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'''Darwin''' is a city and port in northern [[Australia]].  It is the capital of the [[Northern Territory]], and by far the largest city in that territory. The harbour was discovered and named in 1839 by Lt John Lort Stokes of ''H. M.S. Beagle'' who named it after the biologist who had been on that ship on its circumnavigation of the world between 1831 and 1836. In 1869 the site for a new town and surrounding pastoral leases was surveyed - to be called Palmerston. It was renamed to agree with its harbour  when control of the Northern Territory was transferred from [[South Australia]] to the Federal Government in 1911. (Palmerston is now the name of a rapidly growing sattelite town, begun in the 1980s, some miles to the east of Darwin.)  

'''Darwin''' is a city and port in northern [[Australia]].  It is the capital of the [[Northern Territory]], and by far the largest city in that territory. The harbour was discovered and named in 1839 by Lt John Lort Stokes of ''H. M.S. Beagle'' who named it after [[Charles Darwin|the biologist]] who had been on that ship on its circumnavigation of the world between 1831 and 1836. In 1869 the site for a new town and surrounding pastoral leases was surveyed - to be called Palmerston. It was renamed to agree with its harbour  when control of the Northern Territory was transferred from [[South Australia]] to the Federal Government in 1911. (Palmerston is now the name of a rapidly growing sattelite town, begun in the 1980s, some miles to the east of Darwin.)  

Darwin's fortunes were given a boost in the early 1870s when the [[Overland Telegragh Line]] was completed and workers on the line discovered gold at Pine Creek, about 250km south. Suddenly Darwin was Australia's telegraphic gateway to the world while a goldrush was getting under way in its hinterland. The goldrush was to bring the Chinese - the "ABCs (Australian Born Chinese) are still a force in the political and social life of the city.  

Darwin's fortunes were given a boost in the early 1870s when the [[Overland Telegragh Line]] was completed and workers on the line discovered gold at Pine Creek, about 250km south. Suddenly Darwin was Australia's telegraphic gateway to the world while a goldrush was getting under way in its hinterland. The goldrush was to bring the Chinese - the "ABCs (Australian Born Chinese) are still a force in the political and social life of the city.