Postcode(s) 0830 Woodroffe Rosebery Territory electorate(s) Blain Population 3,454 (2006 census) Established 1980s | LGA(s) City of Palmerston Area 160 ha Postal code 0830 Federal division Division of Solomon | |
Location 24.6 km (15 mi) from Darwin
2.1 km (1 mi) from Palmerston | ||
Woodroffe is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston. It is 25 km southeast of the Darwin CBD and 2.1 km from Palmerston City. Its local government area is the City of Palmerston.
Map of Woodroffe NT 0830, Australia
This suburb is named after George Woodroffe Goyder, Surveyor-General of South Australia from 1861 to 1893. In 1868/69 Goyder was appointed by the South Australian Government to carry out a survey of land in the Northern Territory.
References
Woodroffe, Northern Territory Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA