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| Coordinates:12°47′44″S131°07′23″E / 12.79556°S 131.12306°E /-12.79556; 131.12306 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
| City | Darwin | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 694 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 0822 | ||||||||||||
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Acacia Hills is an outer rural locality ofDarwin. It is 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of theDarwinCBD inLitchfield Municipality. Named for theacacia shrub that is endemic to the area,the suburb is largely rural land, just north of Manton Dam and west of theAdelaide River.Mango farming is an important local industry.[5] Both theStuart Highway[6] andAdelaide–Darwin rail corridor pass through the area.
The area is notable as the site of the 1999 Acacia Hills Shootout, where bushmanRodney Ansell ambushed several policemen at a roadblock. Ansell killed one policeman but was eventually shot himself in the gun battle that followed.[7]
Acacia Hills again made national news in 2021, when the Northern Territory Environmental Protection Authority ordered aVictorian company to remove 3000 tonnes of used tyres which were discovered to have been stored illegally on a local property[8]
