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Drivers of change inDarwins hinterland

Jan Salmon

Masters CandidateResearch Institute for the Environment and

Livelihoods

Charles Darwin University

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Research Aims

Analysis of development of

Darwin and its hinterland

Litchfield = hinterland

Analysis of changes in landtenure

Darwins development was

different

Rural residential was thekey driver of development

LitchfieldDarwin

Palmerston

20km

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Why did counter-urbanism occur?Counter-urbanism

Migration of people into

rural areas from the city

(seachange/treechange)

Holmes (2010) counter-

urbanism only occurred in

Darwins tropical savannas

low productive potential ...

in pastoral lands

urban population growth

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Theoretical Framework

Multifunctionality

Production

Consumption

Protection

ProductionPrimary production

Faming

Mining

ConsumptionRural residential

ProtectionConservation

Parks

Modes ofoccupance

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Method

ArcGIS of Northern

Territory cadastral data

base

Archival documents

Census data

Face to face interviews

of long term residents

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First survey

Goyder survey 1869

Town lots and plantation

lots (320 acres)

Small farmer was locked out

Sold to speculators but not

occupied

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1958 Cadastre

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Darwin 1958

Arrested

growth

Hinterlandnot altered

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Subdivisions 1950-1974Extent of urban Darwin 1958

Mainly 2 ha lots

Rural

residential

Development

not contiguous

with the city

Aligned to road

access

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Subdivisions 1950-1974

Compulsory acquisition 1946

All land within 144 square kilometers became leasehold

Housing crisis

Shortage of materials

Shortage of surveyed land

Non-public servants had limited

access to land

Counter-urbanism occurred

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Post Tracy

Opportunity to rebuild Darwin

To remedy past planning

mistakes

Planned from Canberra and

Melbourne

Indifference to local housing

needs

Promoted an exodus into the

hinterland

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Subdivisions 1975-1990 Again counter-urbanism

Emergence of horticulture

Conservation

Aboriginal Land Rights Act

Rural

Other

Commonwwealth

Conservation

Future development

Rural residential

Water Management

Aboriginal Land

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Conclusions

So why counter-urbanism in Darwin and not the other savannas? Absence of pastoral industry

Absence of agriculture

BUT subdivided freehold land

Commonwealths control of land