Ethnic group

Alawa

The Alawa people are an Indigenous Australian people from Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.

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The field note

What is in and around Alawa, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Alawa has

YScheduled flightsDarwin (DRW), 4 km
FTrains and coaches34 feeds listed in the Mobility Database, not compiled yet (Translink Magnetic Island, TransLink Maryborough-Hervey Bay, TransLink North Stradbroke Island)
YFerriesDarwin-Nhulunbuy-Groote Eylandt Barge, 10 km, Sea Swift; sailings estimated
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Darwin, 10 km.

-12.380°, 130.873°

The suburb of Alawa in the Darwin's north, is named in their honour.

How locals move

Getting around Alawa the local way

Get inAlliance Airlines and Arafura Aviation offer limited charter services.
Go nextIt provides a base for day trips to explore the 'Top End' of the Territory.

From Wikivoyage: Darwin, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.