Litchfield Park is a gazetted as a locality, covering the same area as the Litchfield National Park.The locality and the national park are named after Frederick Henry Litchfield, a Territory pioneer, who explored areas of the Northern Territory from Escape Cliffs in Van Diemen Gulf to the Daly River in 1864.

The area which is now known as Litchfield National Park was first visited by Europeans in September 1865, when Litchfield led a small group to explore the Daly River. The area's original inhabitants are the Kungarakan and Marranunggu peoples.

Farming, logging and mining were early industries of the area, starting in the late 1800s and early 1900s, but these days the primary industries are related to tourism. The area is habitant to hundreds of native animals, Aboriginal sacred sites, numerous waterfalls, walking tracks, and several accommodation properties.

Population:

34 ³

Postcode:

0822

Location:

72 km southwest of Darwin

Main Roads:

Litchfield Park Rd (B30)

Radio Stations:

FM:

ABC Classic (107.3 MHz), ABC News Radio (102.5 MHz), ABC Radio Darwin (98.9 MHz), ABC Radio National (92.1 MHz and 100.5 MHz), CAAMA Radio (93.7 MHz), RadioTAB (103.7 MHz), Territory FM (99.7 MHz), Triple J (103.3 MHz)

AM:

ABC Radio National (657 kHz)

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Wangi Falls:

View of Wangi Falls. The falls were originally named Gwendoline Falls by David Lindsay in 1883, after his daughter. Lindsay discovered the falls whilst carrying out a survey of the Hayward Range (now Tabletop Range). The name is believed to have been adopted from the nearby Wangi Homestead. The aboriginal name for the falls is Ngantjurr. ²

Image © Jamie Scuglia

¹ NT Government, NT Place Names Register, Place Names Register Extract, Litchfield Park (suburb).
² NT Government, NT Place Names Register, Place Names Register Extract, Wangi Falls.
³ Australian Government, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census Data, 2021, Litchfield Park, Census All persons QuickStats, Suburbs and Localities, SAL70164.