Agriculture - Statistics - Darwin (SD)
Darwin (SD)
Introduction
Darwin Statistical Division is situated on the south-eastern side of Beagle Gulf, and was founded in 1869. The harbour had been discovered in 1839 by John Lort Stokes in the Beagle, who named it Port Darwin after the evolutionist Charles Darwin. At first, the settlement was called Palmerston, but soon became unofficially known as Port Darwin. In 1911 when the Northern Territory was handed over to the Commonwealth Government, the name was officially changed to Darwin.
World War II put Darwin permanently on the map when the Stuart Highway linking the railhead at Alice Springs to Darwin was surfaced and the town became an important base for the Allied forces. The city was bombed 64 times by the Japanese, the first raid being the worst when 172 people were killed. During the war up to 100,000 troops were stationed at the Top End, and 400 trucks a day supplied their needs.
In December, 1974 Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin and 66 people were either killed or missing. 11,000 homes were destroyed, and only 400 buildings remained intact.
The new Darwin is the Gateway to Australia's northern region and tourism is becoming a major industry. Darwin is a centre for the administration of the Northern Territory and its mining industry.
The figures reported here are a subset of the Agricultural Census data from 1982/1983 to 1996/1997 published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS, AgStats). The data has been analysed by the Bureau of Rural Sciences using a consistent geographic base. Further information about the data is available from the Australian Spatial Data Directory
The figures and text are reproduced with permission of the Australian Bureau of Statistics, © Commonwealth of Australia, 2000.
Statistics
Area of region (ha): 20,963.69
Area
Other Non-Cereal Crops
Stone Fruit
- Number of Mango Trees 6 years and over (Value in 1996/1997 = 187 )
- Kilograms of Mangoes produced (Value in 1996/1997 = 2,300 )
Further information
Please Note: Not all the selected data items are available for every year or for every statistical region.
The figures reported here are a subset of the Agricultural Census data from 1982/1983 to 1996/1997 published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS, AgStats). The data have been analysed by Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia to report them using a consistent geographic base. Further information about the data is available through the Australian Spatial Data Directory.
The subset includes 436 data items for plant production and 40 data items for livestock which were commonly available in the AgStats database over the 15 year period and each year for respondents having an Estimated Value of Agricultural Operations (EVAO) above the cut-off of $22,500.
The data have been concorded by bringing data collected using different geographies to a consistent geographic base, being Version 2.6 Statistical Local Area (SLA) boundaries (ABS, 1996) and using the non-agricultural lands mask from the National Land and Water Resources Audit's National Landuse Map (1996/1997).
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