Berrimah, Northern Territory

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Berrimah
city = Darwin
state = nt

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caption = Amy Johnson Avenue, Berrimah
lga = City of Darwin
postcode = 0820 [http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&cmd=sp&p=281047&st=&s=berrimah Bonzle Digital Atlas - Berrimah] (accessed 2007-12-16)]
est = 1941
pop = 1,100 (2006) |pop_footnotes=Census 2006 AUS
id = SSC71026
name =Berrimah (State Suburb)
accessdate =2007-12-16]

area =
propval = $551,100
stategov = Karama
fedgov = Solomon
near-nw = "Darwin International Airport"
near-n = Marrara
near-ne = Knuckey Lagoon
near-w = Winnellie
near-e = Knuckey Lagoon
near-sw = Hidden Valley
near-s = Coonawarra
near-se = East Arm
dist1 = 12.4
location1= Darwin

Berrimah is an Eastern Suburb in the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia.

History

Before World War II, in 1941 the Military authorities had decided on a number of locations in the north to identify strategic "camps" on ‘the road to the North’ - "Berrimah", "Noonamah" and "Larrimah". The Military Board chose some local Aboriginal names. During that time Berrimah became a military and industrial area. [http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#t Greater Darwin Suburb Name Origins] (accessed 2007-12-16)]

Leading up to the bombing of Darwin and in late 1941, action was being taken to erect quickly the 119th Army General Hospital at the camp site to be known as "Berrimah", the Army quoting the origin of the Aboriginal word "to the south". The Hospital was erected on the present day Kormilda College site and was then called "Berrimah".

The original road reserve between Sections 41 and 42, Hundred of Bagot, became to be known as Berrimah Road and by September 1952, this name was officially gazetted as the access road south of the main Highway crossing to the Quarantine Station. The strafing of this Hospital by the Japanese in 1942 led to its eventual removal to Adelaide River.

Not far away on the eastern side of Berrimah Road, a small cemetery reserve marked the graves of Japanese airmen who ironically died in the earlier attempts to bomb Darwin into submission.

Present Day

Located within Berrimah are Summer Institute of Linguistics, Kormilda College, Berrimah Power Station, CSIRO Wildlife Research Laboratory, Berrimah Research Farm Centre, Darwin Prison, Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre, the Showground and Exhibition Centre.

Berrimah is a predominantly industrial area.

References

External links

*http://www.brmanagement.com.au/suburbsmap.html
*http://203.84.234.220/Profile/Darwin/Default.aspx?id=146&pg=101&gid=120&type=enum