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Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory: Where is, history and other tourist information to visit this place.



Tourist Guide Litchfield National Park

Litchfield National Park can be described as a township pertaining to Batchelor; at the distance of 100 Km on the south-western side of Darwin; within Australia’s Northern Territory. This place tends to attract around 260, 000 visitors every year.

Having proclaimed as ‘national park’ in the year 1986, this place has been named after none other than ‘Fred Litchfield’, i.e. a pioneer of the territory; who went on to explore regions of Northern Territory; right from ‘Escape Cliffs’ along Timor Sea to Daly River in the year 1864.

Aboriginal people have stayed across this area for several years. It’s essential for Waray, Werat, Marranunggu, and Koongurrukun Aboriginal people; ancestral spirits of whose went on to form animals, plants, and landscape; which can be seen even now.

Uranium was the mineral discovered on the outer side of this place’s eastern boundary. This had happened in the month of August, in the year 1949.



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