The Old Darwin Hotel

Mon 25 Jun 2007

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FACT: There aren’t many historical buildings left standing in Darwin.

For example: The old Darwin Hotel was a land mark building for many years. It was the only proper place to stay for many in Darwin before and after the Wars. Unfortunately it was demolished to make way for transportable motel accommodation. Very sad end to a historically important building. Although it happened some years ago. The official line was concrete cancer. There is a degree of truth in it being and old building and all that BUT thankfully everyone (long term residents) else in town knows that it wasn’t the complete truth no matter what sort of spin the former CLP government tried to give it.

Personal history of Darwin

Mon 25 Jun 2007

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I haven’t written about Darwin in the past as there I just haven’t bothered. However after going away and coming back again a few things disturbed me. These things aren’t apparent to tourists most of the time but are quite evident if you’ve lived there for a long time. Anyway this has prompted me to write some articles about living in Darwin for this section.