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The first major settlement that was first proposed was at Port Essington, some 150Km or so North East of where Darwin is today. As this was a rather inhospitable place with little fresh water, it was abandoned and a new settlement was made where Darwin is today. It was initially called Palmerston but later changed to Darwin. However, there is a satellite city called Palmerston now and is a major urban and suburban area where a lot of "Darwinites" live.

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