Channel Island is a suburb of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located in the local government area of Litchfield.[6] Channel Island Power Station and the Darwin Aquaculture Centre are located on the island.[7]
Channel Island Outer Metropolitan Darwin, Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Electricity pylon carrying High voltage power from the power station at Channel Island, Northern Territory. | |||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() Channel Island | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 12°33′S 130°52′E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 0 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 21 April 2004[2] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 0822[3] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Litchfield Municipality | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining suburbs[4][5] |
There was a leprosarium on Channel Island in the early 20th century. It was at a time when many Aboriginal people who were thought to have leprosy or other infectious diseases were sent to lock hospitals and leprosariums. They were often treated poorly, and they were cut off from their families.[8]
Channel Island was the first quarantine venue in Northern Territory. The facilities and a hospital for quarantine purposes were established at Channel Island in 1914.[9]
...the localities shown by thick black lines on the plans appearing in the Schedule be named East Arm, Hidden Valley, Wishart, Tivendale, Elrundie, Wickham and Channel Island, as indicated on those plans.
Suburbs and towns of the Litchfield Municipality | |
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Outer Darwin |
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Western Rural |
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Eastern Rural |
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