Place Names Register Extract

Alawa Lane

Extract date: 31/10/2025

Name	Alawa
Type Designation	Lane
Place Id	5029
Place Type	Road
Status	Registered
Date Registered	12 September 1974
Locality / Suburb
	Alawa
Local Government Area
	Darwin City Council
History/Origin	Named after Alawa, a tribal name of a group of Aboriginal people in the Roper River - Hodgson Downs country.Named after the Alawa tribal group of Aboriginal people in the upper reaches of the Hodgson River and west to Roper Valley area. Tindale in "Aboriginal Tribes of Australia" (1974) records the alternate spellings for the tribal group as Alaua, Allawa, Allaua, Allua, Allowa. Alawa Place provides access to the rear of businesses in the Alawa Shopping Centre.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
12/09/1974	NTG37

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