Moulden is an outer-city suburb

Suburb

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 of Palmerston

Palmerston, Northern Territory

Palmerston is a planned satellite city of Darwin, the capital and largest city in Australia's Northern Territory. Palmerston is situated near Darwin Harbour and has an urban population of 23,614 on the 2006 Census night and making it the second largest city in the territory...

, Australia

Australia

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. It is 24.9 kilometres (15.5 mi) southeast of the 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...

 CBD

Central business district

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 by road, about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) as the crow flies. Its Local Government Area

Local Government Area

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 is the City of Palmerston

City of Palmerston

The City of Palmerston is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory. It contains the suburbs of Darwin's satellite city, Palmerston, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin and the rural areas of Howard Springs. The City covers an area of 56.3 km² and has a...

. Moulden is a newly residential area. Moulden is bounded by Tilston Avenue in the north, Temple Terrace in the east, to the south is Chung Wah Terrace and Elrundie Avenue in the west.

Moulden is named after Beaumont Arnold Moulden, who was a representative in the Legislative Council of South Australia.

External links

• http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#g
• http://www.id.com.au/nt/commprofile/default.asp?id=251&gid=6050&pg=1