page_title: Stokes Hill Wharf
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Stokes Hill Wharf / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Stokes Hill Wharf in 1887
context_page_description: Stokes Hill Wharf is the main wharf for the city of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia and is named after Stokes Hill, which it sits beside. The hill itself was named after the previous commander of HMS Beagle, Captain Pringle Stokes, by the current commander of the Beagle, John Clements Wickham in 1839.
caption: Stokes Hill Wharf in 1887
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