Acacia Hills, Northern Territory

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Acacia Hills
DarwinNorthern Territory
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Acacia Hills
Acacia Hills is located in Northern Territory
Acacia Hills
Acacia Hills
Location in Northern Territory
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Population 440 (2006)[1]
Postcode(s) 0822
Location 60.2 km (37 mi) from Darwin
LGA(s) Litchfield Municipality
Territory electorate(s) Goyder
Federal Division(s) Solomon
Suburbs around Acacia Hills:
Southport Noonamah Lambells Lagoon
Livingstone Acacia Hills
Adelaide River Adelaide River

Acacia Hills is an outer rural locality of Darwin. It is 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of the Darwin CBD.

The local government area that it is a pert of is the Litchfield Municipality. The suburb is mostly a rural area, just north of Adelaide River. The Stuart Highway runs through Acacia Hills[2] and the suburb's name comes from the acacia shrub that is endemic in the area.

The area was the site of the 1999 Acacia Hills Shootout, where bushman Rodney Ansell ambushed several policemen at a roadblock. Ansell killed one policeman but was eventually shot himself in the gun battle that followed.[3]

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