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Ludmilla". The Origin of Suburbs, Localities, Towns and Hundreds in the Greater Darwin area. Northern Territory Government. 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
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