Hughes, Northern Territory

Hughes
Darwin, Northern Territory
Population 70 (2016 census)[1]
LGA(s) Litchfield Municipality

Hughes is an outer rural locality of Darwin. The name of the locality derived from the war-time airfield which was named after W A Hughes.[2]

Hughes Airfield was recently resurfaced by the Northern Territory Government and is sometimes used by water-bombing aircraft during bushfire season. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Hughes (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ↑ Hughes (Locality) Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2012-05-01.

Coordinates: 12°41′18.38″S 131°06′02.37″E / 12.6884389°S 131.1006583°E / -12.6884389; 131.1006583

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