Adelaide River, Northern Territory

Adelaide River is a town where the Stuart Highway crosses the Adelaide River in the Northern Territory of Australia. At the 2001 census, Adelaide River had a population of 229. It is renowned for the fresh barramundi served at the hotel on the banks of the river.During World War II, there were up to 30,000 Australian and United States soldiers based near the town. There is a war cemetery near the town in which many of those who died during the Japanese bombing of Darwin in WW2 are buried.
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