Hughes, Northern Territory

Hughes is an outer rural locality of Darwin. The name of the locality derived from the war-time airfield, the Hughes Airfield , which was named after W A Hughes who was the Director of Mines in the Northern Territory before the Second World War.[1]

Hughes Darwin, Northern Territory
Hughes
Coordinates	12°41′12″S 131°05′58″E[1]
Population	70 (2016 census)[2]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
LGA(s)	Litchfield Municipality
Territory electorate(s)	Goyder[3]
Federal Division(s)	Lingiari[4]
Mean max temp[5] Mean min temp[5] Annual rainfall[5] 34.4 °C 94 °F 20.6 °C 69 °F 1,393.9 mm 54.9 in
Suburbs around Hughes: Noonamah Noonamah Lloyd Creek Noonamah Livingstone Hughes Lloyd Creek Livingstone Acacia Hills Acacia Hills
Footnotes	Adjoining suburbs[6][7]

Hughes Airfield was recently resurfaced by the Northern Territory Government and is sometimes used by water-bombing aircraft during bushfire season. [8]

References

1. "Search results for 'Hughes (Locality)'". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Hughes (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
3. "Division of Goyder". Northern Territory Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
4. "Profile of the electoral division of Lingiari (NT)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
5. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics MIDDLE POINT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
6. "Hughes". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
7. "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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