Holtze, Northern Territory
| Holtze Darwin, Northern Territory | |||||||||||||
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| Population | 788 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1864 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0835 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Litchfield Municipality | ||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Nelson | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Solomon | ||||||||||||
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Holtze is an outer rural area of Darwin, Australia . It is 22 km southeast of the Darwin CBD. Its local government area is the Municipality of Litchfield. The suburb is mostly a rural area, just north Palmerston. It may have been named for Maurice William Holtze (1840–1923), the botanist who established Darwin's Botanical Gardens, or his son Nicholas, who succeeded him as curator.[2]
In September 2010, the Northern Territory Government announced that new Darwin’s prison precinct, Doug Owston Correctional Centre, will be built in Holtze about four kilometres north of Howard Springs Road.[3] In July 2012, a road in Holtze was registered and named after prison officer, Reginald Athony Willard (1943–1997), who worked at the correctional centre.[4]
References
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Holtze (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
- ↑ "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 June 29, 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ↑ "New prison to be built at Holtze". Reach Business Pty Ltd. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ "Willard Road". NT Place Names Register. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
Coordinates: 12°27′40″S 130°59′02″E / 12.461°S 130.984°E