Stokes Hill Wharf
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stokes-hill-wharf-252-9728
title:
Stokes Hill Wharf
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Stokes Hill Wharf is the main wharf for the city of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia and is named after Stokes Hill, adjacent. The hill itself was named in 1839 by the commander of HMS Beagle, after its previous commander, Captain Pringle Stokes. Another possible source is the unrelated John Lort Stokes, who was mate and assistant surveyor aboard Beagle under Captain Robert Fitzroy, R.N., 1831–1836 when Charles Darwin was a paying passenger, sharing Stokes' cabin. Darwin Harbour was
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stokes_Hill_Wharf
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2023-05-09T00:08:31Z
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