Holtze, Northern Territory

"Holtze" redirects here. For the German botanist, see Maurice William Holtze.
Holtze
Darwin, Northern Territory
Holtze is located in Darwin, Australia
Holtze
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Coordinates12°27′40″S 130°59′02″E / 12.461°S 130.984°E / -12.461; 130.984
Population1,810 (2016 census)[1]
Established4 April 2007[2]
Postcode(s)0829
Location
LGA(s)Litchfield Municipality
Territory electorate(s)Nelson
Federal division(s)Solomon
Suburbs around Holtze:
Knuckey Lagoon Knuckey Lagoon
Shoal Bay		 Howard Springs
Knuckey Lagoon
Pinelands		 Holtze Howard Springs
Pinelands Yarrawonga
Farrar
Johnston
Howard Springs		 Howard Springs
FootnotesAdjoining suburbs[3][4]

Holtze is a locality in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is 22 km southeast of the Darwin CBD. Its local government area is the Municipality of Litchfield. The locality is mostly a rural area, just north of Palmerston. It was named for Maurice William Holtze (1840–1923), the botanist who established Darwin's Botanical Gardens, and his son Nicholas, who succeeded him as curator.[5]

In September 2010, the Northern Territory Government announced that new a Darwin’s prison precinct, Doug Owston Correctional Centre, would be built in Holtze, about four kilometres north of Howard Springs Road.[6] In July 2012, a road in Holtze was registered and named after prison officer Reginald Anthony Willard (1943–1997), who worked at the correctional centre.[7]

In 2011, the Northern Territory Government identified a greenfield site in Holtze near the intersection of Temple Terrace and the Stuart Highway as the location for the Palmerston Regional Hospital. The hospital opened in 2018.[8]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Holtze (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Search results for 'Holtze (Locality)'". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Holtze". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Holtze (Locality) Litchfield in "The Origin of Suburbs, Localities, Towns and Hundreds in the Greater Darwin area"". Place Names Committee for the Northern Territory. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  6. ^ "New prison to be built at Holtze". Reach Business Pty Ltd. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Willard Road". NT Place Names Register. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  8. ^ Emily Smith; Emilie Gramenz (27 August 2018). "Palmerston Regional Hospital opens, bringing second major medical facility to Darwin region". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.