Anchorage Sister Cities Commission.

• Author: Gallion, Mari
• Position: INSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS

Anchorage celebrates 30 years of sister city relationships between Anchorage and Darwin, Australia.

Darwin, an Anchorage Sister City since 1982, is the capital of Australia's Northern Territory. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin is about 2,000 miles northwest of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. A port city, Darwin was founded in 1869 and grew rapidly with the discovery of gold at nearby Pine Creek in 1871. Darwin was named for famed British naturalist Charles Darwin by his shipmates aboard the HMS Beagle.

Similar to Anchorage, Darwin's residents have ready access to outdoor adventures, superb national parks, exotic wildlife viewing, and...