Bagot Community Darwin, Northern Territory | |
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Coordinates | 12°24′58″S 130°51′19″E / 12.416125°S 130.8551527778°E[1] |
Population | 265 (2016 census)[2] |
Location | 6.5 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.