An outer rural suburb of Darwin and administered by the local government area of Litchfield Municipality in Northern Territory, Noonamah is situated 44.3 kilometres southeast of Darwin central business district, 5.7 kilometres north of Livingstone, 14.3 kilometres northeast of Berry Springs and 38.5 kilometres northeast of Charlotte. The locality obtained its name in 1941, after a Wagaman Aboriginal word that means “plenty of tucker and good things.” A year later, a storage depot and railway siding were built on the North Australia Railway at the area of the present-day town, in order to support the military airfields established within and around the vicinity, including Hughes Airfield which is still occasionally used to this day. No...
An outer rural suburb of Darwin and administered by the local government area of Litchfield Municipality in Northern Territory, Noonamah is situated 44.3 kilometres southeast of Darwin central business district, 5.7 kilometres north of Livingstone, 14.3 kilometres northeast of Berry Springs and 38.5 kilometres northeast of Charlotte. The locality obtained its name in 1941, after a Wagaman Aboriginal word that
An outer rural suburb of Darwin and administered by the local government area of Litchfield Municipality in Northern Territory, Noonamah is situated 44.3 kilometres southeast of Darwin central business district, 5.7 kilometres north of Livingstone, 14.3 kilometres northeast of Berry Springs and 38.5 kilometres northeast of Charlotte. The locality obtained its name in 1941, after a Wagaman Aboriginal word that means “plenty of tucker and good things.” A year later, a storage depot and railway siding were built on the North Australia Railway at the area of the present-day town, in order to support the military airfields established within and around the vicinity, including Hughes Airfield which is still occasionally used to this day. Noonamah at present is a mostly rural suburb, with majority of the surrounding land dedicated to agriculture.