Howard Springs, Northern Territory

Howard Springs is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia.[1] It is 29 km SE of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the Litchfield Municipality. The suburb is mostly a rural area, but has been experiencing strong growth in population and development. Settlement of the suburb began in 1864. In 1939, Howard Springs was the first major water supply area to service Darwin. Later Manton Dam supplied water to Darwin, but now most of Darwin's water supply comes from Darwin River Dam.[5]

Howard Springs
Darwin, Northern Territory
Howard Springs
Coordinates12°28′02″S 131°03′44″E[1]
Population5,132 (2016 census)[2]
 • Density65.309/km2 (169.150/sq mi)
Established1864
Postcode(s)0835
Area78.58 km2 (30.3 sq mi)
LGA(s)Litchfield Municipality
Territory electorate(s)Nelson
Federal Division(s)Solomon
Suburbs around Howard Springs:
Shoal Bay Shoal Bay Shoal Bay
Shoal Bay
Holtze
Johnston
Zuccoli
Virginia		 Howard Springs Shoal Bay
Koolpinyah
Virginia Virginia
Coolalinga
McMinns Lagoon
Girraween
Koolpinyah		 Koolpinyah
FootnotesAdjoining suburbs[3][4]

An accommodation facility was built at Howard Springs in 2012 by Japanese energy company Inpex to accommodate up to 3500 workers. The facility was closed and abandoned in 2018. From early 2020, the facility became a quarantine facility for people returning to Australia from areas infected with COVID-19, initially on 9 February 2020 from Wuhan.[6]

References
  1. "Place Names Register Extract for Howard Springs (locality)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Howard Springs (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. "Howard Springs". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  5. "Darwin water supply". www.powerwater.com.au. Power and Water Corporation. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. Truu, Maani (9 February 2020). "Inside the NT facilities where coronavirus evacuees are being quarantined". SBS News. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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