Noonamah, Northern Territory
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Noonamah Darwin, Northern Territory |
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 Noonamah
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| Coordinates | 12°38′3″S 131°4′25″E / 12.63417°S 131.07361°ECoordinates: 12°38′3″S 131°4′25″E / 12.63417°S 131.07361°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 528 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1941 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0837 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Litchfield Municipality | ||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Goyder | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Lingiari | ||||||||||||
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Noonamah is an outer rural suburban area of Darwin. it is 45 km SE of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the Litchfield Municipality. The suburb is mostly a rural area, but has been experiencing strong growth in population and development. The Elizabeth River flows through Noonamah towards the East Arm of Darwin Harbour.
The name of the locality was applied in 1941. "Noonamah" was taken from the language of the Wagaman Aboriginal people and means "plenty of tucker and good things".
In 1942, a railway siding and storage depot were constructed on the North Australia Railway at the site of present-day Noonamah, to support a number of military airfields being established in the area. Nearby Hughes Airfield is still occasionally used today. Other nearby airfields included Strauss, Livingstone and Sattler. A cricket pitch was built by members of the 27th Australian Infantry Brigade in the same year while stationed at the camp. The cricket pitch has hosted games between local residents and serving personnel on ANZAC Day many times since the war, and is now heritage listed. Noonamah and surrounding areas were bombed by the Japanese extensively throughout 1942.
The North Australia Railway was only able to be sustained after the war by the activities of the Frances. Creek Iron Ore Mine. The Railway eventually closed in 1976 due to the insistence of the then Whitlam Federal Government that the Mine paid commercial rates to use the Railway. The Mine then closed, and, with it, the Railway. The Adelaide-Darwin Railway opened in 2004, but on a new alignment that bypasses Noonamah.
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