East Point, Northern Territory

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox Australian place| type = suburb

| name = East Point

| city = Darwin

| state = nt

| image = East Point Reserve entrance.jpg

| caption = Entrance into East Point

| alternative_location_map = Australia Darwin

| coordinates = {{coord|12|24|39|S|130|49|20|E|region:AU-NT_type:city(109,419)|display=title}}

| coord_ref =

| lga = City of Darwin

| postcode = 0820

| est = 1869

| pop = 14

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes={{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC70087 | name = East Point (State Suburb) | quick = on | accessdate=28 June 2017}}

| area =

| local_map = yes

| zoom = 12

| dist1 = 6.7

| location1= Darwin

| stategov = Fannie Bay

| fedgov = Solomon

| near-w = Darwin Harbour

| near-nw = Darwin Harbour

| near-n = Darwin Harbour
Nightcliff

| near-ne = Coconut Grove

| near-e = Ludmilla

| near-se = Ludmilla
Fannie Bay

| near-s = Darwin Harbour
Fannie Bay

| near-sw = Darwin Harbour

| near = East Point

| footnotes = Adjoining suburbs{{cite web |title=East Point |url=http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/imfPublic/imf.jsp?site=nt_atlas&qhlt=true&qsel=true&qbuf=0.005&qry=PLACE_ID=2033&qlyr=113 |website=NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory |publisher=Northern Territory Government |accessdate=30 April 2019}}{{cite web |title=Darwin City Council Suburbs |url=https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/404771/DarwinA3map.pdf |website=Place Names Committee |publisher=Northern Territory Government |accessdate=30 April 2019 |archive-date=18 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318101207/https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/404771/DarwinA3map.pdf |url-status=dead }}

}}

East Point is an inner northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory of Australia.{{cite web| title=Place Names Register Extract for "East Point" (Suburb)|url= https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=2033 |website= NT Place Names Register|publisher=Northern Territory Government|accessdate= 26 March 2019}} It is the traditional country and waterways of the Larrakia people.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-31 |title=The Larrakia People |url=https://larrakia.com/about/the-larrakia-people/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Larrakia Nation |language=en-US}}

East Point, Lee Point and Point Charles all appear on Goyder's original plan of Port Darwin in 1869. This point, the easterly extremity of the entrance to Darwin Harbour has been used for a variety of purposes. It was the site of naval and anti-aircraft guns during World War II (1942–46), a post war golf course and currently a recreation reserve including a pony club and a war museum.

In the {{CensusAU|2016}} the suburb of East Point had a population of 14 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC70087|name=East Point (SSC)|access-date=27 April 2022|quick=on}}

See also

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