Bagot Community

Bagot Community
DarwinNorthern Territory
Bagot Community
Bagot Community is located in Darwin, Australia
Bagot Community
Bagot Community
Coordinates12°24′58″S 130°51′19″E / 12.416125°S 130.8551527778°E / -12.416125; 130.8551527778[1]
Population265 (2016 census)[2]
Location6.5 km (4 mi) from Darwin

Bagot Community is an Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory of Australia located in Ludmilla, a northern suburb of the city of Darwin. It was established in 1938 as the Bagot Aboriginal Reserve, when the Aboriginal residents were moved from the Kahlin Compound, it was also sometimes referred to as the Bagot Road Aboriginal Reserve.

In 1979, it became a self-governing community, administered by an Aboriginal Community Council and known as the Bagot Aboriginal Community, but signposted and commonly known as the Bagot Community.

  1. ^ "Place Names Register Extract for "Bagot"". NT Place Names Register. Government of the Northern Territory. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "2016 Community Profiles: Bagot (Indigenous Location)". 2016 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 4 December 2019. Edit this at Wikidata Quickstats view