Manton, Northern Territory

Manton
Suburb
Manton Dam
Manton Dam
Manton is located in Northern Territory
Manton
Manton
Interactive map of Manton
Coordinates: 12°49′26.79″S 131°09′24.10″E / 12.8241083°S 131.1566944°E / -12.8241083; 131.1566944
CountryAustralia
StateNorthern Territory
CityDarwin
LGA
Population
 • Total89 (2016 census)[1]
Suburbs around Manton
Acacia Hills Acacia Hills
Daly		 Daly
Acacia Hills Manton Daly
Marrakai
Darwin River Dam
Lake Bennett		 Lake Bennett Marrakai
Adjoining suburbs[2][3]

Manton is an outer rural locality of Darwin. The name is derived from Manton Dam on the Manton River, named by Government Resident B. T. Finniss for his second-in-command James Thomas Manton.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Manton (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Manton". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "The Origin of Suburbs, Localities, Towns and Hundreds in the Greater Darwin area". Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.