Acacia Hills, Northern Territory

"Acacia Hills" redirects here. For the town in Tasmania, see Acacia Hills, Tasmania.
Acacia Hills
Darwin, Northern Territory
Acacia Hills
Acacia Hills is located in Northern Territory
Acacia Hills
Acacia Hills
Location in Northern Territory
Map
Coordinates12°47′44″S 131°07′23″E / 12.79556°S 131.12306°E / -12.79556; 131.12306
Population694 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)0822
Location60.2 km (37 mi) from Darwin
LGA(s)Litchfield Municipality
Territory electorate(s)Goyder
Federal division(s)Solomon
Suburbs around Acacia Hills:
Livingstone Hughes
Lloyd Creek
Wak Wak		 Wak Wak
Fly Creek
Livingstone		 Acacia Hills Daly
Manton
Darwin River Dam Manton Dam Recreation Area Lake Bennett
FootnotesAdjoining suburbs[2][3]

Acacia Hills is an outer rural locality of Darwin. It is 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of the Darwin CBD in Litchfield Municipality. Named for the acacia shrub that is endemic to the area, the suburb is largely rural land, just north of Manton Dam and west of the Adelaide River. Mango farming is an important local industry.[4] Both the Stuart Highway[5] and Adelaide–Darwin rail corridor pass through the area.

The area is notable as 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.[6]

Acacia Hills again made national news in 2021, when the Northern Territory Environmental Protection Authority ordered a Victorian company to remove 3000 tonnes of used tyres which were discovered to have been stored illegally on a local property[7]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Acacia Hills (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Acacia Hills". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  4. ^ Jane Bardon (15 October 2019). "The Top End's multi-million-dollar mango industry in race to adapt to climate change". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  5. ^ Ashleigh Raper (12 January 2011). "Truck rollover blocks highway". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  6. ^ "25 Most Insane Shootouts in History". List25. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  7. ^ Aaron Bunch (17 December 2021). "NT clean up order over massive tyre haul". 7 News.