Manton, Northern Territory
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Manton Dam | |||||||||||||
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Interactive map of Manton | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 12°49′26.79″S 131°09′24.10″E / 12.8241083°S 131.1566944°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
| City | Darwin | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 89 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
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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.[5]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Manton (NT) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Manton (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Manton". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "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.