Government House

Government House is the office and official residence of the Administrator of the Northern Territory in Darwin, Australia. Built between 1870 and 1871, with later renovations between 1878 and 1879, the building is set on 13,000 square metres of hillside gardens in the centre of the Darwin business district, on The Esplanade.

Type: Government office
Description: building
Also known as: “Government House, Darwin”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parliament House and Brown’s Mart.

Parliament House

Government office

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Parliament House in Darwin has been the seat of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since 1994. Parliament House is located on State Square in the centre of Darwin, which is also the administrative centre of the Northern Territory law and government. Parliament House is situated 210 metres northwest of Government House.

Brown’s Mart

Theater building

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Brown's Mart, which now houses the Home of Territory Performing Arts, Brown's Mart Arts and the Brown's Mart Theatre, is a historic building located in Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. Brown’s Mart is situated 350 metres north of Government House.

Darwin Convention Centre

Convention center

Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Darwin Convention Centre is a convention centre located in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Construction started on the convention centre in early 2006 and completed in June 2008, with the centre opening in July of that year. Darwin Convention Centre is situated 560 metres east of Government House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Darwin and Stuart Park.

Darwin

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Darwin, a small yet cosmopolitan city, is the tropical capital city of the Northern Territory. People from more than 50 nations make up its population of 147,255.

Stuart Park

Suburb

Photo: Bidgee, CC BY 3.0.

Stuart Park is an inner suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is the traditional country and waterways of the Larrakia people.

The Gardens

Suburb

Photo: Bidgee, CC BY 3.0.

The Gardens is an inner suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is the traditional country and waterways of the Larrakia people.

Government House

Categories: building, office, and government building
Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-12.46831° or 12° 28′ 6″ south

Longitude

130.84375° or 130° 50′ 38″ east

Elevation

22 metres (72 feet)

Open location code

5QVGGRJV+MF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 314174826

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

office=government

GeoNames ID

11979331

Wikidata ID

Q1540449

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In Other Languages

“Government House” goes by many names.

German: “Government House (Darwin)”
German: “Government House”

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