Fly Creek, Northern Territory
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| Coordinates: 12°48′04.40″S 131°04′07.64″E / 12.8012222°S 131.0687889°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
| City | Darwin | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 166 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
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Fly Creek is an outer rural locality in Darwin. The area was named by surveyor William Harvey, a member of George Goyder's parties, who came across a watercourse and was likely worried by flies in the vicinity.[5]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Fly Creek (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Fly Creek (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Fly Creek". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Place Names Register Extract for "Fly Creek" (Locality)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
