Darwin is known for its laid back lifestyle in Australia and has become the main gateway to the outback of Australia and also a gateway to Asia. Darwin offers great hotels and accommodation, bars and restaurants and a wide range of tourist activities.
Darwin City Profile
- Population: 120,650
- Total Overseas Born Population: 21%
- City Founded: 1869
- Unemployment Rate: 3.7% (Jan 2010)
- Population Density: 37 people per sq km
- Average Annual Total Income (for workers): A$45,370
- Annual Foreign Settlers: 888 (2008)
Fun Facts About Darwin
- Charles Darwin sailed his ship – the HMS Beagle – into the Darwin port in 1839 and this is how Darwin was named.
- Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, which boasts land mass equivalent to Italy, Spain and France put together!
- The Northern Territory is responsible for about one third of Australia’s total exports, mostly tourism, energy and natural resources.
- There are more art galleries than pubs in Darwin City.
- The didgeridoo – famed instrument of indigenous Australians – originally came from Arnhem Land, just east of Darwin.
- Darwin was bombed twice by the same fleet that Pearl Harbour (Hawaii) was bombed by. Director Baz Luhrmann dramatized the bombing of Darwin in his 2009 epic, Australia.