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Livingstone, Northern Territory

Coordinates: 12°40′58.45″S 131°04′54.80″E / 12.6829028°S 131.0818889°E / -12.6829028; 131.0818889
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Livingstone
DarwinNorthern Territory
Livingstone is located in Darwin, Australia
Livingstone
Livingstone
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Coordinates12°40′58.45″S 131°04′54.80″E / 12.6829028°S 131.0818889°E / -12.6829028; 131.0818889[1]
Population452 (2016 census)[2]
Established29 July 1998[1]
Postcode(s)0822
Location
LGA(s)Litchfield Municipality
Territory electorate(s)Daly
Federal division(s)Lingiari
Suburbs around Livingstone:
Noonamah Noonamah Noonamah
Hughes
Berry Springs Livingstone Hughes
Acacia Hills
Darwin River Darwin River
Fly Creek
Acacia Hills
FootnotesAdjoining suburbs[3][4]

Livingstone is an outer rural locality near Darwin. The name "Livingstone" derived from the war-time airstrip which was named after John D Livingstone, Jnr.[5] On 4 April 1942, Livingstone was wounded during action over Darwin, but flew to the newly completed 34 mile airstrip where he crash landed, but died in the resultant inferno.[5] He was buried at "The Gardens Cemetery".[5] The 34 Mile strip was named Livingstone in his honour.[5] Livingstone has a rural recreation reserve managed by a community management committee and provides a Friday night 34 mile bar and bistro frequented by locals and visitors.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Place Names Register Extract for Livingstone". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Livingstone (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Livingstone". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d Livingstone Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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