Lee Point is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...

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Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...

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Australia

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History

Lee Point is not yet a developed suburb. The suburb name is derived from the point "Lee Point" which appears on Goyder’s 1869 Plan of Port Darwin and probably dates back to Stokes’ examination of the harbour in 1839. A short distance from the beach's carpark, one can find a well preserved bunker used during World War II along the cycle path, which runs from Lee Point to Brinkin

Brinkin, Northern Territory

Brinkin is a northern suburb of Darwin, the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. It is located north of Darwin's central business district, and is home to the Casuarina campus of Charles Darwin University .-History:Brinkin is named after an Aboriginal tribe who inhabited an area to...

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External links

• http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#l