Description
Acacia Hills is an outer rural locality of Darwin.
Acacia Hills is an outer rural locality of Darwin. It is 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of the Darwin CBD.
The local government area that it is a part of is the Litchfield Municipality. The suburb is mostly a rural area, just north of Adelaide River. The Stuart Highway runs through Acacia Hills and the suburb's name comes from the acacia shrub that is endemic to the area.
The area was the site of the 1999 Acacia Hills Shootout, where bushman Rodney Ansell ambushed several policemen at a roadblock. Ansell killed one policeman but was eventually shot himself in the gun battle that followed.
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Population: 101-1000
Time zone: UTC +09:30
Area: 127.309 km2
Elevation: 11-50 metres
Town elevation: 38 m
Population number: 694
Local Government Area: Litchfield Council