Manton, Northern Territory

Manton Darwin,  Northern Territory
Manton Dam
Manton
Coordinates	12°49′26.79″S131°09′24.10″E / 12.8241083°S 131.1566944°E / -12.8241083; 131.1566944
Population	89 (2016 census) [1]
LGA(s)	Litchfield Municipality
Suburbs around Manton: Acacia Hills Acacia Hills Daly Daly Acacia Hills Manton Daly Marrakai Darwin River Dam Lake Bennett Lake Bennett Marrakai
Footnotes	Adjoining suburbs [2] [3]

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. ^[4]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Manton (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
2. "Manton". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
3. "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
4. "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.