wickham is located on land and adjoining waters associated with a peninsula of land known as "wickham point" (formerly "middle point") which is bounded in part by the following bodies of water in darwin harbour - the east arm to the north and by middle arm to the south-west. the locality was named after wickham point and which itself is named after john clements wickham, the british naval officer who named darwin harbour. its boundaries and name were gazetted on 21 april 2004.