Population 537 (2006 census) Postcode(s) 0830 Territory electorate(s) Brennan Federal division Division of Solomon | Established 1990s LGA(s) City of Palmerston Postal code 0830 | |
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Location 21.7 km (13 mi) from Darwin
1.1 km (1 mi) from Palmerston | ||
Farrar is an outer eastern suburb of Palmerston. It is 21 km SE of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston. Farrar is bounded to the north and east by the Stuart Highway, to the west Roystonea Avenue. Farrar was originally part of the Gunn when Palmerston was divided into suburbs in 1984.
Map of Farrar NT 0830, Australia
The development of Palmerston's eastern suburbs did not start in the 1990s as designed in 1984 and the suburb of Gunn of 1998 was larger. It was decided in 1999 to allocate a new name to the area of Gunn between the old and new Stuart Highway alignments.
The suburb is named after John Farrar, a pastoral pioneer of the Northern Territory.
References
Farrar, Northern Territory Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA