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Acacia Hills, Northern Territory

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Population
  
440 (2006 census)

Territory electorate(s)
  
Goyder

Federal division
  
Division of Solomon

Postcode(s)
  
0822

Postal code
  
0822

Lga
  
Litchfield Municipality

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Location
  
60.2 km (37 mi) from Darwin

Acacia Hills is an outer rural locality of Darwin. It is 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of the Darwin CBD.

Map of Acacia Hills NT 0822, Australia

The local government area that it is a pert of is the Litchfield Municipality. The suburb is mostly a rural area, just north of Adelaide River. The Stuart Highway runs through Acacia Hills and the suburb's name comes from the acacia shrub that is endemic in the area.

The area was the site of the 1999 Acacia Hills Shootout, where bushman Rodney Ansell ambushed several policemen at a roadblock. Ansell killed one policeman but was eventually shot himself in the gun battle that followed.

References

Acacia Hills, Northern Territory Wikipedia